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Installation Road Map

The following diagram illustrates a sample SiteMinder installation and lists the order in which you install and configure each component.

• A solid line surrounds the components that are required before configuring a policy store. They include the following:
  • A Policy Server
  • A non–registered FSS Administrative UI

  If a Policy Server is not part of your environment, do not continue with the installation process.

• The component surrounded by a green dotted line is the policy store, which you configure now.

The following figure depicts a single policy/key store instance. Although not illustrated, your environment can use separate instances for individual policy and key stores.

Note: If you are trying to configure or upgrade a SiteMinder store listed in the SiteMinder Platform Support Matrix and cannot find the procedures in this guide, see the Directory Configuration Guide.

Important Considerations

To avoid possible policy store corruption, ensure that the server on which the policy store will reside is configured to store objects in UTF-8 form. For more information on configuring your server to store objects in UTF-8 form, see the documentation for that server.