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“OCI server connect failed” error while creating Database instance for DB Auditing in Oracle Access Manager

I have come across an error while creating a DB instance for configuring the DB auditing in Oracle Access Manager. The error message shown in identity server oblog is this: 2011/03/07@11:50:00.796402      14540   14540   SQL_ADAPTER     ERROR   0x00000066      ../ocierrormap.cpp:53   “OCI server connect failed”     method^OCIConnection::OCIConnection     ociRetCode^OCI_ERROR    Diagnostic Record number^1      Error Message^ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified%0a      […]

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“localhost:6021: Connection refused” recurring in OAM system

The  OAM components such as Identity server and Access Server are running on ports 6034 and 6035 respectively in my environment. As everyone know that port 6021 will be used for Access Server in general. So, if you are using a different port and configured Access Server flush in Identity Server, then you may witness […]

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How to protect JSF application using Oracle Access Manager?

Many people are using JSF technology for developing the web applications. No doubt about that. What if you are asked to protect that JSF application using Oracle Access Manager? Is it certified? Yes – OAM is certified for JSF applications from 10.1.4.3 onwards. In our environment, OAM Access Server is 10.1.4.3 and WebGate is 10.1.4.2. […]

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The webpage cannot be found : OAM WebGate issue

I had been hitting my head against the wall for 4 days troubleshooting a production system issue. There are 2 Oracle HTTP Servers in two different machines which are clustered and with a OAM WebGate installed on each of the servers. Suddenly, the OHS console was not accessible using server 1 hostname, however it was […]

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Exception thrown in UserDB::ReadConfigUIList. Please verify that the Directory Server is running.

I have come across this issue while accessing the Policy Manager/ Access System Consoles. The screen shot is given below. I have tried the following workarounds for this: 1. Restarting the Identity Server and WebServer will get rid of this issue, but this is not a recommended solution. 2. Here comes the nice solution. Goto […]

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Use nested groups with caution in Oracle Access Manager for authorization

One can specify which users/groups can be authorized to access an application using Oracle Access Manager. In general there are 3 types of group memberships allowed in the directory server: Static group membershipIn this type of group, each user is explicitly defined as a member. Dynamic group membershipThis type of membership is defined by an […]

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Oracle Access Manager integration with BI Publisher

I would like to cover OAM integration with BI Publisher (xmlpserver) in this post. A day before, I wrote a post on OAM integration with BI Dashboards and same steps hold good here but with few ad-dons. Following sections mentioned in BI Dashboards integration are same for this integration: 1. Environment details 2. Pre-requisites 3. […]

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Oracle Access Manager integration with BI Dashboards

This post covers the integration aspects of BI Dashboards (analytics) with Oracle Access Manager. With this integration, we are achieving the Single Sign-on between BI Dashboards and other applications protected by Oracle  Access Manager. Environment Details: Oracle Access Manager 10.1.4.3 Oracle BI Dashboards 10.1.3.4.1 OHS 1.x WebGate 10.1.4.3 Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.1 (where BI application […]

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Unable to find configuration entry in directory server at configuration base=’o=oblix,dc=oracle,dc=com’

I have seen the error shown below while accessing the OAM Identity System Console (the complete OAM system was working fine until then). The following messages were produced by the product. Please contact your webmaster to fix the problem. Unable to find configuration entry in directory server at configuration base=’o=oblix,dc=oracle,dc=com’ OAM is using OID as […]

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PDF loading issue after integration with Oracle Access manager

Hi, I would like to share my experience of a issue, which I faced during SSO integration with one of the custom application. The integration was done successfully, but during testing the testers discovered the PDF files were not getting loaded. When a user clicks on a PDF file he/she would see a blank page.Environment […]

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