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Sun ONE Portal Server 3.0: Deployment Planning Concepts

 Course Description
    Course Outline/Details

The Sun ONE Portal Server 3.0: Deployment Planning Concepts web-based training course provides students to key concepts involved in planning and deploying the Sun ONE Portal Server. Topics include overall portal architecture, performance and scalability, load balancing, security, and multisite deployment. Integrated with interactive content are minimum installation procedures. The course ends with a look at the steps involved with sizing and provides checklists of key considerations when planning and deploying the Sun ONE Portal Server.

The course can be taken online or downloaded to a local machine. To view this course, students need Netscape Navigator 4.5 or higher, the JavaScript programming language, and cascading style sheets (CSSs) enabled. Students also have the option of downloading and installing the course on a system running the Solaris Operating System, and running it locally. However, for all of the course's features and options to work effectively, the system should be connected to the Internet.

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  • Course length: 2 to 4 hours


  • Course ID:
    PTL-1311-90
    Subscription Duration:
    90 days
    Price:
    $US  150.00
    How to Enroll
       
     Languages Offered Back To Top

    This course is currently available in English only.

     
     Who Can Benefit Back To Top

    Students who can benefit from this course are: professional services consultants, system engineers, system administrators, technical support personnel, technical personnel responsible for implementing or supporting Sun ONE Portal Server 3.0.

     
     Prerequisites Back To Top

    To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

  • Familiarity with either the Solaris Operating System or the Microsoft Windows NT operating system
  • Experience with Sun ONE server products
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     Skills Gained Back To Top

    Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
  • Describe how to apply vertical and horizontal scaling techniques to the Sun ONE Portal Server
  • Describe how a third-party load balancer can improve scalability and manageability of the Sun ONE Portal Server
  • Describe how load balancing and clustering can achieve high availability for the Sun ONE Portal Server
  • Describe how to create an Sun ONE Portal Server deployment with multiple access points
  • Describe how to build security into Sun ONE Portal Server installations
  • Understand Sun ONE Portal Server backup requirements
  • Describe the key steps and factors to consider when producing a sizing model for the Sun ONE Portal Server
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     Related Courses Back To Top

  • Before:  ECR-2281: Sun ONE Infrastructure Products: Core Concepts
  • After: PTL-2193: Sun ONE Portal Server 3.0: Installation and Configuration
  • After: PTL-4205: Sun ONE Portal Server 3.0: Customization
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         Course Content Back To Top



    Module 1: Sun ONE Portal Server Architecture

  • Describe the main components of the Sun ONE Portal Server
  • Describe the features and benefits of the Sun ONE Portal Server
  • Describe how the Sun ONE Portal Server functions in open and closed mode
  • Describe the role of sessions


  • Module 2: Performance and Scalability
  • Describe the benefits of scalability
  • Describe vertical and horizontal scaling
  • Scale the secure component in secure mode
  • Scale the server component in open mode
  • Scale the gateway component


  • Module 3: Load Balancing
  • Describe the different components of the central dispatch site
  • Describe the benefits of load balancing
  • Install load balancing in secure mode
  • Install load balancing in open mode (single instance)
  • Install load balancing in open mode (multiple instances)


  • Module 4: High Availability
  • Describe the three levels of high availability
  • Describe highly available gateway component configurations
  • Describe highly available server component configurations
  • Describe highly available profile server configurations


  • Module 5: Multiple Site Deployments
  • Describe multiple access points deployments
  • Describe independent site deployments
  • Describe shared server/profile deployments
  • Describe multiple sites with the same Universal Resource Locator (URL)


  • Module 6: Security Issues
  • Describe operating environment "hardening"
  • Describe firewall characteristics
  • Describe the integration of firewalls and the Sun ONE Portal Server
  • Describe gateway proxies and SSL
  • Describe the normal netlet operation
  • Describe the netlet proxy operation
  • Describe the Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) proxy operation
  • Describe the gateway to server SSL


  • Module 7: Server Backup
  • Describe the backup and restore strategy
  • Describe server/profile backup requirements
  • Describe gateway backup requirements


  • Module 8: Sizing
  • Describe the determining key performance requirements
  • Describe the performance model used in the sizing tool
  • How many central processing units (CPUs)?
  • How much memory?
  • How much disk space?
  • How much network bandwidth?
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