The WebCenter Portal Extensions are online JDeveloper updates. Start JDeveloper. From the menu choose Help > Check for Updates. In the Check for Updates Wizard, select Search Update Centers and ensure the first two options are checked. Click Next. Then ensure that WebCenter Portal extensions(WebCenter Core Design Time extension and the WebCenter Portal Design Time extension) you want are checked.Alternatively, you can obtain the WebCenter Core Design Time extension from here, and the WebCenter Portal Design Time extension for publishing assets from here. Then from the menu in JDeveloper you can choose Help > Check for Updates, then in the Check for Updates Wizard select Install from Local File and point it to your downloaded extension files.

You will need an LDAP Server. You can use the embedded LDAP server within WebLogic Server for development purposes, but generally you will need a separate LDAP server. You can use Oracle's LDAP Server, or a 3rd party LDAP server. Also provided by Oracle Identity Management are two single sign-on (SSO) solutions, Oracle Access Manager (OAM) and Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On (OSSO).

Release 12c (12.2.1.2.0)

Oracle WebCenter Portal 12c (12.2.1.2.0)

This is an independent installation that does not get installed over earlier versions. Refer to the following information to get WebCenter Portal 12c (12.2.1.2.0) up and running:

The WebCenter Portal Extensions are online JDeveloper updates. Start JDeveloper. From the menu choose Help > Check for Updates. In the Check for Updates Wizard, select Search Update Centers and ensure the first two options are checked. Click Next. Then ensure that WebCenter Portal extensions(WebCenter Core Design Time extension and the WebCenter Portal Design Time extension) you want are checked.Alternatively, you can obtain the WebCenter Core Design Time extension from here, and the WebCenter Portal Design Time extension for publishing assets from here. Then from the menu in JDeveloper you can choose Help > Check for Updates, then in the Check for Updates Wizard select Install from Local File and point it to your downloaded extension files.

You will need an LDAP Server. You can use the embedded LDAP server within WebLogic Server for development purposes, but generally you will need a separate LDAP server. You can use Oracle's LDAP Server, or a 3rd party LDAP server. Also provided by Oracle Identity Management are two single sign-on (SSO) solutions, Oracle Access Manager (OAM) and Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On (OSSO).

Release 12c (12.2.1.1.0)

Oracle WebCenter Portal 12c (12.2.1.1.0)

This is an independent installation that does not get installed over earlier versions. Refer to the following information to get WebCenter Portal 12c (12.2.1.1.0) up and running:

The WebCenter Portal Extensions are online JDeveloper updates. Start JDeveloper. From the menu choose Help > Check for Updates. In the Check for Updates Wizard, select Search Update Centers and ensure the first two options are checked. Click Next. Then ensure that WebCenter Portal extensions(WebCenter Core Design Time extension and the WebCenter Portal Design Time extension) you want are checked.Alternatively, you can obtain the WebCenter Core Design Time extension from here, and the WebCenter Portal Design Time extension for publishing assets from here. Then from the menu in JDeveloper you can choose Help > Check for Updates, then in the Check for Updates Wizard select Install from Local File and point it to your downloaded extension files.

You will need an LDAP Server. You can use the embedded LDAP server within WebLogic Server for development purposes, but generally you will need a separate LDAP server. You can use Oracle's LDAP Server, or a 3rd party LDAP server. Also provided by Oracle Identity Management are two single sign-on (SSO) solutions, Oracle Access Manager (OAM) and Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On (OSSO).

Release 12c (12.2.1)

Oracle WebCenter Portal 12c (12.2.1)

This is an independent installation that does not get installed over earlier versions. Refer to the following information to get WebCenter Portal 12c (12.2.1) up and running:

The WebCenter Portal Extensions are online JDeveloper updates. Start JDeveloper. From the menu choose Help > Check for Updates. In the Check for Updates Wizard, select Search Update Centers and ensure the first two options are checked. Click Next. Then ensure that WebCenter Portal extensions you want are checked. Alternatively, you can obtain the WebCenter Core Design Time extension from here, and the WebCenter Framework and Services Design Time extension from here. Then from the menu in JDeveloper you can choose Help > Check for Updates, then in the Check for Updates Wizard select Install from Local File and point it to your downloaded extension files.

