Documentation Center

Installing tracking (Java)

You must install Tracking components on a publicly accessible Web site. This task describes how to install Tracking components on a Java-based Web Application Server.

Before you begin

  • You must have created a Tracking database.
  • You must install Tracking on a publicly accessible Web site.

About this task

Outbound E-mail provides a tracking Web page that you can use to track mailing response.

Procedure

  1. Go to your existing public-facing Web site.
  2. Install and configure the Content Delivery API Server Role: see Installing the API Server Role for a Java Web application
  3. Access the SDL Tridion installation media.
  4. Install JARs for Tracking and Tracking retrieval: navigate to the Outbound E-Mail\Presentation System\Java\Tracking directory and copy the JAR files to your Web site \lib directory.
  5. Install JSP and default images for Tracking: navigate to Outbound E-Mail\Presentation System\Java\Tracking\Web and copy all files to a directory in your Web site.
  6. Download the JDBC driver (JAR file) required for your specific database vendor and Java version, and copy it into the lib folder:
    Database vendorJDBC DriverRequired JAR
    Microsoft SQL ServerMicrosoft JDBC Driver 4.0 for SQL Serversqljdbc4.jar
    OracleOracle JDBC driver 11.2.0.3ojdbc6.jar for Java 6 or Java 7
    OracleOracle JDBC driver 12.1.0.1

    ojdbc6.jar for Java 6

    ojdbc7.jar for Java 7

  7. Configure the following files:
    1. cd_storage_conf.xml—see Configuring the Tracking and Subscription databases
    2. cd_audience_manager.conf.xml—see:
    3. logback.xml (configure logging).

Results

You have installed the Tracking Web page.