SI partner Fusion training Browser Configuration Recommendations

Contents:

1 Check Browser Version

2 Download and Install

3 Configuration

4 Java Runtime Environment Settings

5 Install Flash player 11 or higher version

6 “Check my gears” from Fusion Applications launch page

7 Appendix: Configuring multiple versions of Firefox

1. Recommended browser is Firefox 17 ESR. To check for the correct version, open a session of
Firefox, click on Help, and then click About Mozilla Firefox. – Please note the browser
recommendations and other steps mentioned in this doc are for running effective demos/training
from GSE servers and do not necessarily reflect actual product development recommendations.

2.

Note: To run and install multiple Firefox versions, refer to Appendix - “Configuring multiple versions of
Firefox” at the bottom of this document.

Download and Install Firefox 17 ESR

For windows: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/10.0.10esr/win32/en-US/

Follow the steps to complete the install.

3. Configure:

To Configure

General Tab Settings

 Open a session of Firefox

 From the menu, click on Tools, then select Options and the General tab.
  Click the Manage Add-ons... button.
 You should see at least one entries for Java extensions: Java Quick Starter 1.0.

PLEASE NOTE: To avoid potential adverse impact on demos, GSE recommends

that you add as few extensions as possible.

 Click on the Plugins tab in the Add-ons window

  You may see two entries for Java Plugins. The Java Platform plugin version should match that of
the extension and should be enabled.
 If you have an entry for the Java Deployment Toolkit, please ensure that it is disabled.

PLEASE NOTE: as with extensions, please refrain from adding any more plugins
than necessary to avoid potential adverse impact on demos.

 Click on the Firefox icon in the upper left hand corner of the Add-ons window and select Close.

Content Tab Settings

 Click on the Content tab

 Ensure that the Load images automatically and Enable JavaScript checkboxes are checked
 If you choose to use the pop-up blocker, click on the Exceptions button for Block pop-ups window
and enter oracleads.com in the Address of web site textbox and click Allow.
Privacy Tab Settings

 Click on the Privacy Tab

 Uncheck "Tell websites I do not want to be tracked"
 Select use custom setting for history

 Uncheck Always use private browsing mode

 Check Remember my browsing history

 Check Remember download history

 Check Accept cookies from sites

 Uncheck Accept third-party cookies

 Click the Exceptions button on the far right

In the Address of website text line, enter the following websites and click Allow

 cdw.com
 dell.com

 oracleads.com

Security Tab Settings

 Click on the Security tab

  Ensure that the "Warn me when sites try to install add-ons" and "Block reported attack sites"
boxes are checked

Advanced Tab Settings

 Click on the Advanced tab

 Click on the Network sub-tab

 Click on the General subtab

 At the bottom of the page under the System Defaults section click the Check Now button
 Click Yes, then click OK to exit Firefox options. This sets your default browser to Firefox.

 Click on the Network sub-tab

On the Network subtab, change the offline storage (also known as temporary internet cache) to 600 MB

 Still on the Network subtab

 Change the Offline Storage (also known as temporary internet cache) settings

 Check the "Override automatic cache management" box and update the "Limit cache to" 600 "MB
of space

 To clear cache, click the "Clear Now" button

 Click on the Update sub-tab
 Uncheck the radio button "Never check for updates (not recommended: security risk)"

 Uncheck the radio button "Add-ons"

 Uncheck the radio button "Search Engines"

 Click the "Ok'" button close the Options window.

4. Java runtime settings

Click on Start at the Windows taskbar, select Control Panel.

Double-click the Java shortcut.

Click on the Settings button, lower right on the general tab in the Java Control Panel

Change the default from 1000 to 500 for the Maximum hard disk cache size

Click on the Update tab

Uncheck the Check for Updates Automatically checkbox

Click Never check in the Java Update - Warning window

Click Apply, then OK to close the Java Control Panel

5. Install Flash player 11 or higher version

You need Flashplayer 11 or higher installed on your client machine in order to see the graphs in
Fusion Applications. Otherwise when you access BI Dashboard, you will see grey box as shown
below:

a. You can click on the “Install plugin” link, and the plugin finder will find Flash Player 11.x
and download/install for you. Or you can go to Adobe site, and download download file
install_flash_player.exe.

Or you can go to Adobe site, and download file install_flash_player.exe.

b. Run the exe and you will see a warning box. Click on “Run” button to continue with
install
 c. Close any browser window and continue install. Click on “Done” button with the installer
completes.

d. You can verify your install from Installed Programs displayed on your
machine control panel

6. “Check my gears” from Fusion Applications launch page

Once you get access to Fusion applications training environment, on the top right of the launch
page/Index page, click on “Check my gears” link. Once you run this, review any warning/errors and fix
 issues as needed. Please note these are checks for running effective demos/training from GSE
servers and do not necessarily reflect actual product development recommendations.