You will need an LDAP Server. You can use the embedded LDAP server within WebLogic Server for development purposes, but generally you will need a separate LDAP server. You can use Oracle's LDAP Server, or a 3rd party LDAP server. Also provided by Oracle Identity Management are two single sign-on (SSO) solutions, Oracle Access Manager (OAM) and Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On (OSSO).

Jump Start Kit is a utility that installs a fully functional version of Oracle WebCenter Portal integrated with Oracle WebCenter Content, and includes enabled and preconfigured key features, all within a single machine instance (virtual or physical).

Oracle WebCenter Portal 11g Installations

This is the latest release of Oracle WebCenter Portal 11g . See the Documentation tab for Release Notes, installation, administration and usage information.

Refer to the following information on how to get WebCenter Portal 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.9.0) up and running.

Prerequisites and Recommended Install Process

Prerequites and recommended components for generic installation are available for download in the table below. Please see the Release Notes as well as the Documentation tab for installation, administration, and usage information.

The WebCenter Portal Extensions are online JDeveloper updates. Start JDeveloper. From the menu choose Help > Check for Updates. In the Check for Updates Wizard, select Search Update Centers and ensure the first two options are checked ( screenshot). Click Next. Then ensure that WebCenter Portal extensions you want are checked. Alternatively, you can obtain the WebCenter Portal extensions from this page. Then from the menu in JDeveloper you can choose Help > Check for Updates, then in the Check for Updates Wizard select Install from Local File and point it to your downloaded extension files(s).

You will need an LDAP Server. You can use the embedded LDAP server within WebLogic Server for development purposes, but generally you will need a separate LDAP server. You can use Oracle's LDAP Server, or a 3rd party LDAP server (please review FMW Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter for a list of supported third party LDAP servers). Also provided by Oracle Identity Management are two single sign-on (SSO) solutions, Oracle Access Manager (OAM) and Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On (OSSO).

Portals: Enables developers with the broadest set of choices to deliver their portals. They can take advantage of the hundreds of WebCenter Portal capabilities and/or build custom components which can be easily shared and reused across the portal site.

Composite Applications and Mashups: Built on Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF), the common development framework for all Oracle Fusion Middleware user interfaces and Oracle Fusion Applications. Developers can easily extend existing applications and Oracle Fusion Applications with reusable, standards-based components. Business users and developers can work together using the tool of their choice. Developers can use JDeveloper to produce data controls and applications, business users can leverage browser-based tools to construct create new or manage existing portals.

Content Management: Direct usage of the new release of Oracle WebCenter Content from item level security, to version control and workflows. The Content Presenter component can be used to seamlessly surfaces web content within portal pages and allows in-context management of content assets for content contributors.

Search & Discovery: Direct Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) crawlers for all WebCenter Portal content is further refined by leveraging the activity streams. Users can comment and “like” different items within the system and then these ratings/rankings get used to recommend new content and people that might be able to help them.

Analytics & Management: A complete set of web analytics services and dashboards are included. Direct integration with Oracle Enterprise Manager for complete oversight of the entire running system.

Spaces in Oracle WebCenter Portal server is an out-of-the-box portal application for business users to build departmental portals and intranets, build social business networks, manage personal information, and collaborate with ad-hoc teams, in dynamic online communities without relying on IT.

Services in Oracle WebCenter Portal are prebuilt Enterprise Social Computing Services such as wikis, blogs, RSS, people connections, activity stream, activity graph, discussion forums, tags, etc. which can be easily embedded directly into the portal experience.

Additional Value-Add Components Oracle WebCenter Portal also includes restricted use licenses of select, best-of-breed Oracle technology components such as Oracle WebCenter Content, Secure Enterprise Search and SOA for BPEL that can be deployed as part of a WebCenter Portal deployment.

