Document Outline

• Portal Server 6 Deployment Planning Guide
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
    • Before You Read This Book
    • Who Should Read This Book
    • How This Book Is Organized
      • Typographic Conventions
    • Related Documentation
      • Books in This Documentation Set
      • Other Portal Server Documentation
      • Other Server Documentation
    • Accessing Sun Resources Online
    • Contacting Sun Technical Support
    • Related Third-Party Web Site References
    • Sun Welcomes Your Comments
  • Portal Server Architecture
    • What is a Portal?
    • Types of Portals
      • Collaborative Portals
      • Business Intelligence Portals
    • Portal Server Capabilities
    • Sun Java System Portal Server
    • Secure Remote Access
      • Portal Sever in Open Mode
      • Portal Server in Secure Mode
    • Security, Encryption, and Authentication
    • Portal Server Deployment Components
    • Portal Server Architecture
    • Identity Management
    • Portal Server Software Deployment
      • Software Packaging
      • Software Categories
      • Compatibility With Java Software
    • A Typical Portal Server Installation
  • Portal Server Secure Remote Access Architecture
    • SRA Gateway
      • Multiple Gateway Instances
      • Multiple Portal Server Instances
      • Proxy Configuration
      • Gateway and HTTP Basic Authentication
      • Gateway and SSL Support
      • Gateway Access Control
      • Gateway Logging
      • Using Accelerators with the Gateway
    • Netlet
      • Static and Dynamic Port Applications
      • Netlet and Application Integration
      • Split Tunneling
    • Netlet Proxy
    • NetFile
      • Components
      • Initialization
      • Validating Credentials
      • Access Control
      • Security
      • Special Operations
      • NetFile and Multithreading
    • Rewriter
    • Rewriter Proxy
    • Proxylet
  • Identifying and Evaluating Your Business and Technical Requirements
    • Business Objectives
    • Technical Goals
    • Mapping Portal Server Features to Your Business Needs
      • Identity Management
      • SRA
      • Search Engine
      • Personalization
      • Aggregation and Integration
    • Understanding User Behaviors and Patterns
  • Pre-Deployment Considerations
    • Determine Your Tuning Goals
    • Portal Sizing Tips
    • Establish Performance Methodology
    • Portal Sizing
      • Establish Baseline Sizing Figures
        • Peak Numbers
        • Average Time Between Page Requests
        • Concurrent Users
        • Average Session Time
        • Search Engine Factors
        • Portal Desktop Configuration
        • Hardware and Applications
        • Back-End Servers
        • Transaction Time
        • Workload Conditions
      • Customize the Baseline Sizing Figures
        • LDAP Transaction Numbers
        • Application Server Requirements
      • Validate Baseline Sizing Figures
      • Refine Baseline Sizing Figures
      • Validate Your Final Figures
    • SRA Sizing
      • Identifying Gateway Key Performance Requirements
        • Session Characteristics
        • Netlet Usage Characteristics
      • Advanced Gateway Settings
        • Page Configuration
        • Scalability
        • Secure Portal Pilot Measured Numbers
      • SRA Gateway and SSL Hardware Accelerators
      • SRA and Sun Enterprise Midframe Line
  • Creating Your Portal Design
    • Portal Design Approach
      • Overview of HighLevel Portal Design
      • Overview of LowLevel Portal Design
      • Logical Portal Architecture
    • Portal Server and Scalability
      • Vertical Scaling
      • Horizontal Scaling
    • Portal Server and High Availability
      • System Availability
      • Degrees of High Availability
      • Achieving High Availability for Portal Server
    • Portal Server System Communication Links
    • Working with Portal Server Building Modules
      • Building Modules and High Availability Scenarios
        • Best Effort
        • No Single Point of Failure
        • Transparent Failover
      • Building Module Constraints
      • Deploying Your Building Module Solution
        • Deployment Guidelines
        • Directory Server Requirements
        • Search Engine Structure
    • Designing Portal Use Case Scenarios
      • Elements of Portal Use Cases
      • Example Use Case: Authenticate Portal User
    • Designing Portal Security Strategies
      • Securing the Operating Environment
      • Using Platform Security
        • UNIX User Installation
        • Limiting Access Control
      • Using a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
    • Portal Server and Access Manager on Different Nodes
    • Designing SRA Deployment Scenarios
      • Basic SRA Configuration
      • Disable Netlet
      • Proxylet
      • Multiple Gateway Instances
      • Netlet and Rewriter Proxies
      • Netlet and Rewriter Proxies on Separate Nodes
      • Using Two Gateways and Netlet Proxy
      • Using an Accelerator
      • Netlet with 3rd Party Proxy
      • Reverse Proxy
    • Designing for Localization
    • Content and Design Implementation
      • Placement of Static Portal Content
      • Integration Design
        • Creating a Custom Access Manager Service
        • Integrating Applications
        • Independent Software Vendors
        • Integrating Microsoft Exchange
    • Identity and Directory Structure Design
      • Implementing Single SignOn
      • Portal Desktop Design
        • Choosing and Implementing the Correct Aggregration Strategy
        • Working with Providers
      • Client Support
  • The Production Environment
    • Moving to a Production Environment
      • Monitoring and Tuning
      • Documenting the Portal
    • Monitoring Portal Server
      • Memory Consumption and Garbage Collection
      • CPU Utilization
      • Access Manager Cache and Sessions
      • Thread Usage
      • Portal Usage Information
  • Installed Product Layout
    • Directories Installed for Portal Server
    • Directories Installed for SRA
    • Configuration Files
  • Analysis Tools
    • mpstat
    • iostat
    • netstat
    • Tuning Parameters for /etc/system
  • Portal Server and Application Servers
    • Introduction to Application Server Support in Portal Server
    • Portal Server on an Application Server Cluster
      • Overview of Application Server Enterprise Edition
      • Overview of BEA WebLogic Server Clusters
      • Overview of IBM WebSphere Application Server
  • Troubleshooting Your Portal Deployment
    • Troubleshooting Portal Server
      • UNIX Processes
      • Log Files
      • Recovering the Search Database
      • Working with the Display Profile
      • High CPU Utilization for Portal Server Instance
      • Configuring a Sun Java System Portal Server Instance to Use an HTTP Proxy
    • Troubleshooting SRA
      • Debugging the Gateway
      • Introduction to shooter
      • Using shooter
        • shooter.sh
        • gctool.pl
        • memfoot.sh
        • uniq.pl
        • GWDump.class
      • SRA Log Files
  • Portal Deployment Worksheets
    • Portal Assessment Worksheets
    • Portal Design Task List
  • Portal Server on the Linux Platform
    • Limitations Using Linux
    • Comparison of Solaris and Linux Path Names
  • Glossary
  • Index