Installing Contact synchronization (ASP.NET)

The Synchronization Server synchronizes Contact and Segment data between the Content Manager Server and Presentation Server. This task describes how to set up a Synchronization Server for Contact synchronization on Internet Information Service (IIS).

Before you begin

It is recommended to install Contact synchronization in a separate Web application that is not publicly available. Refer to Content Delivery prerequisites to learn which Web and Application Servers are supported.

Before installing Contact synchronization:

  • Install the Content Delivery API Server Role in your Web application (for database access only—do not configure the Ambient Data Framework).
  • Create a Subscription database.

About this task

Audience Manager provides Web pages for synchronizing Contact and Segment data between the Content Manager Server and Presentation Server.

Procedure

  1. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
  2. Create a New Web site:
    1. Select the Web sites and node and choose New > Web site from the context menu.
    2. Follow the steps in the Web Site Creation Wizard.
  3. Create the Web application directory structure:
    1. In the root folder, create a bin\ subfolder.
    2. In the bin\ folder, create subfolders:
      • config\
      • lib\
      • syncComponent\ (example)
    The Web application should have the following folder structure:
    
    root\
    	+--bin\
    		+--config\
    		+--lib\
    		+--syncComponent\ 
    
  4. Install DLLs for Contact Synchronization, Tracking and Tracking retrieval: navigate to Outbound E-Mail\Presentation System\NET\Synchronization\bin and copy the DLLs to the \bin folder of your Web site.
  5. Install ASPXs for Contact Synchronization: navigate to Outbound E-Mail\Presentation System\NET\Synchronization\ and copy Profilesync.aspx and Profilesync.aspx.cs (and default Web.config, if necessary) to a directory in your Web site, for example syncComponent\.
  6. Install JARs: navigate to Outbound E-Mail\Presentation System\NET\lib and copy the JAR files to your Web site \lib directory.
  7. Download the JDBC driver (JAR file) required for your specific database vendor and Java version, and copy it into the lib folder:
    Database vendorJDBC DriverFile to download when using Java 5File to download when using Java 6
    Microsoft SQL ServerMicrosoft SQL Server JDBC Driver 3.0sqljdbc.jarsqljdbc4.jar
    Oracle

    Oracle JDBC driver 11.2.0.2 or

    Oracle JDBC driver 11.2.0.1.0 (deprecated)

    ojdbc5.jarojdbc6.jar
  8. 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).
  9. Test the installation by opening a browser and running the profilesync page.
  10. Configure security so that only the Content Manager Server can access this Web application, for example as follows:
    • Create a specific user with limited access, and configure the Web application so that it only allows this user access.
    • Use HTTPS to allow only secure access.
    • Implement IP-based access control.

Results

You have installed the Synchronization Web pages.