Refer to the following information on how to get WebCenter Portal 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.8.0) up and running.

Prerequisites and Recommended Install Process

Prerequites and recommended components for generic installation are available for download in the table below. Please see the Release Notes as well as the Documentation tab for installation, administration, and usage information.

The WebCenter Portal Extensions are online JDeveloper updates. Start JDeveloper. From the menu choose Help > Check for Updates. In the Check for Updates Wizard, select Search Update Centers and ensure the first two options are checked ( screenshot). Click Next. Then ensure that WebCenter Portal extensions you want are checked. Alternatively, you can obtain the WebCenter Portal extensions from this page. Then from the menu in JDeveloper you can choose Help > Check for Updates, then in the Check for Updates Wizard select Install from Local File and point it to your downloaded extension files(s).

You will need an LDAP Server. You can use the embedded LDAP server within WebLogic Server for development purposes, but generally you will need a separate LDAP server. You can use Oracle's LDAP Server, or a 3rd party LDAP server (please review FMW Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter for a list of supported third party LDAP servers). Also provided by Oracle Identity Management are two single sign-on (SSO) solutions, Oracle Access Manager (OAM) and Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On (OSSO).

Portals: Enables developers with the broadest set of choices to deliver their portals. They can take advantage of the hundreds of WebCenter Portal capabilities and/or build custom components which can be easily shared and reused across the portal site.

Composite Applications and Mashups: Built on Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF), the common development framework for all Oracle Fusion Middleware user interfaces and Oracle Fusion Applications. Developers can easily extend existing applications and Oracle Fusion Applications with reusable, standards-based components. Business users and developers can work together using the tool of their choice. Developers can use JDeveloper to produce data controls and applications, business users can leverage browser-based tools to construct create new or manage existing portals.

Content Management: Direct usage of the new release of Oracle WebCenter Content from item level security, to version control and workflows. The Content Presenter component can be used to seamlessly surfaces web content within portal pages and allows in-context management of content assets for content contributors.

Search & Discovery: Direct Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) crawlers for all WebCenter Portal content is further refined by leveraging the activity streams. Users can comment and “like” different items within the system and then these ratings/rankings get used to recommend new content and people that might be able to help them.

Analytics & Management: A complete set of web analytics services and dashboards are included. Direct integration with Oracle Enterprise Manager for complete oversight of the entire running system.

Spaces in Oracle WebCenter Portal server is an out-of-the-box portal application for business users to build departmental portals and intranets, build social business networks, manage personal information, and collaborate with ad-hoc teams, in dynamic online communities without relying on IT.

Services in Oracle WebCenter Portal are prebuilt Enterprise Social Computing Services such as wikis, blogs, RSS, people connections, activity stream, activity graph, discussion forums, tags, etc. which can be easily embedded directly into the portal experience.

Additional Value-Add Components Oracle WebCenter Portal also includes restricted use licenses of select, best-of-breed Oracle technology components such as Oracle WebCenter Content, Secure Enterprise Search and SOA for BPEL that can be deployed as part of a WebCenter Portal deployment.

Prerequites and recommended components for Linux x86 installation are available for downloading in the table below. Please see the Release Notes as well as the Documentation tab for installation, administration, and usage information.

The WebCenter Extensions are online JDeveloper updates. Start JDeveloper. From the menu choose Help > Check for Updates. In the Check for Updates Wizard, select Search Update Centers and ensure the first two options are checked ( screenshot). Click Next. Then ensure that WebCenter Portal extensions you want are checked. Alternatively, you can obtain the WebCenter Portal extensions from this page. Then from the menu in JDeveloper you can choose Help > Check for Updates, then in the Check for Updates Wizard select Install from Local File and point it to your downloaded extension files(s).

