Before You Install; About The Installation, Configuration, And Deployment Process - Adobe LIVE CYCLE 7.2 - INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING Manual

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Before You Install

This chapter describes how to prepare your system for installing LiveCycle security products:
"About the installation, configuration, and deployment process" on page 9
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"Deploying multiple LiveCycle products" on page 10
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"System requirements" on page 11
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"Installation, configuration, and deployment checklists" on page 13
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Before you begin installing LiveCycle products on your application server, visit the Adobe LiveCycle
product download page at the following location to make certain you have the latest version of the
software:
www.adobe.com/support/products/enterprise/support_downloads.html

About the installation, configuration, and deployment process

Installing, configuring, and deploying LiveCycle products involves the following processes:
Installing: Installing the products places all of the required files onto your computer, within one
installation directory structure. You install the products by running the installation program. The
default installation directory is C:\Adobe\LiveCycle (Windows) or /opt/adobe/livecycle (Linux);
however, you can install the files to a different directory. In this guide, the installation directory is
referred to as [LiveCycle root]. In order for multiple LiveCycle products to interoperate with one another,
you must install all of the products in the same [LiveCycle root] location. This enables you to assemble
the multiple LiveCycle products into one EAR file. (See
Configuring and assembling: Configuring the products modifies a variety of settings that determine
how the products work. Assembling the products packages all of the installed components that the
products need into deployable EAR files, according to your configuration instructions. You configure
and assemble the products for deployment by running Configuration Manager. (See
LiveCycle Products" on page
same time.
Deploying: Deploying the products involves deploying the assembled EAR files and a few other
configured files to the JBoss application server on which you plan to run your LiveCycle solution. If you
have configured and assembled multiple products, most of the deployable components for the
multiple products are packaged within the single deployable LiveCycle.ear file. (See
Deploying to JBoss" on page
Initializing the LiveCycle database: Initializing the LiveCycle database creates the
LiveCycle Policy Server tables and loads the configuration settings, the default administrator user
account, and other internal user accounts. Deploying any LiveCycle product that connects to the
LiveCycle database requires you to initialize the LiveCycle database after the deployment process. (See
"Initializing the Database" on page
44.)You can configure and assemble multiple LiveCycle products at the
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"Installing LiveCycle Products" on page 33.)
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