2.1 Installation, configuration, and deployment overview

Installing, configuring, and deploying LiveCycle involves the following processes:

  • Installing: Install LiveCycle by running the installation program. Installing LiveCycle places all of the required files onto your computer, within one installation directory structure. The default installation directory is C:\Adobe\Adobe LiveCycle ES3 (Windows) or opt/adobe/adobe_livecycle_es3 (non-windows); however, you can install the files to a different directory.

  • Configuring: Configuring LiveCycle modifies various settings that determine how LiveCycle works. Assembling the product places all of the installed components into several deployable EAR and JAR files, according to your configuration instructions. Configure and assemble the components for deployment by running Configuration Manager. You can configure and assemble multiple LiveCycle modules at the same time.

  • Deploying: Deploying the product involves deploying the assembled EAR files and supporting files to your application server on which you plan to run your LiveCycle. If you have configured multiple modules, the deployable components are packaged within the deployable EAR files. Components and LiveCycle archive files are packaged as JAR files.
    Note: LiveCycle archive file use .lca file extension.
  • Initializing the LiveCycle database: Initializing the database to be used with LiveCycle creates tables for use with User Management and other components. Deploying any module that connects to the LiveCycle database requires you to initialize the LiveCycle database after the deployment process.

Before you begin to install and configure LiveCycle, ensure that you have prepared your environment as described in the applicable Preparing guides.

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