Oracle SES - Installation

Managing Oracle SES Search in WebCenter 21-11

21.3.3 Oracle SES - Security

Most enterprise deployments require that their HTTP connections be secure. SSL secure socket layer is an encryption protocol for securely transmitting private content on the internet. Oracle strongly recommends that you use an SSL-protected channel to transmit password and other secure data over networks. For instructions, see Section 31.10, Securing the Connection to Oracle SES with SSL.

21.4 Setting Up Oracle SES Connections

This section includes the following subsections: ■ Section 21.4.1, Registering Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Servers ■ Section 21.4.2, Choosing the Active Oracle SES Connection ■ Section 21.4.3, Modifying Oracle SES Connection Details ■ Section 21.4.4, Deleting Oracle SES Connections ■ Section 21.4.5, Testing Oracle SES Connections

21.4.1 Registering Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Servers

You can register multiple Oracle SES connections with a WebCenter application but only one of them is active at a time. You can register Oracle SES connections using either Fusion Middleware Control or WLST. This section includes the following subsections: ■ Section 21.4.1.1, Registering Oracle SES Search Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control ■ Section 21.4.1.2, Registering Oracle SES Connections Using WLST

21.4.1.1 Registering Oracle SES Search Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control

To register an Oracle SES instance with WebCenter applications: 1. Log in to Fusion Middleware Control and navigate to the home page for the WebCenter application. For more information, see: ■ Section 6.2, Navigating to the Home Page for WebCenter Spaces ■ Section 6.3, Navigating to the Home Page for WebCenter Portal Applications 2. Do one of the following: Note: For reference, the following sample user names are used in this chapter: ■ wcsearch: User of the Oracle SES Federation Trusted Entity ■ mycrawladmin: Crawl admin user in Spaces and in the identity management system to crawl certain WebCenter Spaces objects, such as lists, pages, Spaces, and people connections profiles ■ sescrawer or admin user: Crawl admin user in Oracle Content Server with sescrawlerrole or admin role 21-12 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle WebCenter ■ For WebCenter Spaces - From the WebCenter menu, choose Settings Service Configuration . ■ For WebCenter Portal applications - From the Application Deployment menu, choose WebCenter Service Configuration. 3. From the list of services on the WebCenter Service Configuration page, select Search .

4. To connect to a new Oracle SES instance, click Add

Figure 21–3 . Figure 21–3 Configuring Oracle Secure Search Services 5. On the Add Secure Enterprise Search Connection page, enter a unique name for this connection, and indicate whether this connection is the active or default connection for the application Figure 21–4 . Figure 21–4 Add Secure Enterprise Search Connection Table 21–3 describes the connection parameters. 6. Enter connection details for the Oracle SES instance Table 21–4 . Table 21–3 Search Connection - Name Field Description Connection Name Enter a unique name for the connection. The name must be unique across all connection types within the WebCenter application. Active Connection Select to use the Oracle SES instance defined on this connection to search repositories outside the WebCenter application and include Oracle SES search results in your result set. While you can register multiple search connections for a WebCenter application, only one connection is used by the Search service—the default or active connection.