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7-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Virtual Directory partial results, set adapters to non-critical if you are allowing missing results from those adapters. Part II Part II Basic Administration This part presents information about performing basic administration tasks for Oracle Virtual Directory. It contains the following chapters: ■ Chapter 8, Getting Started with Administering Oracle Virtual Directory ■ Chapter 9, Configuring and Managing the Oracle Virtual Directory Server ■ Chapter 10, Managing Oracle Virtual Directory Server Processes ■ Chapter 11, Creating and Managing Oracle Virtual Directory Listeners ■ Chapter 12, Creating and Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory Adapters ■ Chapter 13, Managing Oracle Virtual Directory Plug-ins ■ Chapter 14, Managing Oracle Virtual Directory Mappings ■ Chapter 15, Managing Oracle Virtual Directory Entries and Schema ■ Chapter 16, Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory Access Control ■ Chapter 17, Managing Oracle Virtual Directory Logging and Auditing 8 Getting Started with Administering Oracle Virtual Directory 8-1 8 Getting Started with Administering Oracle Virtual Directory Oracle Virtual Directory can be administered from both a graphical user interface and a command-line interface. This chapter describes those Oracle Virtual Directory management interfaces, and explains how to start and stop Oracle Virtual Directory. This chapter includes the following topics: ■ Getting Started After Installing 11g Release 1 11.1.1 ■ Basic Tasks for Configuring and Managing Oracle Virtual Directory ■ Getting Started With Oracle Directory Services Manager ■ Getting Started With Fusion Middleware Control ■ Getting Started with WLST for Oracle Virtual Directory ■ LDAP Tools Usage

8.1 Getting Started After Installing 11g Release 1 11.1.1

After installing 11g Release 1 11.1.1, Oracle recommends: ■ Reviewing Appendix A, Comparing Oracle Virtual Directory 11g Release 1 11.1.1 and 10g Releases 10.1.4.x to understand how fundamental items in Oracle Virtual Directory are implemented in 11g Release 1 11.1.1 compared to legacy Oracle Virtual Directory 10g Releases 10.1.4.x. ■ Reviewing Appendix B, Starting and Stopping the Oracle Stack to understand how to start and stop the components of the Oracle stack in 11g Release 1 11.1.1. ■ Reviewing Table 8–1 to understand the default URLs for various interfaces that you can use to manage Oracle Virtual Directory in 11g Release 1 11.1.1: Note: This chapter assumes you have installed and configured Oracle Virtual Directory as described in: Oracle Fusion Middleware Quick Installation Guide for Oracle Identity Management. Table 8–1 Default URLs for Management Interfaces Interface Default URL Oracle Directory Services Manager http:host:7005odsm Fusion Middleware Control http:host:7001em 8-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Virtual Directory ■ Reviewing Table 8–2 to understand various default ports for Oracle Virtual Directory in 11g Release 1 11.1.1: ■ Reviewing Table 8–3 to understand various environment variables for Oracle Virtual Directory 11g Release 1 11.1.1:

8.2 Basic Tasks for Configuring and Managing Oracle Virtual Directory

The following provides an overview of the steps commonly used to configure and manage a basic Oracle Virtual Directory environment:

1. Configure Oracle Virtual Directory server by customizing its settings to be specific

to your environment. For more information, refer to: ■ Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory Server Properties Using Fusion Middleware Control on page 9-1 ■ Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory Server Settings Using WLST on page 9-8

2. Create and configure adapters for the target data repositories. For more

information, refer to: ■ Chapter 2, Understanding Oracle Virtual Directory Adapters ■ Chapter 12, Creating and Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory Adapters

3. Configure plug-ins for your environment. For more information, refer to:

■ Chapter 4, Understanding Oracle Virtual Directory Plug-Ins ■ Chapter 13, Managing Oracle Virtual Directory Plug-ins

4. Configure Access Control Lists for Oracle Virtual Directory. For more information,

refer to: Oracle WebLogic Server Administrative Console http:host:7001console Table 8–2 Default Ports Port Type Default Port LDAP 6501 LDAPS 7501 Admin Port HTTPS 8899 Table 8–3 Environment Variables Variable Description ORACLE_HOME The location of non-writable files in your Oracle Identity Management installation. ORACLE_INSTANCE The location of writable files in your Oracle Identity Management installation. PATH Add the following directory locations to your PATH: ■ ORACLE_HOMEbin ■ ORACLE_HOMEldapbin ■ ORACLE_INSTANCEbin Table 8–1 Cont. Default URLs for Management Interfaces Interface Default URL Getting Started with Administering Oracle Virtual Directory 8-3 ■ Understanding Oracle Virtual Directory Access Control on page 6-4 ■ Chapter 16, Configuring Oracle Virtual Directory Access Control

8.3 Getting Started With Oracle Directory Services Manager

This topic explains how to set up the Oracle Directory Services Manager interface for use with Oracle Virtual Directory and contains the following sections: ■ Understanding Oracle Directory Services Manager ■ Configuring SSO Integration ■ Configuring the SSO Server for Oracle Directory Services Manager Integration ■ Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server for ODSM-SSO Integration ■ Invoking Oracle Directory Services Manager ■ Connecting to the Server from Oracle Directory Services Manager ■ Managing Oracle Directory Services Manager’s Key Store ■ Configuring Oracle Directory Services Manager Session Timeout ■ Configuring Oracle HTTP Server to Support Oracle Directory Services Manager in an Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster

8.3.1 Understanding Oracle Directory Services Manager

Oracle Directory Services Manager is the unified browser-based graphical user interface GUI for Oracle Virtual Directory and Oracle Internet Directory. Oracle Directory Services Manager simplifies the administration and configuration of Oracle Virtual Directory and Oracle Internet Directory by allowing you to use web-based forms and templates.

8.3.1.1 Supported Browsers

For information about supported browsers for Fusion Middleware Control and Oracle Directory Services Manager, refer to the Oracle JDeveloper and Application Development Framework 11g Certification and Support Matrix at: http:www.oracle.comtechnetworkmiddlewaredownloadsfmw-11gr1 certmatrix.xls

8.3.1.2 Using the JAWS Screen Reader with Oracle Directory Services Manager

When you use JAWS with Oracle Directory Services Manager, and a new window pops up, JAWS reads popup. To read the entire page, enter the keystrokes Insert+b.

8.3.1.3 Understanding Single Sign-On Integration with Oracle Directory Services Manager

You can configure Oracle Directory Services Manager to use Single Sign-On SSO. When configured with SSO, Oracle Directory Services Manager allows a user who has been authenticated by the SSO server to connect to an SSO-enabled directory without logging in, provided that user has privileges to manage the directory. Notes: Only users with Oracle Directory Services Manager Administrator access usually cn=orcladmin can log in to Oracle Directory Services Manager.