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   Installing the BEA Tuxedo System

During the installation process you are prompted to make decisions about where, in your file system, a number of your BEA Tuxedo directories and files will be installed. This section describes the directories and files for which you must designate a location.

• For All Platforms should be reviewed by anyone installing the BEA Tuxedo system.

• For All Server Platforms Supporting the BEA Administration Console should be reviewed by anyone installing the BEA Administration Console to be used for the administration of a BEA Tuxedo application.

For All Platforms

During installation, you are prompted for the path name of the base directory of your BEA Tuxedo system software. There is no restriction on the location of this directory, as long as it meets the following requirements:

• The directory must be empty.

• The directory must have read, write, and search (execute) permissions for the BEA Tuxedo system administrator.

  Note: Throughout the BEA Tuxedo system documentation, this directory is referred to as $TUXDIR on UNIX platforms and %TUXDIR% on Windows platforms.

For All Server Platforms Supporting the BEA Administration Console

If you are installing the BEA Tuxedo system on a server platform, you are prompted during the installation process to accept or replace the default path names and filenames used for the BEA Administration Console components. These default path names and filenames are based on the value of TUXDIR that you specify.

If you are running a commercial Web server, you may find the default settings inappropriate, especially if your server is handling requests from both the BEA Administration Console and other Web programs on the same port. To accommodate this situation, the BEA Tuxedo software lets you choose between accepting the defaults and assigning your own path names and filenames. You are prompted to make choices for the following.

1. A path name for the HTML files-By default, the following HTML files are installed in the directory $TUXDIR/udataobj/webgui (on UNIX systems) or %TUXDIR%\udataobj\webgui (on Windows systems). You are prompted to supply your own paths for these files if you prefer to have them installed elsewhere. The HTML files consist of:

   • An HTML template file (webgui.html) that is used by tuxadm as the basis for many screens displayed during a BEA Administration Console session.

   • An HTML file (webguitop.html) that displays legal notices and warnings when the BEA Administration Console is first brought up on the screen.

   • The HTML files that make up the BEA Administration Console documentation are installed in $TUXDIR/help (on UNIX systems) or %TUXDIR%\help (on Windows systems).

     EXCEPTION: If you are installing the BEA Tuxedo system on an NT platform and the installation program detects an existing Web server, a default directory appropriate for that Web server is used instead.

2. A path name for the Java and image files-By default, the class files for the Java applet are installed in one of the following directories. You are prompted to supply your own paths for these files if you prefer to have them installed elsewhere.

   • $TUXDIR/udataobj/webgui/java (on UNIX systems) or %TUXDIR%\udataobj\webgui\java (on Windows systems)

   • A subdirectory called java in the HTML directory you specified in step 1.

3. A directory path name for the CGI program tuxadm-Specify one of the following (unless the EXCEPTION described after the following list applies):

   • $TUXDIR/udataobj/webgui/cgi-bin (on UNIX systems) or %TUXDIR%\udataobj\webgui\cgi-bin (on Windows systems)

   • A sub-directory called cgi-bin in the HTML directory you specified in step 1.

     EXCEPTION: If the installation program detects Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) in a standard directory, then it installs tuxadm in a sub-directory called scripts in the HTML directory you specified in step 1.

     Note: Do not specify $TUXDIR/bin (on UNIX systems) or %TUXDIR%\bin (on Windows systems) as your CGI directory. If you do, you risk having some other BEA Tuxedo programs executed accidentally by an uninformed user of the Web browser. You may also introduce a security risk.

4. An alias for the path name for tuxadm, which will be used by Web clients to access tuxadm. The default is either:

   • /cgi-bin or /scripts (on UNIX systems)

   • \cgi-bin or \scripts (on Windows systems)