This post covers overview of OAM Configuration tool which automates some parts of integrating Fusion Middleware with Oracle Access Manager (Installation of OAM components + WebGate is still required and not covered by OAM Configuration Tool)

First some terminology for those who are new to Access Manager and Fusion Middleware
OAM -Oracle Access Manager is Oracle’s recommended Web Single Sign-On solution which also provides Identity and Access Management and is part of Oracle Identity Management Suite.

OFM -Oracle Fusion Middleware is set of middleware products (WebLogic, SOA, WebCenter, Content Management, Business Intelligence….) from Oracle.

oamcfgtool.jar – is jar file which contains java classes and other files required to automate integration of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g with OAM.

OAMCFGTOOL - is an Automated script (oamcfgtool.jar) to configure policies and authentication schemes required to integrate fusion middleware applications (webcenter/soa) with OAM .

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Is oamcfgtool.jar mandatory for integration of OAM with Fusion Middleware 11g (SOA, Webcenter) for Web Single Sign-On and authentication ?
No, oamcfgtool.jar is NOT mandatory, It just automates process . You can also integrate OAM with Oracle Fusion Middleware manually (details on how to integrate OAM with SOA/WebCenter 11g without oamcfgtool.jar later) .
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What happens when you run oamcfgtool in CREATE mode ?
OAMcfgTool does the following
a) Create forms based authentication schemes in OAM
b) Create policies to enable authentication in WebLogic Server
c) Policies to protect and unprotect URIs (protected_uris, public_uris)

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Where to find oamcfgtool.jar ?
This file comes with Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g R1 PS1 (11.1.1.2.0) installation of type SOA, WebCenter and is available at $MW_HOME/oracle_common/mudules/oracle.oamprovider_11.1.1/

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Syntax of OAM Configuration Tool

$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -jar oamcfgtool.jar mode=CREATE [param=value]…

You would need java (atleast version 6) to execute and parameters include

app_domain Oracle Access Manager policy domain name
web_domain Name of the web domain. This is automatically created by the OAMCFGTOOL if no value is passed.
protected_uris “uri1,uri2,uri3″
app_agent_password Password to be provisioned for App Agent
ldap_host Host name of LDAP server
ldap_port Port of LDAP server
ldap_userdn DN of LDAP Administrator user
ldap_userpassword Password of LDAP Administrator user
oam_aaa_host Host name of an Oracle Access Manager
oam_aaa_port Port of an Oracle Access Manager
What If you hit issues while running oamcfgtool.jar ?
You can use optional parameter log_file and log_level(ALL, SEVERE, WARNING, INFO, CONFIG, FINE, FINER, FINEST, OFF – default) with oamcfgtool.jar to debug issue

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What are options available for parameter mode= in oamcfgtool.jar ?
CREATE is to create policy
VALIDATE is to validate that tool created policies correctly

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References

• Running OAMCFGTool
• OAM 10.1.4.3 FAQ
• OAM Configuration Tool and OAM Authentication provider viewlet
• 829122.1 Integrating Oracle WebCenter with Oracle Access Manager