User Guide

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Before You Install
This chapter describes how to prepare your system for installing LiveCycle products:
● “About the installation, configuration, and deployment process” on page 11
● “Methods for installing, configuring, and deploying LiveCycle products” on page 12
● “Installing and deploying multiple LiveCycle products” on page 12
● “System requirements” on page 13
● “Installation, configuration, and deployment checklists” on page 16
● “Updated LiveCycle product information” on page 18
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 default installation directory
is referred to as [LiveCycle root]. In order for multiple LiveCycle products to work 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 35
.)
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 a deployable EAR file, according to your configuration instructions. You configure
and assemble the products for deployment by running Configuration Manager. (See “Configuring
LiveCycle Products for Deployment” on page 49.) You can configure and assemble multiple LiveCycle
products at the same time.
Deploying: Deploying the products involves deploying the assembled EAR file 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.
Initializing the LiveCycle database: Initializing the LiveCycle database creates tables for use with
Adobe User Management and certain LiveCycle products. 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 66
.)