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Deploying Plan
There are general guidelines for deploying Unica Plan on WebSphere® and WebLogic.
Additional configuration for enhanced security
The procedures in this section describe some additional configurations in the web application server. They are optional, but you might want to perform them for enhanced security.
Disabling the X-Powered-By flag
If your organization is concerned that the X-Powered-By flag in the header variable is a security risk, you can disable it using this procedure.

Upgrade Guide
- Upgrade Guide
  - Upgrade Overview
    An upgrade of Unica Plan is complete when you upgrade, configure, and deploy Unica Plan. The Unica Plan Upgrade Guide provides detailed information about upgrading, configuring, and deploying Unica Plan.
  - Planning Plan upgrade
    For upgrading to Unica Plan 12.1.2 version, you must check from which version you are upgrading. Upgrade scenarios are based on the current version of the Unica Plan.
  - Upgrading Plan
    To upgrade Unica Plan, you back up your existing installation, ensure that Unica Platform is upgraded and running, run the installer, restore any trigger procedures, deploy the upgraded applications, and then run some post-deployment processes.
  - Deploying Plan
    There are general guidelines for deploying Unica Plan on WebSphere® and WebLogic.
    - Configuring JVM parameters for Unica products
      You must configure the following JVM parameters in the Unica porducts.
    - Deploying Plan on WebShpere
      You can deploy the Unica Plan application from a WAR file or an EAR file on the WebSphere® Application Server (WAS).
    - Deploying Plan on WebLogic
      Use the following guidelines for deploying Unica Plan on WebLogic.
    - Deploying Plan on JBoss
      You must follow a set of guidelines when you deploy Unica Plan on JBoss.
    - Deploying Plan on Apache Tomcat
      You must follow a set of guidelines when you deploy Unica Plan on Apache Tomcat.
    - Additional configuration for enhanced security
      The procedures in this section describe some additional configurations in the web application server. They are optional, but you might want to perform them for enhanced security.
      - Disabling the X-Powered-By flag
        If your organization is concerned that the X-Powered-By flag in the header variable is a security risk, you can disable it using this procedure.
      - Configuring a restrictive cookie path
        In your web application server, you can restrict cookie access to a specific application for enhanced security. If not restricted, cookies are valid across all the deployed applications.
    - Activating the Checklist menu
      You must perform some cofigurations to activate the Checklist menu in Plan.
  - Uninstalling Unica Plan
    Run the Unica Plan uninstaller to uninstall Unica Plan. When you run the uninstaller, the files that were created during the installation process are removed. For example, files such as configuration files, installer registry information, and user data are removed from the computer.
  - The configTool utility
    The properties and values on the Configuration page are stored in the Unica Platform system tables. You can use the configTool utility to import and export configuration settings to and from the system tables.
  - Plan configuration properties
    The Unica Plan configuration properties on available on the Settings > Configuration page. For more details on the configuration properties, see the Plan Administrator Guide.

Disabling the X-Powered-By flag

If your organization is concerned that the X-Powered-By flag in the header variable is a security risk, you can disable it using this procedure.

Procedure

If you are using WebLogic, in the administration console, under domainName > Configuration > Web Application, set X-Powered-By Header to X-Powered-By Header will not be sent.
If you are using WebSphere®, perform the following steps.
1. In the WebSphere® administration console, navigate to Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server_name > Web Container Settings > Web container.
2. Under Additional Properties select Custom Properties.
3. On the Custom Properties page, click New.
4. On the Settings page, create a custom property named com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.disablexPoweredBy and set the value to false.
5. Click Apply or OK.
6. Click Save on the console task bar to save your configuration changes.
7. Restart the server.

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