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Oracle just released the new version of WebCenter products stack, the WebCenter Centent 11gR1 (11.1.1.7) and WebCenter Portal 11gR1 (11.1.1.7). According to Oracle's official blog it includes many bug fixes in addition to enhancements to the WebCenter Content Application Extension Framework (AXF) supporting integrations with E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft.

Asset An asset is an object created by a user populating the fields of a content entry form, similar to the one at the given below picture. In this example, the asset is an article, defined by field values entered by the user

In this post we will create new user for the WebCenter Sites application and assign ACLs to the user in the WEM Admin interface. 1) Login to the WEM Admin interface as the fwadmin user.

1) Start Weblogic Server 2) Open browser and enter the following URL http://localhost:7001/servlet Log in as the fwadmin user.

WebCenter Sites roles determine which interface functions are enabled or disabled for a particular user. A disabled function is hidden to the user if his or her role does not match that of the interface function. Following are the list of roles in WebCenter Sites 11g. Role Name Description AdvancedUsers Advance User Analytics Supports analytics Approver Approver ArtworkAuthor Junior Graphic Artist ArtworkEditor Senior Graphic Artist ContentAuthor Content Author ContentEditor Site Editor Designer Site Designer DocumentAuthor Document Author DocumentEditor Document Editor GeneralAdmin General Administration MarketingAuthor MarketingAuthor MarketingEditor Brand Manager ProductAuthor Product Specialist ProductEditor Product Editor SiteAdmin Site Administration SitesUser Sites User WorkflowAdmin Workflow Administration  

There are three type of security layers exists for managing users in WebCenter Sites and these layers are 1) Access Control List (ACL) 2) Roles 3) Authorize Access Control List The first layer controls the user’s ability to read and write information to the WebCenter Sites database tables. This set of permissions is known as access control lists (ACLs). Roles The next layer of security exists at the WebCenter Sites application layer. This layer of security controls how the user works in the interface. This layer is known as roles. Authorize There is then a layer of security which affects specific types of content they can work with. These are known as Authorize.

Following are the components of CM site Asset Types Users Roles Start Menu Items Tree Tabs Workflows A CM site in WebCenter Sites is made up of a set of asset types and a group of users. Roles are applied to asset types and assigned to users in order to grant permissions to users and determine who can access and manage specific types of assets within a CM site. Roles can be applied to asset types, tree tabs, start menu items, and workflows. Unless otherwise configured, all users can access all assets within the CM site.

Content Management Site (CM) CM site in WebCenter Sites usually represents your website. It is where your content contributors create and manage data to be displayed on the website, and development team designs and develops templates to display that data properly. It is also possible to have multiple contribution sites that together, make up a single website.

After the successfull installation of Oracle WebCenter Sites on Windows 7 with Weblogic Server now in this post we will verify the installation. To access the WebCenter Sites interfaces Open browser and enter the following URL http://localhost:7001/servlet The WebCenter Sites login form is displayed.

After completing prerequsities steps for WebCenter Sites installation on windows 7, we are in the position to start the install of WebCenter Sites using the provided installer. Extract the WebCenter Sites installer archive into a directory. Go to the following path and run csInstall.bat file <directory>\sites\WebCenterSites\WCS_Sites_11.1.1.6.0\ContentServer run csInstall.bat file WebCenter Sites installer screen will appear from that click next.

In this post we will craete and configure a Data Source in Weblogic Server for Oracle WebCenter installation. I assumes that the admin server has already start. Create the Data Source Log in to the WebLogic Server Administration Console. 1) In the tree at the left expand Services. 2) Click Data Sources. 3) Click New and select Generic Data Source 4. In the “Create a New JDBC Data Source” screen, enter the following values:     a. A name for the data source.     b. csDataSource for the JNDI name.

In this post we will configure and set some setting in Weblogic domain (csDomain) before we start the installation of Oracle WebCenter Sites on Windows 7. Setting Hostname Verification for AdminServer 1) Start Weblogic Server, after the admin server has started, open a web browser and log in to the “WebLogic Server Administration Console” at: http://localhost:7001/console 2) In the tree at the left of the screen, expand Environment. 3) Click Servers. 4) Click on the AdminServer. 5) Click the Configuration tab. 6) Click SSL. 7) Click Advanced. 8) Click Save

In this post I am going to create a domain in Weblogic Server 11g for Oracle WebCenter Sites 11g installation on Windows 7. Run Configuration Wizard by opening Start Menu --> All Programs --> Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.2.2.0 --> WebLogic Server 11gR1 --> Tools

In this post we create and configure Oracle database 11g for WebCenter Sites installation on Windows 7. Create Oracle Database 11g Launch the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant from start menu --> All Program --> Configuration and Migration Tools In the Operations screen, select Create a Database and click Next

Following are the pre-requisites for Oracle WebCenter Sites 11g R1 (11.1.1.6.0) installation on Windows 7 OS with Oracle Database.   Pre-requisites for Oracle WebCenter Sites 11g R1 (11.1.1.6.0) 1) Oracle JDK 1.7.0_07+ 2) Oracle Database 11.1.0.6+ 3) WebLogic Server 10.3.5+ and 10.3.6 ( Note: Fusion Middleware 11 g products are not supported on WebLogic Server 12.1.1)

Each domain has an adminServer which need to be started before we can start the managed servers and verfity the WebCenter Portal installation. This can be done by executing the startWebLogic.cmd command in following directory: <middleware home>\user_projects\domains\webcenter_domain\bin The admin server will now start. This can take a few minutes depending on your system.

In order to create a domain for Oracle Portal 11gR1, we need to run the configuration tool from Webcenter. This can be found in the commons directory of the WebCenter: [installation directory]\Middleware\Oracle_WC\common\bin Execute config.exe   From the Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard chose Create a new Weblogic domain    

In the previous post we have created required schemas for Oracle Webcenter Portal on Oracle Database 11gR2 through Repository Creation Utility (RCU). Now in this post we will continue the installation of Oracle Webcenter Portal 11gR1 on Windows 7 environment. What is Oracle Webcenter Portal 11g According to Oracle: WebCenter Portal is the modern user experience platform for the enterprise and the web. It consolidates the best user experience capabilities from a significant portfolio of leading portal products and related technologies to deliver a modern user experience for the enterprise.

When you access the Webcenter  Content server through browser on window's system, you will get the alert  " The weblayout directory is on a filesystem with 8dot3 semantics. Legacy 16-bit 8dot3 filenames conflict with revision labels and will cause file loss. Disable 8dot3 semantics by running Installer DisableNtfs8dot3 and then restarting Windows "

In this post we will see how to create a weblogic domain, it is a very important step that finaliz your configuration for Webcenter Contant Server run as a manage server in Weblogic. Here how we do it:- Domain Creation in Weblogic Server In the windows environment go to the [Middleware installation Path\Oracle_ECM1\common\bin]. In my case this is C:\OPT\Middleware\Oracle_ECM1\common\bin