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OID/OVD WebLogic 11g monitoring using OEM 12c (12.1.0.2) : High Level Steps

Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Cloud Control is recommended monitoring tool for Oracle Identity Management components like Oracle Internet Directory (OID),  Oracle Virtual Directory (OVD), Oracle Access Manager (OAM), and Oracle Identity Manager (OIM). I recently configured OEM 12c (more on OEM 12c here and here ) to monitor  OID/OVD service status i.e. if OID/OVD goes down display […]

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SSL configuration in OVD – Oracle Virtual Directory

This post covers key points and documentation to configure SSL in Oracle Virtual Directory (OVD) 11g. For SSL configuration in OID 11g click here 1. SSL Authentication Mode – OVD and any other SSL listener can be configured in one of three Authentication Mode a. SSL No-Auth Mode : Neither client nor server are required […]

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How to identify which LDAP (OID/AD/OVD) server OAM 11g connects to and as what user ?

. . OAM 11g identity store is covered in my book and this post covers steps to find what identity store (OID, OVD, AD or other LDAP Server) configured with OAM and what user OAM uses to connect to User Store (LDAP Server). When you try to login to OAM server using username/password, OAM collects this […]

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Oracle Identity Management 11g R2 #oracleidm : Webcast

  Oracle Identity Management 11g R2 is just few weeks away. Join live webcast for Identity Management 11g R2 introduction on 19th July (Thursday) at 10 AM Pacific or 1 PM eastern time by registering here      

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Understanding installation starting point for Oracle Identity Management 11.1.1.6

Oracle Identity Management 11.1.1.6 can be installed as a full version or as patch upgrade from previous versions 11.1.1.2, 11.1.1.3 and 11.1.1.5. This post will point you in a right direction for understanding installation starting point. To install Fusion middleware products except for Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer then refer the below screenshot for […]

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Installation and configuration of Oracle Identity Management 11.1.1.6

Hi All, In this post I would like to cover the installation and configuration steps of Oracle Identity Management 11.1.1.6. Few quick things before we jump into the actual installation: 11.1.1.6 is a full version of Oracle Identity Management containing OID/OVD/DIP/OIF etc., It is also available as patch 13516867 for previous versions 11.1.1.2, 11.1.1.3 and […]

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Copying configuration files between OVD 11g servers

Configuration files from OVD 11g perspective includes server.os_xml, adapters.os_xml, acls.os_xml and schema.user.xml.  These files are located at $AS_INSTANCE/config/OVD/<ovd_server>. server.os_xml : It contains the master configuration details such as Names of other configuration files (for example, adapters.os_xml), General Information and Licensing Information, Global Plug-in Configuration, Logging Configuration, System Wide Quotas, Denial of Service Settings, View Definitions, […]

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Creating OVD 11g adapters without using ODSM console

The only supported method to create OVD 11g adapters is to create it using ODSM console. However if you want to create the adapters without using GUI, you can do so by updating adapters.os_xml. This is the file where all adapter details gets stored. Let me talk about my exploration right from the beginning. I […]

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HTTP Web DSML/Admin Gateway in OVD

  When you configure Oracle Virtual Directory (OVD), configuration tools configures two type of listeners (as shown above) HTTP Web Gateway and LDAP . This post covers what these listeners are and where these are used. LDAP : Lightweight Directory Access Protocol DSML : Directory Service Markup Language ODSM : Oracle Directory Service Manager OVD : […]

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