Select Adapter from the task selection bar. The Adapter navigation tree appears. Click the Plug-Ins tab.

Managing Oracle Virtual Directory Plug-ins 13-3 After you click the Edit Plug-Ins pencil button, the Select and Order the Plug-ins dialog box appears. The All Plug-ins field on the left of the dialog box lists all plug-ins deployed on the adapter. The Selected Plug-Ins field on the right lists plug-ins that execute only on the specific operation selected in the Select Operation list.

7. Select the plug-ins you want to execute on the operation and use the Move and

Remove buttons to move the plug-ins to and from the Selected Plug-Ins field on the right. If multiple plug-ins are listed in the Selected Plug-Ins field, you can configure the order in which they will execute. 8. To change the order in which the adapter plug-ins execute on the operation, select one plug-in at a time in the Selected Plug-ins field and use the up and down arrow buttons on the right side of the Selected Plug-ins field to change the order.

9. Click Apply on the Select and Order the Plug-ins dialog box to save the changes.

The plug-ins appear in the Plug-ins for Specific Operation table in the order they will execute. 10. Optionally, you can set namespaces for operation-specific plug-ins to control the location in the virtual tree where they execute, by performing the following steps: a. Click the expandcollapse icon to left of the plug-in name in the Plug-ins for Specific Operation table. b. Enter the namespace in the Namespace field. c. Add or delete namespaces using the Add + and Delete X buttons near the namespace field.

11. Click the Apply button at the top of the adapter screen to save the changes.

13.1.3 Editing Adapter Plug-Ins

Perform the following steps to edit an existing plug-in for an adapter using Oracle Directory Services Manager:

1. Log in to Oracle Directory Services Manager.

2. Select Adapter from the task selection bar. The Adapter navigation tree appears.

3. Click the name of the adapter that contains the plug-in you want to edit in the

Adapter tree. The adapter’s configuration appears.

4. Click the Plug-Ins tab

5. Select the plug-in you want to edit from the table of existing plug-ins and click the

Edit PluginMapping button. The Plug-In dialog box appears displaying the plug-in’s settings.

6. Edit the plug-in as desired and click OK on the Plug-In dialog box.

7. Click the Apply button at the top of the adapter screen to save the changes.

Note: The plug-in at the top of the Selected Plug-ins field executes on the operation first, and then the remaining plug-ins in the field execute in a descending order. 13-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Virtual Directory

13.1.4 Deleting Adapter Plug-Ins

Perform the following steps to delete an existing plug-in for an adapter using Oracle Directory Services Manager:

1. Log in to Oracle Directory Services Manager.

2. Select Adapter from the task selection bar. The Adapter navigation tree appears.

3. Click the name of the adapter that contains the plug-in you want to delete in the

Adapter tree. The adapter’s configuration appears.

4. Click the Plug-Ins tab

5. Select the plug-in you want to delete from the table of existing plug-ins and click

the Delete PluginMapping button. A confirmation dialog box appears asking you to verify deleting the plug-in from the adapter configuration.

6. Click the Confirm button on the confirmation dialog box to delete the plug-in. The

plug-in is removed from the table of existing plug-ins.

7. Click the Apply button at the top of the adapter screen to save the changes.

13.2 Managing Global Server Plug-ins

This topic explains various tasks for managing server-level Global plug-ins and contains the following sections: ■ Creating Global Server Plug-Ins ■ Viewing Deployed Global Server Plug-ins ■ Editing Global Server Plug-Ins ■ Deleting Global Server Plug-Ins

13.2.1 Creating Global Server Plug-Ins

Perform the following steps to create a server-level plug-in using Oracle Directory Services Manager: 1. Log in to Oracle Directory Services Manager.

2. Select Advanced from the task selection bar. The Advanced navigation tree

appears.

3. Expand the Global Plugins entry in the navigation tree.

4. Click the Create Plug-In button. The Plug-In dialog box appears.