You will need an LDAP Server. You can use the embedded LDAP server within WebLogic Server for development purposes, but generally you will need a separate LDAP server. You can use Oracle's LDAP Server, or a 3rd party LDAP server (please review FMW Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter for a list of supported third party LDAP servers). Also provided by Oracle Identity Management are two single sign-on (SSO) solutions, Oracle Access Manager (OAM) and Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On (OSSO).

Portals: Enables developers with the broadest set of choices to deliver their portals. They can take advantage of the hundreds of WebCenter Portal capabilities and/or build custom components which can be easily shared and reused across the portal site.

Composite Applications and Mashups: Built on Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF), the common development framework for all Oracle Fusion Middleware user interfaces and Oracle Fusion Applications. Developers can easily extend existing applications and Oracle Fusion Applications with reusable, standards-based components. Business users and developers can work together using the tool of their choice. Developers can use JDeveloper to produce data controls and applications, business users can leverage browser-based tools to construct create new or manage existing portals.

Content Management: Direct usage of the new release of Oracle WebCenter Content from item level security, to version control and workflows. The Content Presenter component can be used to seamlessly surfaces web content within portal pages and allows in-context management of content assets for content contributors.

Search & Discovery: Direct Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) crawlers for all WebCenter Portal content is further refined by leveraging the activity streams. Users can comment and “like” different items within the system and then these ratings/rankings get used to recommend new content and people that might be able to help them.

Analytics & Management: A complete set of web analytics services and dashboards are included. Direct integration with Oracle Enterprise Manager for complete oversight of the entire running system.

Spaces in Oracle WebCenter Portal server is an out-of-the-box portal application for business users to build departmental portals and intranets, build social business networks, manage personal information, and collaborate with ad-hoc teams, in dynamic online communities without relying on IT.

Services in Oracle WebCenter Portal are prebuilt Enterprise Social Computing Services such as wikis, blogs, RSS, people connections, activity stream, activity graph, discussion forums, tags, etc. which can be easily embedded directly into the portal experience.

Additional Value-Add Components Oracle WebCenter Portal also includes restricted use licenses of select, best-of-breed Oracle technology components such as Oracle WebCenter Content, Secure Enterprise Search and SOA for BPEL that can be deployed as part of a WebCenter Portal deployment.

Prerequites and recommended components for Linux x86-64 installation are available for downloading in the table below. Please see the Release Notes as well as the Documentation tab for installation, administration, and usage information.

The WebCenter Extensions are online JDeveloper updates. Start JDeveloper. From the menu choose Help > Check for Updates. In the Check for Updates Wizard, select Search Update Centers and ensure the first two options are checked ( screenshot). Click Next. Then ensure that WebCenter Portal extensions you want are checked. Alternatively, you can obtain the WebCenter Portal extensions from this page. Then from the menu in JDeveloper you can choose Help > Check for Updates, then in the Check for Updates Wizard select Install from Local File and point it to your downloaded extension files(s).

You will need an LDAP Server. You can use the embedded LDAP server within WebLogic Server for development purposes, but generally you will need a separate LDAP server. You can use Oracle's LDAP Server, or a 3rd party LDAP server (please review FMW Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter for a list of supported third party LDAP servers). Also provided by Oracle Identity Management are two single sign-on (SSO) solutions, Oracle Access Manager (OAM) and Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On (OSSO).

Portals: Enables developers with the broadest set of choices to deliver their portals. They can take advantage of the hundreds of WebCenter Portal capabilities and/or build custom components which can be easily shared and reused across the portal site.

Composite Applications and Mashups: Built on Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF), the common development framework for all Oracle Fusion Middleware user interfaces and Oracle Fusion Applications. Developers can easily extend existing applications and Oracle Fusion Applications with reusable, standards-based components. Business users and developers can work together using the tool of their choice. Developers can use JDeveloper to produce data controls and applications, business users can leverage browser-based tools to construct create new or manage existing portals.

Content Management: Direct usage of the new release of Oracle WebCenter Content from item level security, to version control and workflows. The Content Presenter component can be used to seamlessly surfaces web content within portal pages and allows in-context management of content assets for content contributors.