7. Appendix:

Configuring Multiple Versions of Firefox

Table of Contents

1 Create a profile for each version of Firefox

2 Download and Install another version of Firefox

3 Configuring a shortcut target

Create a profile for each version of Firefox

1.1 Profile Creation

To create a profile for each browser version, open a Profile Manager by typing cmd+r in Windows to open
up the Run prompt (or go to Start->Run) and type the following command in the Run field (make sure all
FF windows are closed before running it):

"firefox --profilemanager�

When the Firefox �Choose User Profile Window appears, click Create Profile->Next->Enter New Profile
Make sure to change the name of the new profile to something that is relevant to the version of Firefox
you are installing, e.g. if installing Firefox 9 name the profile FireFox9.0:
Once you hit the the Finish button (notice that you can use a Default Folder), you will be taken back to
the Profile Manager.

Repeat this new profile process for each version of Firefox you plan on installing. (B) Exit - Close Profile
Manager after you are done.

1.2 Copying Profile Data

By creating a new Firefox profile we have to ensure the new Firefox installs won't mess with the current
Firefox data and adds-on continue working. Therefore Firefox installs should have access to your data but
at the same time ensure any changes made with new Firefox installs don't affect your current/main Firefox
install. This can be accomplished by copying the data from your current Firefox's profile into the new
profile(s) you just created.

To copy profile data, press Win + R on your keyboard (or (B) Start > Run), type%APPDATA
%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ at the Run window that pops open, and click OK:
Once you click OK the folder where Firefox profiles are stored will open:

Double-click on the folder named xxxxxxxx.default (with the xxxxxxxx being random numbers and letters
-- it is different for everyone). Once inside the xxxxxxxx.default folder, select and copy everything (easiest
way is to press Ctrl + A and then Ctrl + C on your keyboard).

Now go back to the main Firefox profiles folder and double-click on the folder of the new profile you just
created. In my example, the new profile folder is named uc9ngzet.FF9 because I named the profile FF9.
Once inside the new profile's folder, paste everything you just copied (easiest way is pressing Ctrl + V on
your keyboard). You may be asked for administrator access to paste some files -- give it.
Repeat this process for all the new profiles you created. Close the Firefox profiles folder when you are
done.

Once you have done all that is mentioned above, you are ready to begin installing multiple versions of
Firefox.

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Download and Install another version of Firefox

Download Firefox ver.9.0 and run the installer:

When you run the installer, make sure to choose Custom installation and install Firefox 9.0 into a different
directory:
When prompted to select Install Location, change the Destination Folder to anything except the default
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox. For example, C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox 9.0:
Make sure to not create a shortcut on your desktop or Start Menu because it will override your existing
Firefox shortcuts:
And the last step is to make sure to not make this new install your default browser:

(B) Install

Uncheck �Launch Firefox now� before Clicking (B) Finish

DO NOT RUN Firefox when installation is done � make sure to complete Step #3 first.
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Configuring a shortcut target

 By default Firefox is set to do two things:

a. Use the default profile in the profiles folder

a. To remedy this issue (covered in step#1 Create a profile for each version of
Firefox) we force each new install of Firefox to use the profile specifically created
for it

b. Not allow users to run more than one instance of Firefox at a time

a. A solution for this issue is to launch new installs of Firefox with command line
arguments

To launch a new Firefox installs with the relevant command line arguments, perform the following steps:
 Open the folder where you installed the new version of Firefox. In my example, that is C:\Program
Files\Mozilla FireFox.
 Right-click on firefox.exe, go to Send To, and click on Desktop (create shortcut):
 Go to your desktop and look for the shortcut you just created -- it should be named firefox -
Shortcut:
 Right-click this shortcut and go to Properties

 In the Properties window under Shortcut, update Target field -> At the very end, type -P "Profile
Name" -no-remote with Profile Name being the name of the new profile you created earlier for this
specific version of Firefox.
o For example, -P FireFox9.0 -no-remote. In the end it should look like this: C:\Program
Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox 9.0\firefox.exe" -P FireFox9.0 -no-remote

 Next go to the General tab and rename the shortcut to Firefox X, with X being the version of
Firefox the shortcut is for, e.g. Mozilla Firefox 9.0
  Click OK to close the Properties window and apply both changes you have made. Repeat this
process for all versions of Firefox you opted to install.

After you have added the command line arguments, you are good to go. You can now start testing the
new versions of Firefox you installed. Take note, however, to always launch the Firefox installs via the
desktop shortcut. If you launch them from anywhere else then they may not launch with the proper
command line arguments and you will have problems.