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Preparation: Setting up an iPlanet UDS Runtime Environment
44 iPlanet Integration Server • Process System Guide • August 2001
Preparation: Setting up an iPlanet UDS
Runtime Environment
An iIS process system runs in an iPlanet UDS software environment. Both the
development and runtime capabilities of iIS (process development and process
execution) use the distributed runtime services provided by an iPlanet UDS
environment. A functioning iPlanet UDS runtime system (including a central
development repository for iIS process development) is the technical infrastructure
underlying an iIS process system.
Consequently, you must have a functioning iPlanet UDS environment before
setting up an iIS process system. This section introduces some of the important
considerations for setting up an iPlanet UDS environment. For detailed
information on how to set up an iPlanet UDS environment, consult the iPlanet UDS
System Management Guide.
iPlanet UDS system software is designed to be environment independent.
Nevertheless, iPlanet UDS software has critical dependencies on the specific
versions of operating systems, window systems, networking systems, runtime
libraries, and database management systems used at your site. One of the most
important aspects of properly setting up an iPlanet UDS environment is to make
sure that the physical environment (hardware and software) meets iPlanet UDS
system requirements. For more information on these requirements, see the iPlanet
UDS System Installation Guide.
While iPlanet UDS system software is usually installed in an existing network
configuration, you should consider how to best use the available resources,
depending on the type of environment you are setting up.
If the environment is principally an iPlanet UDS or iIS development environment,
then the locations of your central development repositories (Repository Servers)
and Environment Manager service are key considerations.
If the environment is principally a production environment for mission-critical
applications, then the availability and locations of vital application resources (such
as database management systems and C program libraries) and the speed and
reliability of servers are some key considerations. These considerations might also
influence where you place the Environment Manager service.
In general, when setting up an iPlanet UDS environment, you first install iPlanet
UDS on a node that plays the role of a central server. Typically, this node hosts the
Environment Manager service and the Repository Server and often serves as a
central distribution node for installing iIS on other nodes in your environment.
After you install iPlanet UDS on your central server, you install iPlanet UDS on
other nodes in the environment.