Performance by Design
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Deployment Guide for Oracle Application Server
Introduc
ti
on
This deployment guide contains con
fi
guration procedures for AX Series server load balancers to support
Oracle Application Server.
Oracle Application Server is an integrated, standards-based software platform consisting of Oracle HTTP
Server and OC4J (OracleAS Containers for J2EE), which deploys J2EE-based applications. Oracle
Application Server Enterprise Edition is an application platform suite (APS) that offers a comprehensive
solution for developing, integrating, and deploying all of your enterprise’s applications, portals, and Web
sites. Enterprise Edition combines robust business integration, leading J2EE performance, capabilities
for enterprise portal, real-time business activity monitoring, business intelligence, identity management,
and wireless deployment.
For more information on Oracle Application Server Products visit:
http://www.oracle.com/appserver/enterprise_edition.html
The AX Series with its Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) has been designed speci
fi
cally for ap-
plications such as Oracle Application Server providing better robustness in failover situations, intelligent
load sharing and of
fl
oading security processing.
This guide used the AX Series 2.0.1 in routed mode and Oracle Application Server 11g.
Prerequisites & Assump
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ons
A10’s AX platform should be running software version 2.0 or later.
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It is assumed that users have some basic con
fi
guration familiarity with both AX and Oracle Ap-
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plication Server products.
The Oracle Application Server products used in this deployment guide are Oracle Web Server,
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Identity Manager and Single Sign-on. As the applications are accessed by users through the
Oracle Web Server, the deployment con
fi
guration below is for the Oracle Web Server.
The AX can be con
fi
gured in one armed mode or routed mode.
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