Introduction to WebAdvisor IIPS Conference 2005 WebAdvisor

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

North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President 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

North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President 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

North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President 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

North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President 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

North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President 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

North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President 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

North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President 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

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

North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President 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!

WebAdvisor n Questions ? n Next – SA Valet

North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President 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

North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President 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

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

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

North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President 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

North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce SA Valet Questions ? n