Installing P8 - Installing a distributed FileNet P8 system

Installing FileNet P8 documentation
FileNet P8 documentation is distributed as part of a larger FileNet P8 information center. From the various user and administrative applications, you can either link to the online version of the information center on www.ibm.com or link to a local copy of the information center that you install and deploy.

Installing and configuring Content Platform Engine
Content Platform Engine is the content and workflow-management component of the FileNet P8 platform. To set up Content Platform Engine and get full workflow functionality, you install the Content Platform Engine and IBM® Case Foundation software and then configure and deploy it on an application server. You must also configure the global configuration database (GCD), create the FileNet P8 domain, and create at least one object store with an associated workflow system. The workflow system contains an isolated region and an associated connection point. The GCD contains system information about your particular configuration. The object stores contain information about the documents, cases, records, forms, workflows, and other business objects that you store in your FileNet P8 system.

Installing and configuring IBM Content Search Services
You can install and configure IBM Content Search Services for a single server configuration or a multiple server configuration on Windows, AIX®, Linux, and Solaris operating systems.

Installing and configuring Application Engine
Application Engine provides a client application called Workplace that you can use to access the information managed by Content Platform Engine. After you install the server, you must also configure your application server to work with Application Engine, and deploy the application.

Configuration and startup tasks
After you install the FileNet P8 components, there are some additional steps to configure the system. After you configure the FileNet P8 components, familiarize yourself with system startup and shutdown procedures. See the Administering FileNet P8 > Starting and stopping FileNet P8 components help topic.

Optional installation tasks
You can install the additional or optional FileNet P8 components in any order.