1. Introduction to WebAdvisor IIPS Conference 2005 WebAdvisor

2. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce Introduction to WebAdvisor n Web Access for - –Staff –Faculty –Students

3. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce WebAdvisor Components n Components –Server Hardware n Windows or UNIX –Software n Sun’s SunOne WebServer (formerly iPlanet) n Datatel’s delivered HTML pages - WebAdvisor –Tools n SA Valet

4. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce Server Hardware n UNIX –As small as a V120 n Windows –Xeon Processor n Location –DMZ highly recommended See the latest Infrastructure Recommendations Document

5. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce Server Hardware Infrastructure Recommendations Document n NCCCS Website –Faculty and Staff n Administrative Resources –CIS Projects n Technical Project Information (Heading) n Hardware Infrastructure Document

6. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce Server Software nSnSnSnSunOne –F–F–F–For WebAdvisor 2.x nUnUnUnUse Version 6.0 (minimum SP2) –F–F–F–For WebAdvisor 3.0 nUnUnUnUse Version 6.1

7. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce iPlanet (SunOne) n Installation tips –Initial server should use Port 83 –Live = 80 –Dev = 81 –Test = 82 –CC = 85

8. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce Datatel’s WebAdvisor Software n Web pages delivered from Datatel –Version 2.x – fixed HTML pages n Difficult to customize each HTML page n User cannot run concurrent WA sessions –Version 3.x – Dynamically generated HTML pages n CSS –WAR file stores both Datatel template and your custom stylesheets –Custom work is performed on PC and a WAR file created with ANT –WAR file is loaded into Web Server n Envision menus now control page content n MUCH EASIER! n Concurrent sessions – uses cookies n Offloads the demand from the Web Server

9. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce WebAdvisor nSnSnSnSpeak to me … –J–J–J–Java servlets nWnWnWnWebAdvisor servlet nDnDnDnDatatelMaintenanceServlet servlet nCnCnCnCCxmlReceiverServlet servlet –w–w–w–webadvisor.ini file nPnPnPnPoints to the Colleague DMI Listener –D–D–D–DNS or IP address –P–P–P–Port –O–O–O–Odds and Ends

10. WebAdvisor n After initial installation –How do I know it is working? n i.e. can it talk to my database (Colleague) ? –Next Steps

11. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce WebAdvisor nSnSnSnShould I wait for the next release? –W–W–W–WebAdvisor 3.0 nSnSnSnSunOne nAnAnAnApache/Tomcat nInInInIIS –N–N–N–NCCCS System Office will support: nSnSnSnSunOne –W–W–W–Who’s your mama? nRnRnRnRemember we do not get direct support from Datatel!

12. WebAdvisor n Questions ? n Next – SA Valet

13. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce SA Valet n What is it? –Java Based Administration Tool n Provides Management for: –DMI Listener –Web Server to DMI Connection –SSL Certificates

14. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce Demonstration of SA Valet Demonstration of SA Valet –Management for DMI and WebServer connection n Provides access to: –DMI Registry –Account Connection –DMI Registry Users

15. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce SA Valet

16. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce SA Valet

17. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce SA Valet n What is in the Future for SA Valet? –Release 18 n LR – Local Repository –Software Updates (Goodbye Express Load) n DAS – Data Access Server –What does it all mean? n More Java applications n SA Valet takes a greater role in maintaining your servers

18. North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President www.nccommunitycolleges.edu Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce SA Valet Questions ? n http://nccommunitycolleges.edu