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Multiple OAM 11g Installations on Same Server
Recently i was trying to have another instance of OAM on a server which already had a OAM instance up and running. Even though we change the default OAM port 14100 to different value during installation of second OAM, during the startup oam managed servers failed with errors as below:- <Jun 25, 2012 11:30:10 AM […]
Read MoreHow to create Authentication Module in OAM 11g without using OAM Admin console?
Recently I had worked on a requirement where OAM 11g configurations has to be exported and imported from one environment to the other without using any of the UI consoles. This is case of migration but the execution is entirely different compared to Oracle Documentation (supported procedure). I’ll explain the complete steps of export and […]
Read MoreExporting and Importing partners in OAM 11g
In OAM 11g, partners can be exported and imported using WLST command line tool. Note that there is no GUI interface to perform this operation unlike OAM Configuration Manager in 10g. I have covered export and import of policies in previous post . The export and import partners also entail in similar steps using WLST […]
Read MoreExporting and importing of policies in OAM 11g
This post talks about the command used to export and importing of OAM 11g policies. OAM 11g provides this functionality through WLST scripting tool. This is the only possible approach to automatically export all policies from OAM 11g. The below steps are appropriate in linux env for exporting policies. Goto $ORACLE_HOME/common/bin. Run ./wlst.sh connect(‘weblogic’,’password’,’t3://weblogic_host:port’) […]
Read MoreHow to protect Apache Shindig application using Oracle Access Manager 11g
Apache shindig is one of the famous gadget applications used accross various social sites. The technology used in the backend for this shindig application is XML/JS/CSS/HTML. The front end application page will be html and gadgets are available in the format of XML embedded in html. The shindig application URL looks like http://host:port/ShindigApp/index.htm. The Shindig […]
Read MoreOAM 11g integration with Microsoft Windows Active Directory (WNA, IWA, Kerberos) for Zero Sign-On
This post covers key points and documents required to integrate Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 11g using Windows Native Authentication (WNA) so that user logged into Windows Active Directory (MS-AD), try to access recourse protected by OAM (using Kerberos Authentication Scheme) should grant access without logon (zero sign-on). . . If you are new to Oracle […]
Read MoreOAM – OIF integration : Login Fails when value for attribute cn is different than uid in LDAP Store
I recently integrated OAM with OIF where OAM is configured as OIF SP Integration Module. In this integration OAM resource is protected by authentication scheme OIFScheme and OAM’s authentication is delegated to OIF. More on Federation basics here User can have multiple attributes defined like firstname, lastname, cn, uid, mail.. OIF by default send attribute (uid or […]
Read MoreOAM integration with OIF : Authentication Engine or Service Provider
OIF is a federation product from Oracle which can act as both Identity Provider (IdP) or Service Provider (SP). More on Federation basics IdP/SP here OIF come with authentication engine (LDAP, OAM, OSSO, Database, InfoCard, JAAS… ) and is used when OIF acts as Identity Provider OIF also comes with Service Provider Integration Modules ( OSSO, OAM, […]
Read MoreHow to configure SSL for OAM protected application
In this post I would like to talk about a requirement to access OAM 11g protected application in SSL mode. In my case the protected application is deployed in Tomcat Server front ending Apache Server. The application is protected using OAM 11g Apache WebGate 10g and it works pretty fine. Now the goal is make […]
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