IIPS Conference 2005
WebAdvisor
Introduction to WebAdvisor
Introduction to WebAdvisor
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Web Access for – Staff
– Faculty
– Students
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
WebAdvisor Components
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Components
– Server Hardware
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Windows or UNIX
– Software
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Sun’s SunOne WebServer (formerly iPlanet)
Datatel’s delivered HTML pages - WebAdvisor
– Tools
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SA Valet
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
Server Hardware
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UNIX
– As small as a V120
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Windows
– Xeon Processor
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Location
– DMZ highly recommended
See the latest Infrastructure Recommendations Document
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
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NCCCS Website
– Faculty and Staff
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Administrative Resources
– CIS Projects
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Technical Project Information (Heading)
Hardware Infrastructure Document
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
Server Software
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SunOne
– For WebAdvisor 2.x
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Use Version 6.0 (minimum SP2)
– For WebAdvisor 3.0
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Use Version 6.1
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
iPlanet (SunOne)
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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
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
Datatel’s WebAdvisor Software
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Web pages delivered from Datatel
– Version 2.x – fixed HTML pages
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Difficult to customize each HTML page
User cannot run concurrent WA sessions
– Version 3.x – Dynamically generated HTML pages
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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
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Envision menus now control page content
MUCH EASIER!
Concurrent sessions – uses cookies
Offloads the demand from the Web Server
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
WebAdvisor
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Speak to me …
– Java servlets
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WebAdvisor servlet
DatatelMaintenanceServlet servlet
CCxmlReceiverServlet servlet
– webadvisor.ini file
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Points to the Colleague DMI Listener
– DNS or IP address
– Port
– Odds and Ends
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
WebAdvisor
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After initial installation
– How do I know it is working?
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i.e. can it talk to my database (Colleague) ?
– Next Steps
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
WebAdvisor
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Should I wait for the next release?
– WebAdvisor 3.0
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SunOne
Apache/Tomcat
IIS
– NCCCS System Office will support:
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SunOne
– Who’s your mama?
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Remember we do not get direct support from Datatel!
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
WebAdvisor
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Questions ?
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Next – SA Valet
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
SA Valet
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What is it?
– Java Based Administration Tool
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Provides Management for:
– DMI Listener
– Web Server to DMI Connection
– SSL Certificates
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
– Management for DMI and WebServer connection
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Provides access to:
– DMI Registry
– Account Connection
– DMI Registry Users
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
SA Valet
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
SA Valet
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce
SA Valet
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What is in the Future for SA Valet?
– Release 18
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LR – Local Repository
– Software Updates (Goodbye Express Load)
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DAS – Data Access Server
– What does it all mean?
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More Java applications
SA Valet takes a greater role in maintaining your
servers
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 ?
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http://nccommunitycolleges.edu
North Carolina Community College System
H. Martin Lancaster, President
www.nccommunitycolleges.edu
Fifty-eight Institutions Educating and Training a World-Class Workforce