3 Installing and Configuring WebLogic for Oracle Identity Manager

This chapter explains the following tasks that you must perform before installing Oracle Identity Manager on WebLogic:

1. Installing WebLogic

2. Creating a WebLogic Domain, User, and Group for Oracle Identity Manager

3. (Optional and for Solaris only) Preparing to Install Oracle Identity Manager as a Non-Root User on Solaris

After completing the tasks in this chapter, you must install and configure a database by following the steps in Chapter 4, "Installing and Configuring a Database for Oracle Identity Manager" on page 21 before installing Oracle Identity Manager.

Note: Follow the instructions in Chapter 9, "Deploying in a Clustered WebLogic Configuration" if you are deploying WebLogic in an application server cluster with managed servers.

Installing WebLogic

Perform a default (complete) installation of WebLogic. Refer to WebLogic documentation for detailed procedures.

Creating a WebLogic Domain, User, and Group for Oracle Identity Manager

Before you install Oracle Identity Manager on WebLogic, you must create a WebLogic domain, user, and group for Oracle Identity Manager. Use the following procedure to create a WebLogic domain, user, and group for Oracle Identity Manager.

To create a WebLogic domain, user, and group for Oracle Identity Manager:

1. Launch the WebLogic Configuration Wizard:

   Windows:

   1. Start the Configuration Wizard from the Start menu by selecting BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1, and then Configuration Wizard.

   UNIX:

   1. Go to the WebLogic bin directory:

      cd <BEA_HOME>/weblogic81/common/bin

   2. Start the Configuration Wizard using the following command:

      sh config.sh

2. Perform the following steps from the Configuration Wizard:

   1. Select the Create a new WebLogic configuration option.

   2. Select the Basic WebLogic Server Domain template.

   3. Select the Express Mode option.

   4. Enter a user name, password, and confirm the password for the domain.

      
      

      Note: This is the account used for Oracle Identity Manager. Make note of the user name and password because you must provide this information when installing Oracle Identity Manager.

      
      

   5. Select either Development Mode or Production Mode.

   6. Select the Sun SDK.

   7. Change the location or name of the domain configuration if desired.

   8. Exit the Configuration Wizard after the domain is created

3. Start the WebLogic application server:

   Windows:

   1. Start the WebLogic application server from the Start menu by selecting BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1, then User Projects, then <domain name>, and then Start Server.

   UNIX:

   1. Go to the WebLogic user_projects/domains directory.

      For example:

      cd <BEA_HOME>/user_projects/domains/

   2. Go to the directory of the domain you just created using the Configuration Wizard. For example:

      cd <domain name>

   3. Start the WebLogic application server using the following command:

      sh startWebLogic.sh

4. Log in to the WebLogic Admin Console using your new account by pointing a web browser to the following url:

   http://<hostname>:7001/console

   1. Select Security, then Realms, then myrealm, and then Groups from the navigation panel on the left.

   2. Select the Configure a new Group link in the Groups page.

   3. Enter User for the group name in the Name field under the General tab and optionally enter a description for the group.

      Click Apply.

      
      

      Note: The group name User is case-sensitive.

      
      

   4. Select Security, then Realms, then myrealm, and then Users from the navigation panel on the left.

   5. Select the Configure a new User link in the Users page.

   6. Enter Internal for the user name in the Name field under the General tab and optionally enter a description for the user.

      
      

      Note: The user name Internal is case-sensitive.

      
      

   7. Enter and confirm a password associated with the user name Internal and click Apply.

   8. Select the Groups tab.

   9. Add the User group to the list of Current Groups for the Internal user by selecting User from the list of Possible Groups and clicking the --> right arrow button.

      Click Apply.

Preparing to Install Oracle Identity Manager as a Non-Root User on Solaris

Installing Oracle Identity Manager as a non-root user on a WebLogic application server running on Solaris requires certain permissions. Verify the following before attempting to install Oracle Identity Manager as a non-root user on a WebLogic application server running on Solaris:

• Verify the operating system user account installing Oracle Identity Manager has the following:

  • Write and execute permissions on the specific WebLogic Domain directory

  • (Optional) Write permission on the WebLogic lib and lib/mbeantypes directories