Walk-through of domain configuration for Oracle WebCenter 11g: on Windows Server 2008 x64 & MS SQL 2008

In my previous post I covered the third step of the "simple" installation topology, Install other Fusion Middleware products, and will now focus on the fourth step (of eight): Configure domain for WebCenter.

1. Start configuration wizard
   
   • On Windows operating systems navigate to Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_WC1\common\bin and run config.cmd
    
2. Create a new domain
   
   • The installer will prompt you to create or extend a domain, select Create
     
     
3. Select required products
   
   • Now you'll be prompted to select the products you want to install.  Select everything except the WebLogic Advanced Web Services.  The screenshot below assumes you've already installed UCM and unfortunately missed the JRF WebServices which are very important!
   • "You definitely want them to put both UCM and Spaces in the same domain.A domain does not mean that every component is deployed on the same server. A domain can have multiple servers.
     You can look at a domain as a collection of servers that need to work together.
     When you want to use Webcenter Spaces + UCM you want them to be in the same domain because this way you can manage both WCS and UCM by using the same enterprise manager and WebLogic console." - Yannick Ongena
     
     
4. Specify domain name
   
   • When creating a domain on a Windows, make sure neither the directory path nor domain name contain a space character; otherwise, the domain will not be created. "practice_domain" or "base_domain" are the defaults recommended by Oracle.
     
5. Configure admin user
   
   • In the Configure Administrator User Name and Password window, accept the default User name of "weblogic" and enter "welcome1" twice for the password.
6. Configure Server Start Mode and JDK
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7. Configure JDBC components
• Select your DB vendor, enter your database name, set your host and port, and enter the schema passwords which you should have written down when you ran the RCU!
  
  
8.  Select optional configurations
   
   • Select "Managed Servers, Clusters and Machines"
     
     
   • Click Next
     
   •  At the Configure Clusters button click Next
     
   • Add a new machine to the Configure Machines window by clicking the Add button and entering the following values:
     Name: practice_machine
     Node listen address: All Local Addressess
     Node listen port: (default) 5556
     
   • In the "Assign Servers to Machines" window, select everything on the left and assign it to the practice_machine we just created on the right
     
9. Configuration Summary
   
10. Create the domain, and done!
    
11. Another, not very difficult step done!