5.1 Considerations when configuring and deploying LiveCycle

• You can override the default font for the Configuration Manager by adding the following JVM argument in [LiveCycle root]\ConfigurationManager\Bin\ConfigurationManager.bat (Windows) or [LiveCycle root]\ConfigurationManager\Bin\ConfigurationManager.sh (Linux, UNIX):

  -Dlcm.font.override=<FONT_FAMILY _NAME>

  For example:

  -Dlcm.font.override=SansSerif

  Restart the Configuration Manager after adding the JVM argument.

• During configuration, you must provide the location of the JDBC drivers for your database. The Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2 drivers are in the [LiveCycle root]/lib/db/[database] directory.

• Temporary directory: Do not specify a shared network directory as your temporary directory on cluster configurations. It is recommended to use local directory as a temporary directory.

• Global Document Storage (GDS) directory: Specify the GDS directory that meets the requirements outlined in the Preparing to Install (Single Server or Server Cluster). For latest documentation, see http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_lc_documentation_10.

• On cluster environments, several steps need to be performed manually in addition to the automatic configuration that Configuration Manager performs.

This section describes the GUI version of Configuration Manager. For instructions about using the command line interface (CLI) version of Configuration Manager, see 12 Appendix - Configuration Manager Command Line Interface.

• Configuration Manager does not support deployment or undeployment of EAR files with custom file names. If your EAR files use a custom file name, you must manually deploy and undeploy them to the application server.

• If you are deploying components to WebSphere on a localized instance of the Windows operating system, the Configuration Manager deployment process reaches approximately 7% completion and then adobe-livecycle-websphere.ear fails to deploy. You must perform additional steps described in the Miscellaneous Errors section of the adobe-livecycle-websphere.ear fails to deploy article.

• If you are installing in a distributed environment to a secured server, you will encounter SSL handshake exceptions when running Configuration Manager. To avoid this error, run the following executable file before running Configuration Manager: [appserver root]/bin/retrieveSigners.bat. The retrieveSigners utility retrieves the certificates from the WebSphere Deployment Manager server and adds them to the local server’s trust store. See the article Retrieving signers using the retrieveSigners utility at the client available from the IBM Information Center.

• Some Configuration Manager screens require you to provide the SOAP port of the application server or the deployment manager. For more information on how to determine SOAP ports of your WebSphere application server, see this blog.

• If you are configuring a remote application server, ensure that an application server is also installed on the same computer as Configuration Manager so that Configuration Manager can use the application server library files.

• You can determine the JNDI port number by logging in to WebSphere Administrative Console. On WebSphere admin console, click Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > [server name] > Communications > Ports. You will need to provide the value for BOOTSTRAP_ADDRESS when you configure the application server using Configuration Manager.

• You cannot configure settings for IPv6-based clusters using Configuration Manager.

• It is recommended that you have local server fonts and customer fonts directories at the same path on each node in the cluster. Having shared fonts directories instead of local fonts directories may cause performance issues.

Setting the date, time, and time zone on all servers connected to your LiveCycle environment will ensure that time-dependent modules, such as Adobe® LiveCycle® Digital Signatures 10 and Reader Extensions 10, function correctly. For example, if a signature appears to have been created in the future, it will not validate.

Servers that require synchronization are database servers, LDAP servers, HTTP servers and J2EE servers.