Oracle 10g Application Server Administration — A 5-Day Course

 Open Public Course Closed In-House Course

Synopsis

This course is designed for personnel responsible for the configuration and management of the Oracle 10g Application Server.

Course Objectives

On completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Install a J2EE and Web Cache Server
• Install an Infrastructure Instance
• Install a Business Intelligence Instance
• Discuss the 10g AS Architecture
• Perform Apache HTTP Server Configuration
• Configure Access to Oracle 10g AS Containers for J2EE (OC4J)
• Configure Access to PL/SQL applications
• Configure Web Server and Application Server Logging
• Configure Security Options
• Configure Oracle Web Cache

Suitable For

This course is intended for:

• Personnel who need to install, administer or support the Oracle 10gAS environment.

Prerequisites

• An understanding of basic web concepts
• A basic knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL would be an advantage
• Knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL can be gained from attending the following courses:
• Introduction to SQL
• Oracle PL/SQL

Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices

Outline Course Contents

10g AS Overview

• Introduction
• Oracle 10g AS Application Server Supported Solutions
• Java and J2ee Support
• 10gAS Support for XML, PL/SQL and Forms Services
• Oracle PL/SQL Server Pages
• Oracle PL/SQL Web Toolkit
• Oracle HTTP Server
• Oracle Certificate Authority
• Application Reliability, Availability and Scalability features
• Oracle Portal
• Wireless and Oracle 10g AS
• Web Cache
• Business Intelligence
• Oracle 10g AS Integration

Installing Oracle 10g Application Server

• Introduction
• Installing 10g Application Server
• J2EE and Web Cache Installation
• Infrastructure Installation
• Business Intelligence Installation

Administering Application Server

• Introduction
• Starting and Stopping services
• Administration Tools
• Reconfiguring Application Server
• Managing Logs
• Managing Ports
• Changing Network Configurations
• Backup and Recovery
• Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Overview

Configuring HTTP Server

• Overview
• Making Manual Changes
• Modifying Initial Basic Settings
• Modifying Port Settings
• Configuring Logs
• Managing Requests and Connections
• HTTP Server Modules and Oracle Support
• Configuring mod_oc4j
• Configuring mod_plsql
• Configuring mod_rewrite

Oracle Web Cache

• Caching concepts
• Cache clusters
• Deploying Oracle 10g AS Web Cache
• Administration Tools
• Setup and Configuration
• Configuring a Cache Cluster
• Invalidating Documents
• Listing Contents
• Evaluating Event Logs

Deploying Java Applications

• Introduction
• The Deployment Wizard

Monitoring 10g AS

• Monitoring HTTP Server
• Monitoring OC4J
• Monitoring Web Cache
• Monitoring HTTP Server using Built-in Performance Metrics

Managing an Infrastructure

• Basic Administration
• Introducing Identity Management
• Managing Single Sign On
• Managing Oracle Internet Directory
• Directory Integration and Provisioning
• Administering Users and Groups Using DAS

Application Server Clustering

• Overview of Clustering Concepts
• Architecture
• Management Features
• Component Instances and Clustering
• Managing an Oracle 10g AS Cluster
• Configuring Single Sign On

Securing 10g AS

• Security Fundamentals Overview
• 10g AS Security Overview
• Configuring Oracle 10g AS Single Sign On
• Configuring HTTP Server Security in 10g AS
• Using the Oracle Wallet Manager
• 10g AS Portal Security
• JAAS Configuration
• Web Cache Security
• Securing 10g AS Database Access
• Identity Management and OCA
• Certificate Management
• Configuring OCA