Workflow Install Guidance - Please help!! :=)

Question

I have some questions about how/where to install Oracle Workflow. Any guidance would be appreciated.
1) Is there a Workflow 2.6.2 CD or do you just install 2.6 and then use the patch to update your install?
2) Is the Oracle Workflow installed on the database server or the app server. I know that a DAD is needed on the app server in something like 9iAS or OAS. However, where is the actual Workflow Server installed (db server or app server)? Where is the Oracle 9i Management and Integration installed? Specifically, does the /wf directory end up being on the database server or the app server?
3) Workflow is bundled with the database 9.2 CD as well as 9iAS 9.0.2 as a supplemental CD. Does it matter which one you use? Are they different products? If you use the 9iAS one, where do you install it?
4) I know that Workflow 2.6.2 is bundled with Oracle 9iAS InterConnect in 9iAS 9.0.2.1. However, you have to install the whole thing including InterConnect even if you just want Workflow 2.6.2.
Again any guidance/help/pointers to documentation will help. Trust me, I have tried to read everything out there and they are very careful not to mention where you install the product (db server or app server)... :=)
Thanks,
Ray

Answer 1

I've been messing with workflow - so these comments are from someone who is not an expert.
Oracle Workflow is part of the database install on 9i. I managed to get it installed in the following rough manner:
1. Install 9i databse on a machine
2. Add the workflow bit by choosing "Oracle 9i Management and Integration", then "Custom". When you hit next, Oracle Workflow should be under enterprise manager product.
This will install workflow and launch the configurator. Now you kind of have workflow, but you need to do more "magic" to get the web front end up.
Firstly you need to make sure that you have the HTTP server up and can access its pages. There is no a setting under the web server implmentation which allows you to setup a "DAD" for the workflow. Try searching oracle pdfs for :
Step 4. Install and configure your Web server.
Oracle Workflow requires that you integrate with Oracle HTTP Server as
your Web server. Your Web server installation must be able to access the
Oracle Workflow java area, the Oracle Workflow icon area, and the Oracle
Workflow documentation area.
1. Install Oracle HTTP Server with mod_plsql.
Refer to your Oracle9i Database Server or Oracle9i Application Server
installation documentation for further details.
2. Using your web browser, navigate to the following URL:
http://<server_name>[:<portID>]/
Replace <server_name> and <portID> with the server and port number
on which your web listener accepts requests. For example:
http://test.company.com:7778/
3. In the Oracle HTTP Server Components page, choose "mod_plsql".
4. In the Gateway Configuration Menu page, choose "Gateway Database
Access Descriptor Settings".
5. In the Database Access Descriptors page, choose "Add Default (blank
configuration)".
6. Create a DAD for Oracle Workflow, specifying the following settings:
Database Access Descriptor Name: <your Workflow DAD>
Schema Name: <Leave Blank>
Oracle User Name: <Leave Blank>
Oracle Password: <Leave Blank>
Oracle Connect String: <CONNECT_STRING>
Note: Oracle Workflow Release 2.6.2 supports the
versions of Oracle HTTP Server and mod_plsql that are
included with Oracle9i Database Server version 9.2 or
higher, as well as the versions that are included with
Oracle9i Application Server Release 2 (9.0.2) or higher. We
recommend using the versions of Oracle HTTP Server and
mod_plsql that are included on the software CD from
which you are installing Oracle Workflow.