Choosing the Administration Tool According to Technology

Security Administration 5-5 Typical tasks performed with the Oracle WebLogic Administration Console include the following: ■ Starting and stopping Oracle WebLogic Servers; for details see section Starting and Stopping Servers in Oracle Fusion Middleware Managing Server Startup and Shutdown for Oracle WebLogic Server. ■ Configuring Oracle WebLogic Servers and Domains; for details see section Configuring Existing Domains in Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool. ■ Deploying applications; for details, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Deploying Applications to Oracle WebLogic Server. ■ Configuring fail over support; for details see section Failover and Replication in a Cluster in Oracle Fusion Middleware Using Clusters for Oracle WebLogic Server. ■ Configuring WebLogic domains and WebLogic realms. ■ Managing users and groups in domain authenticators. ■ Enabling the use of Single Sign-On for MS clients, Web browsers, and HTTP clients. ■ Managing administrative users and administrative policies. For details about Oracle WebLogic Administration Console, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Help.

5.5 Typical Security Practices with Oracle Entitlements Server

Typical security tasks performed with Oracle Entitlements Server include the following: ■ Searching application security artifacts. ■ Managing application security artifacts, including policies. ■ Viewing the external role hierarchy. ■ Managing the application role hierarchy. For a list of some of the most frequent security tasks to administer application security with Oracle Entitlements Server, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Entitlements Server.

5.6 Typical Security Practices with OPSS Scripts

Most of the operations available in the Oracle WebLogic Administration Console can be effected with OPSS scripts, a set of command-line interface that allows the scripting and automation of administration tasks, including domain configuration and application deployment. For the list of security-related OPSS scripts, see Appendix I, OPSS Scripts. For the complete list of WLST scripts, see Oracle Fusion Middleware WebLogic Scripting Tool Command Reference. For details about managing Oracle Fusion Middleware on WebSphere Application Server , see Oracle Fusion Middleware Third-Party Application Server Guide. 5-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Application Security Guide