User Guide

Before You Install

This chapter describes how to prepare your system for installing LiveCycle security products:

● “About the installation, configuration, and deployment process” on page 9

● “Deploying multiple LiveCycle products” on page 10

● “System requirements” on page 11

● “Installation, configuration, and deployment checklists” on page 13

Before you begin installing LiveCycle products on your application server, visit the Adobe LiveCycle

product download page at the following location to make certain you have the latest version of the

software:

www.adobe.com/support/products/enterprise/support_downloads.html

About the installation, configuration, and deployment process

Installing, configuring, and deploying LiveCycle products involves the following processes:

Installing: Installing the products places all of the required files onto your computer, within one

installation directory structure. You install the products by running the installation program. The

default installation directory is C:\Adobe\LiveCycle (Windows) or /opt/adobe/livecycle (Linux);

however, you can install the files to a different directory. In this guide, the installation directory is

referred to as [LiveCycle root]. In order for multiple LiveCycle products to interoperate with one another,

you must install all of the products in the same [LiveCycle root] location. This enables you to assemble

the multiple LiveCycle products into one EAR file. (See “

Installing LiveCycle Products” on page 33.)

Configuring and assembling: Configuring the products modifies a variety of settings that determine

how the products work. Assembling the products packages all of the installed components that the

products need into deployable EAR files, according to your configuration instructions. You configure

and assemble the products for deployment by running Configuration Manager. (See “

Configuring

LiveCycle Products” on page 44.)You can configure and assemble multiple LiveCycle products at the

same time.

Deploying: Deploying the products involves deploying the assembled EAR files and a few other

configured files to the JBoss application server on which you plan to run your LiveCycle solution. If you

have configured and assembled multiple products, most of the deployable components for the

multiple products are packaged within the single deployable LiveCycle.ear file. (See “

Manually

Deploying to JBoss” on page 60.)

Initializing the LiveCycle database: Initializing the LiveCycle database creates the

LiveCycle Policy Server tables and loads the configuration settings, the default administrator user

account, and other internal user accounts. Deploying any LiveCycle product that connects to the

LiveCycle database requires you to initialize the LiveCycle database after the deployment process. (See

“

Initializing the Database” on page 63.)