Configuring the Portal for Initial Use

Use

This section describes the initial configuration of the portal, which includes the tasks you typically need to perform for the portal, immediately following the installation, and up to, but not including, the creation of content for your portal. These initial configuration tasks are necessary only in a production environment.

The information in this section focuses on basic portal-specific tasks.

Prerequisites

• You have completed the portal installation.

• You have an understanding of the preconfigured roles supplied with the portal.

  For more information, see Understanding Preconfigured Portal Roles .

Activities

Following an installation of the portal, there are initial configuration tasks that you need or may want to perform. These tasks can be divided into the following main categories:

1. Functional Unit Configuration - Enable the Portal functional unit.

   For more information, see Java Functional Unit Configuration .

2. Primary tasks - These tasks are required or recommended.

   For more information, see Primary Tasks for Initial Configuration of the Portal .

3. Secondary tasks - These tasks are optional.

   For more information, see Secondary Tasks for Initial Configuration of the Portal .