Planning for Java CAPS Installation

The topics listed here provide pertinent information that you should be aware of prior to attempting to install the Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS). If you have any questions or problems, see the Java CAPS Support web site at http://goldstar.stc.com/support.

Tip - To access all the Java CAPS documentation in HTML format on the Sun Developer Network (SDN) web site, go to http://developers.sun.com/docs/javacaps/.

You can also access the Java CAPS documentation on the SDN web site by clicking the HELP tab in Enterprise Manager.

The HELP tab in the Java CAPS Uploader opens the “Installing Java CAPS Components Using the Java CAPS Uploader” topic.

What You Need to Know Before Installing

• Java CAPS Supported Operating Systems

• Java CAPS Components and Supported External Systems

• System Requirements

• Before You Install

• About the Installation

• Installation Media

• Preparing for Installation

• Java CAPS Installer Caveats

• Increasing the NetBeans IDE Heap Size

• UNIX and Linux Patches

Beginning with Java CAPS 6, GUI and command-line installations are available for all supported operating systems. The GUI installation enables you choose a complete or a custom installation and the command-line installation enables you to either set what you want to install in a properties file that is invoked via a script or to run an interactive installation wherein you answer system installation questions.

A complete installation includes the following components:

• Sun Java System Application Server (SJSAS) 9.1 UR2

  A Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5 compatible platform for developing and delivering server side Java applications and web services. It enables you to deploy and monitor Java Business Integration (JBI) based Projects.

• NetBeans IDE 6.1 ML

  An integrated development environment (IDE) for writing, testing, and debugging secure service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications using XML, BPEL, and Java web services. You use the NetBeans IDE to develop and configure a Java CAPS system.

• Java CAPS Repository v. 6

  A NetBeans IDE Update Center host and a distributed version control system for non-JBI based Java CAPS Projects and objects.

• Enterprise Service Bus API Kit, which includes

  • Java CAPS Management API

  • STCMS API

• Sun JMS IQ Manager v. 6

  A Sun JMS IQ Manager that is required to run Non-JBI based Projects.

• UDDI Server

  An XML-based registry which enables e-commerce on the web.

• Enterprise Manager v. 6

  A web-based application that is used to deploy and monitor Java CAPS runtime components.

• Java CAPS Installer

• Java CAPS Uploader

• Domain

• Core components, such as the Enterprise Service Bus (formerly eGate Integrator)

• Add-on components, such as Sun Adapters (formerly eWays)

• JBI components