Preface

This guide describes how to install a new Oracle Application Server Portal 10g Release 2 (10.1.4) instance and how to upgrade an existing OracleAS Portal repository to release 10.1.4.

This guide is classified into two parts and depending on whether you are installing OracleAS Portal for the first time, or, are upgrading from an earlier release of OracleAS Portal, refer to the relevant part in the guide as follows:

Part I, "Installation"

Refer to this part in the guide if you are installing an OracleAS Portal instance for the first time.
Part II, "Upgrade"

Refer to this part in the guide if you are upgrading from an earlier release of OracleAS Portal.

Caution:

Ensure that you are referring to the appropriate part in the guide. If you perform an upgrade by following instructions that are not relevant to your setup, then the upgrade may not complete successfully.

You will find the Oracle Application Server Portal Installation and Upgrade Guide on the Oracle Portal documentation page of the Oracle Technology Network:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/portal/documentation.html

Note:

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Audience

This guide is for portal administrators who are responsible for installing, maintaining, and upgrading OracleAS Portal instances. It is assumed that the readers of this guide have knowledge of OracleAS Portal system administration and configuration.

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Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
`monospace`	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.
`IDENTITY_MANAGEMENT_ORACLE_HOME`	The Oracle Identity Management home directory. It will be same as OracleAS Metadata Repository home in case of a colocated OracleAS Metadata Repository and Oracle Identity Management setup.
`METADATA_REP_ORACLE_HOME`	The OracleAS Metadata Repository home directory.
`MID_TIER_ORACLE_HOME`	The Oracle Application Server middle tier home directory.
`CD_ROOT`	The directory where the Oracle Application Server Portal Upgrade CD-ROM is mounted.

Preface

Audience

Documentation Accessibility

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Conventions