Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware (FMW) 11g – Identity Management Components (OID, DIP, OVD, OIF)

This post covers overview & installation of Oracle Identity Management 11g, for 11g SOA Suite installation on Linux/Unix click here

Before I jump to isntallation of Oracle FMW 11g Identity Management, I am going to cover some basics

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Oracle Identity Management overview in Fusion Middleware 11g R1

1. Oracle Identity Management consist of various products, here is list of Identity Management Product which are part of Fusion Middleware 11g Identity Management component

  • OID – Oracle Internet Directory
  • DIP – Directory Integration Platform
  • OVD – Oracle Virtual Directory
  • OIF – Oracle Identity Federation

for basics on above components click here
other Oracle Identity Management products which are NOT part of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g R1 are

  • Oracle AS Single Sign-On
  • Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On – access management system
  • Oracle Access Manager – access and identity management system
  • Oracle Delegated Administrative Services (DAS)
  • Oracle Identity Manager – Identity Provisioning software
  • Oracle Role Manager – managing roles and  entitlements
  • Oracle Adaptive Access Manager – real-time fraud detection and multi-factor authentication
  • Oracle Web Services Manager (OWSM)
  • Oracle Entitlement Server –  fine-grained entitlements management solution

2. You can install 11g OID (component in FMW Identity Management) with or without WebLogic domain. For all other 11g IdM (Identity Management) components like OVD/OIF you need WebLogic Domain. For more information on WebLogic Domain click here

3. You can select “Install Software Do not Configure” or “Install and Configure” option for Oracle FMW 11g Identity  Management. (You can configure software later using $ORACLE_HOME/bin/config.sh )
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4. Database for Oracle FMW Identity Management 11gshould be at-least 10.2.0.4 or higher for 10g , 11.1.0.6 or higher for 11g

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5. Oracle Directory Services Manager (ODSM) – is Graphical Administrative Interface to manage Oracle Internet

6. There is NO 11gR1 version of Oracle AS Single Sign-On or Delegated Administrative Services (DAS) components. 11g OID is certified with 10g SSO/DAS hence you can upgrade existing 10g OID to 11g OID and continue using existing 10g SSO/DAS from 10g. For OID upgrade guide from 10g to 11g click here

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Oracle Indentity Management 11g Installation Order

A. Prereq Steps
1. Ensure that all prereqs. are met (swap space, disk space, temp space, monitor/X server, kernel parameter, o.s. user/group creation)

For Linux add these entry in /etc/security/limits.conf  (to set hard and soft file limit)
<os_user> hard nofile 4096
<os_user> soft nofile 4096

(replace os_user with o.s. user installing FMW 11g Identity Management)

B. Install Database

2. Install Oracle Database (10.2.0.4 or higher for 10g , 11.1.0.6 or higher for 11g)
2.1 set database processes atleast 500
SQL> alter system set processes=500 scope=both;  (scope=both because I am using SPFile)

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C. Install WebLogic Server

3. Install WebLogic Server ( OID can be installed with or without Weblogic). For other components like OVD/OIF weblogic is mandatory)
– Use Weblogic 11g (10.3.1) installer from here

This step will create Fusion Middleware Home (MW_HOME) & WebLogic Server Home (WLS_HOME), for more information on various HOMEs in Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g click here

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D. Install Identity Management

4. Install Identity Management components – Download software from here  and start installation by running runInstaller

4.1 Select Install and Configure

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4.1 Create a new domain (If you already have domain and wish to use that domain for 11g IdM then select existing domain)

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4.3 Select Installation Directory
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4.4 Select Identity Management Components (Directory Services and Identity Federation)
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4.5 Select domain name/REALM for OID (Oracle Internet Directory)

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4.6 Select Create Schema –
You can create schema in advance as well (by running RCU more information here)

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4.7 Select Schema Password

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4.8 Check Installation Summary

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4.9 run oracleRoot.sh from root user (This is similar to root.shin database, oracleRoot.sh will call root.sh)

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4.10 After installation, you will see Directory Structure like below under 11g Fusion Middleware Oracle Home


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where

  • asint1_1 is ORACLE_INSTANCE– contains runtime (configuration, log..) files for one or more System Components inthis case Oracle Identity Management
  • Oracle_IDM1 is ORACLE_HOMEfor Oracle Identity Management – contains binaries (software) related to specific oracle middleware product in this case Oracle Identity Management
  • wlserver_10.3 is WLS_HOME– contains binaries (software) for Oracle WebLogic Server
  • user_projects – contains domain specific configuration/log files

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For Identity Management 11g installation guide from Oracle visit

For Issues encountered during 11g Identity Management installation on Linux click here

If you are looking for Oracle SOA Suite 11gR1 installation steps then visit here

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