This chapter describes Sybase Enterprise Portal 6.0 – Enterprise Edition. Sybase recommends that you read through this chapter before beginning your installation.
Enterprise Portal 6.0 is a comprehensive set of tools, services, and application server, designed to give you maximum flexibility when designing your portal by offering a wide selection of solutions from which you can choose.
There are three different types of possible Enterprise Portal installations. The components installed depend upon the type of installation you perform. The types of installations are:
The typical installation – contains full search and indexing capabilities, and Sybase Enterprise Security functionality, which provides LDAP support, single sign-on, and advanced access control features. The typical installation options are:
Adaptive Server Anywhere 8.0
Sybase EAServer 4.2.2
Sybase Enterprise Security 6.0
Sybase Enterprise Portal 6.0, Portal Interface, Portal Studio, and Portal Search
The custom installation – allows you to choose from a variety of installation scenarios. You can install a new database, or utilize a database that is already installed on your system. You can install a new application server, or utilize an application server that is already installed on your system. You can install a new search utility, or utilize a search utility that is already installed on your system. The custom installation installs:
The selected database (for example, Adaptive Server Anywhere 8.0)
The selected application server (for example, EAServer 4.2.2)
Sybase Enterprise Security 6.0 into the selected database and application server
Sybase Enterprise Portal 6.0, Portal Interface, Portal Studio, and Portal Search into the selected database and application server
The Portal Search installation – allows you to distribute the dynamic reasoning engine (DRE) to one or more remote machines. This option is for users who are performing a multimachine installation. The Search installation installs:
Portal Search daemons
DRE utility
Configuration files
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