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Oracle® Application Server Portal Configuration Guide
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This chapter introduces the new features related to Oracle Application Server Portal, 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) configuration and provides pointers to additional information.
The new features of OracleAS Portal include:
Configuring and Managing an Upgraded Oracle Application Server Portal Instance
Automation of SSL Configuration Using the SSLConfigTool Tool
Introduction of the Portal Services
The OracleAS Portal OC4J instance now provides all the Portal Services used to assemble portal pages, access portal and page metadata, and so on.
The Parallel Page Engine (PPE) continues to be one of the Portal Services that assembles portal pages. Other services, like those previously provided by mod_plsql, are now incorporated in the Portal Services as well. Starting with this release, OracleAS Portal no longer depends on mod_plsql, but all previous functionality is still seamlessly provided by the Portal Services.
Although OracleAS Portal no longer has a runtime dependency on mod_plsql, it still has a dependency on the mod_plsql configuration files. These files are used by Portal Services in order to process requests for portal the same way that mod_plsql does.
Support for Oracle Instant Portal
Oracle Instant Portal, originally shipped as part of Oracle Application Server Standard Edition One, is now shipped with OracleAS Portal 10g Release 2 (10.1.2). Oracle Instant Portal is a custom application built with OracleAS Portal for smaller enterprises to build simple portals in a short time. See Oracle Instant Portal Getting Started for more information.
ptlasst Command Line Utility Removed
The ptlasst command line utility has been removed. All of the functionality that was provided by ptlasst is now available through the Portal Dependency Settings tool, ptlconfig, and file, iasconfig.xml. See Appendix A, "Using the Portal Dependency Settings Tool and File" for details on using ptlconfig and iasconfig.xml.
New ptllang Script to Install Languages
OracleAS Portal is configured with the languages that are selected in the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) during the Oracle Application Server middle-tier installation. To install languages, after you have installed OracleAS Portal, run ptllang.
In OracleAS Portal 10.1.2, the ptllang script completely replaces the ptlasst.csh -mode LANGUAGE. You must run ptllang for each language that you want OracleAS Portal to support. Refer to Section 4.9, "Configuring Language Support" for details.
Support for Global Inactivity Timeout in OracleAS Portal
A Global Inactivity Timeout can be configured for the OracleAS Single Sign-On (SSO) Server. This feature is now supported in OracleAS Portal 10g Release 2 (10.1.2). Refer to "Support for Global Inactivity Timeout in OracleAS Portal" for details.
Support for User and Group LOVs in OracleAS Portal
User and Group LOVs work properly in OracleAS Portal 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) through the implementation of a new callback method. Oracle Delegated Administration Services posts the selected values to the callback method in OracleAS Portal's domain to avoid the cross-domain JavaScript issues. However, the releases of OracleAS Portal and Oracle Delegated Administration Services that you are using must support this callback method. 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) releases of both these components have this support. If OracleAS Portal 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) is used against an older release of Oracle Delegated Administration Services that does not support the callback method, then you must run the script secjsdom.sql, to set up a common domain. Refer to Section 6.1.7.2.5, "User and Group Lists of Values in OracleAS Portal" for details.
Configuring and Managing an Upgraded Oracle Application Server Portal Instance
A new appendix has been added that discusses how to configure a portal whose schema is not located in an OracleAS Metadata Repository, to take advantage of some of the new management services for Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2). Refer to Appendix B, " Configuring and Managing an Upgraded Oracle Application Server Portal Instance" for details.
Automation of SSL Configuration Using the SSLConfigTool Tool
The SSL Configuration Tool (SSLConfigTool) simplifies and automates SSL configuration for common Oracle Application Server and OracleAS Portal configurations. It is designed to automate many of the manual steps currently required for configuring SSL. Refer to Section 6.3.2.1, "Configuring SSL for OracleAS Portal" for details.
