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Initializing the Database
This chapter describes how to manually initialize the LiveCycle database.
If you are using User Management with LiveCycle products, you must run Configuration Manager to
initialize the database for integration with User Management. When you run Configuration Manager, the
application server must be running. Initializing the database is a process that prepares a database for use
with LiveCycle products by creating tables and optionally adding data to them. You only need to initialize
the database the first time you deploy the product.
initialize the database for integration with User Management. When you run Configuration Manager, the
application server must be running. Initializing the database is a process that prepares a database for use
with LiveCycle products by creating tables and optionally adding data to them. You only need to initialize
the database the first time you deploy the product.
During database initialization, provide an SSL-enabled port only if the application server has trusted SSL
certificates. If the application server does not have trusted SSL certificates, a non-SSL enabled port must be
provided to complete database initialization. (See
certificates. If the application server does not have trusted SSL certificates, a non-SSL enabled port must be
provided to complete database initialization. (See
.)
This chapter assumes that you have configured the Livecycle database for integration with the product
and have deployed the product to the application server. If you have not done this, see
and have deployed the product to the application server. If you have not done this, see
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To initialize the database:
1. Start the application server.
2. Start Configuration Manager by navigating to the [LiveCycle root]/configurationManager directory and
entering the following command:
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(Windows)
ConfigurationManager.exe
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(Linux)
ConfigurationManager.bin
3. On the Welcome screen, click Next.
4. On the Configuration Mode screen, select Custom Configuration Wizard and click Next.
5. If prompted, on the Configuration Preferences screen, select either Use Previously Entered Values or
Revert to Default Values, and then click Next.
6. On the Product Selection screen, select Foundation, select the products that you want to configure
and deploy, and then click Next.
7. On the Task Selection screen, select Bootstrap database and click Next.
Note:
You must only select the Bootstrap database; no other options are required.
8. On the Application Server URL screen, type the URL that Configuration Manager can use to connect to
the application server in the Application Server Base URL box, and then click Next. On the Prepare
database for LiveCycle screen, click Next.
database for LiveCycle screen, click Next.
9. On the Database Initialization screen, click Initialize Database Now and, when the task is complete,
click Next.
10. On the Tasks Completed screen, click Finish.