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Prerequisites

Policy Server Prerequisites

The CA SiteMinder® Policy Server requires the following prerequisites to operate with the CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint:

• CA SiteMinder® Policy Server 12.5, 12.0 SP3 CR05 NIN Build 443 and above.

  Important! Multiple directory connections are supported with Policy Server version 12.5 and above only.

• CA SiteMinder® Administrative UI 12.5 (any CR), 12.0 SP3 CR05 NIN Build 443 and above.
• (For Office Client Integration) HTTP methods for WebDAV defined in the CA SiteMinder® Agent type
• An SSL Certificate
• The following open ports:
  • Ports for accounting, authentication, and authorization requests (44441, 44442, 44443 respectively)
  • Port for Connection Wizard (44444)
  • Ports for directory server connections.

General Prerequisites

Release 12.52 SP1 of the CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint is the minimum version required.

The CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint also requires the following:

• A 32-bit Java Development Kit version 1.6.0_16 or higher is required on the CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint system.

  Important! The CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint cannot be installed on a computer that hosts any other web server. The CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint operates as a stand-alone proxy-based solution.

• Open the following ports on the CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint:
  • Port 8009 (ajp13)
  • Port 8005 (Tomcat shutdown)
  • Port for HTTP requests on the embedded Apache web server
  • Port for HTTPS requests on the embedded Apache web server
  • Port for HTTP requests by the Claims search service
  • Port for HTTPS requests by the Claims search service

Linux Prerequisites

If you want to install your CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint on a Linux operating environment, verify that your computer meets the following prerequisites:

• Required Linux patches.
• Required Linux libraries.
• Required Linux tools.

More information:

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Required Linux Patches

The following Linux patches are required:

For Web Agents running on 64-bit Linux systems

• Binutils 2.17
• GCC 4.1.0

Required Linux Libraries

Certain library files are required for components operating on Linux operating environments. Failure to install the correct libraries can cause the following error:

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError 

If you are installing, configuring, or upgrading a Linux version of this component, the following packages are required on the host system:

Red Hat 5.x:

• compat–gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-patch_version.I386
• libstdc++-4.x.x-x.el5.i686.rpm
• libidn.so.11.rpm
• ncurses

Red Hat 6.x:

• libstdc++-4.x.x-x.el6.i686.rpm
• libidn-1.18-2.el6.i686
• libXext.i686.rpm
• libXrender.i686.rpm
• linXtst.i686.rpm
• libidn.so.11.rpm
• ncurses

Additionally, for Red Hat 6.x (64-bit):

All the RPM packages that are required for 64-bit Red Hat 6.x are 32-bit packages.

• libXau-1.0.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
• libxcb-1.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
• compat-db42-4.2.52-15.el6.i686.rpm
• compat-db43-4.3.29-15.el6.i686.rpm
• libX11-1.3-2.el6.i686.rpm
• libXrender-0.9.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
• libexpat.so.1 (provided by expat-2.0.1-11.el6_2.i686.rpm)
• libfreetype.so.6 (provided by freetype-2.3.11-6.el6_2.9.i686.rpm)
• libfontconfig.so.1 (provided by fontconfig-2.8.0-3.el6.i686.rpm)
• libICE-1.0.6-1.el6.i686.rpm
• libuuid-2.17.2-12.7.el6.i686.rpm
• libSM-1.1.0-7.1.el6.i686.rpm
• libXext-1.1-3.el6.i686.rpm
• compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686.rpm
• compat-db-4.6.21-15.el6.i686.rpm
• libXi-1.3-3.el6.i686.rpm
• libXtst-1.0.99.2-3.el6.i686.rpm
• libXft-2.1.13-4.1.el6.i686.rpm
• libXt-1.0.7-1.el6.i686.rpm
• libXp-1.0.0-15.1.el6.i686.rpm
• libstdc++.i686.rpm
• compat-libtermcap.rpm
• libidn.i686.rpm
• ncurses

Linux Tools Required

Before installing a CA SiteMinder® Agent on a Red Hat Apache 2.2 web server running on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating environment, install all the items included in the Red Hat Legacy Software Development tools package.

Microsoft Prerequisites

The CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint is designed for Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

Verify that your SharePoint servers have the following prerequisites:

• (For Office Client Integration) use Office 2007 SP2 or higher.
• Open Ports for your SharePoint resources (set during SharePoint installation or configuration)

Note: For more information about specific patches or service packs, and the latest version information, see the Platform Support Matrix.

More information:

Locate the CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint Platform Support Matrix