Installing and Configuring Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer

1. Insert the CD-ROM.
2. Start the installer.
On UNIX systems:
./runInstaller
On Windows systems:
setup.exe
3. On Welcome Screen > Click Next.
4. On Specify Installation Type Screen > Select Install and Configure > Click Next.
5. On Prerequisite Checks Screen > Click Next.
6. On Select Domain Screen > Specify the following information to create a new domain:
> User Name: Specify the user name. The default user name is weblogic.
> User Password: Specify the user password. Valid passwords are 5 to 30 characters   long, must begin with an alphabetic character, use only alphanumeric, underscore   (_), dollar ($) or pound (#) characters and include at least one number.
Confirm Password: Enter the same user password again.
> Domain Name: Specify the name of the domain you want to create. Domain names may   only contain alphanumeric characters, or the underscore (_) or hyphen (-)   characters. > Click Next.
7. On Specify Email for Security Updates Screen > Enter your email address if you want to   receive the latest product information and security updates. If you have a My
Oracle account and wish to receive updates via this mechanism, select I wish to   receive security updates via My Oracle Support, then enter your account password.
If you do not wish to register for Oracle Configuration Manager, leave all the   fields on this screen blank. > Click Next.
8. On Specify Installation Location Screen > Specify the following location information:
> Oracle Middleware Home Location: The absolute path to the directory where  WebLogic Server was installed.
> Oracle Home Directory: The directory where you want to install your software.
If you specify a directory that already exists, it must be an empty directory and   it must be inside the Oracle Middleware Home.
If you specify a new directory, it will be created inside the Oracle Middleware  Home.
> WebLogic Server Directory: The absolute path to the WebLogic Server directory;   this directory was automatically created when WebLogic Server was installed and is
inside the Middleware Home directory. The default directory name is wlserver_10.3.
> Oracle Instance Location: The absolute path to the directory where your Oracle   Instance will reside. This is where application configuration files reside and   where the application process runs from. Runtime components write only to this  location.
This directory does not have to reside in either the Middleware Home or Oracle Home  directories.
> Oracle Instance Name: Specify the unique name of your Oracle Instance. The Oracle  Instance name may only contain alphanumeric and underscore (_) characters, it
must begin with an alphabetic (a-z or A-Z) character, and must be 4 to 30   characters in length.
For more information about Fusion Middleware directory structure and terminology,   refer to Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Planning Guide. > Click Next.
9. On Configure Components Screen > By default, all of the System Components and Management
Components are selected. Leave the default values as they are.
De-select the Clustered checkbox.
Click Next.
10. On Configure Ports Screen > Select Auto Port Configuration. > Click Next.
11. On Specify Schema Screen > In the Database Connect String field, specify the connection
credentials to your database in the following format:
> hostname:port:servicename
In the table, specify the name and password for the PORTAL schema. The schema name   was specified on the Select Components Screen when you ran RCU to create the   schema. The schema password was specified on the Schema Passwords Screen.
Click Next.
12. On Specify Portlet Schema Screen
This screen is only visible if your database contains 11g Release 1 (11.1.1)   schemas. If your database contains schemas from 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) or earlier,  you will not see this screen.
In the table, specify the name and password for the PORTLET schema. The schema name  was specified on the Select Components Screen when you ran RCU to create the    schema. The schema password was specified on the Schema Passwords Screen.
Click Next.
13. On Specify Application OID Screen > Specify the credentials to connect to your Oracle   Internet Directory server:
> Hostname: Enter the host name of your LDAP server.
> Port: Enter the port number of your LDAP server. If you do not know the port   number, you can run the netstat -an command from the command line to see the port
numbers currently being used.
> User Name: Enter an existing LDAP user name with superuser privileges. The   default user name is cn=orcladmin.
> Password: Enter the password for the LDAP user.
Click Next.
14. On Installation Summary Screen > Click Install.
15. On Installation Progress Screen > No action is required; the installer will    automatically advance to the next screen when installation is complete.
16. Configuration Screen
No action is required; the installer will automatically advance to the next screen   when configuration is complete.
17. Installation Completed Screen
At the end of the summary information, there is a section called Accessible URLs  which give you the links needed to access the configured Oracle HTTP Server and   Oracle Web Cache. Saving this information will make it easier for you to access  these pages whenever you need to.
Click Save to save the summary information on this screen.
You will be prompted to specify a name and location for your summary file.
Click Finish.

Ref: Quick Installation Guide for Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer

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