Search & Discovery: Direct Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) crawlers for all WebCenter Portal content is further refined by leveraging the activity streams. Users can comment and “like” different items within the system and then these ratings/rankings get used to recommend new content and people that might be able to help them.

Analytics & Management: A complete set of web analytics services and dashboards are included. Direct integration with Oracle Enterprise Manager for complete oversight of the entire running system.

Spaces in Oracle WebCenter Portal server is an out-of-the-box portal application for business users to build departmental portals and intranets, build social business networks, manage personal information, and collaborate with ad-hoc teams, in dynamic online communities without relying on IT.

Services in Oracle WebCenter Portal are prebuilt Enterprise Social Computing Services such as wikis, blogs, RSS, people connections, activity stream, activity graph, discussion forums, tags, etc. which can be easily embedded directly into the portal experience.

Additional Value-Add Components Oracle WebCenter Portal also includes restricted use licenses of select, best-of-breed Oracle technology components such as Oracle WebCenter Content, Secure Enterprise Search and SOA for BPEL that can be deployed as part of a WebCenter Portal deployment.

Prerequites and recommended components for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) installation are available for downloading in the table below. Please see the Release Notes as well as the Documentation tab for installation, administration, and usage information.

The WebCenter Extensions are online JDeveloper updates. Start JDeveloper. From the menu choose Help > Check for Updates. In the Check for Updates Wizard, select Search Update Centers and ensure the first two options are checked ( screenshot). Click Next. Then ensure that WebCenter Portal extensions you want are checked. Alternatively, you can obtain the WebCenter Portal extensions from this page. Then from the menu in JDeveloper you can choose Help > Check for Updates, then in the Check for Updates Wizard select Install from Local File and point it to your downloaded extension files(s).

You will need an LDAP Server. You can use the embedded LDAP server within WebLogic Server for development purposes, but generally you will need a separate LDAP server. You can use Oracle's LDAP Server, or a 3rd party LDAP server (please review FMW Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter for a list of supported third party LDAP servers). Also provided by Oracle Identity Management are two single sign-on (SSO) solutions, Oracle Access Manager (OAM) and Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On (OSSO).

Portals: Enables developers with the broadest set of choices to deliver their portals. They can take advantage of the hundreds of WebCenter Portal capabilities and/or build custom components which can be easily shared and reused across the portal site.

Composite Applications and Mashups: Built on Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF), the common development framework for all Oracle Fusion Middleware user interfaces and Oracle Fusion Applications. Developers can easily extend existing applications and Oracle Fusion Applications with reusable, standards-based components. Business users and developers can work together using the tool of their choice. Developers can use JDeveloper to produce data controls and applications, business users can leverage browser-based tools to construct create new or manage existing portals.

Content Management: Direct usage of the new release of Oracle WebCenter Content from item level security, to version control and workflows. The Content Presenter component can be used to seamlessly surfaces web content within portal pages and allows in-context management of content assets for content contributors.

Search & Discovery: Direct Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) crawlers for all WebCenter Portal content is further refined by leveraging the activity streams. Users can comment and “like” different items within the system and then these ratings/rankings get used to recommend new content and people that might be able to help them.

Analytics & Management: A complete set of web analytics services and dashboards are included. Direct integration with Oracle Enterprise Manager for complete oversight of the entire running system.

Spaces in Oracle WebCenter Portal server is an out-of-the-box portal application for business users to build departmental portals and intranets, build social business networks, manage personal information, and collaborate with ad-hoc teams, in dynamic online communities without relying on IT.

Services in Oracle WebCenter Portal are prebuilt Enterprise Social Computing Services such as wikis, blogs, RSS, people connections, activity stream, activity graph, discussion forums, tags, etc. which can be easily embedded directly into the portal experience.

Additional Value-Add Components Oracle WebCenter Portal also includes restricted use licenses of select, best-of-breed Oracle technology components such as Oracle WebCenter Content, Secure Enterprise Search and SOA for BPEL that can be deployed as part of a WebCenter Portal deployment.