Migrating an Existing Directory into the Default Directory Structure

During an Oracle Internet Directory installation, Oracle Universal Installer creates a default schema and directory information tree (DIT). This default DIT framework, described in Chapter 19, "Deployment of Oracle Identity Management Realms", is flexible: you can modify it to suit the needs of your deployment.

If you have a directory with an already-established structure, and you want to migrate the data from that directory into the default directory structure environment, then follow the instructions in this section. This section contains these topics:

• The Default Directory Structure

• Changing the Location of Users or Groups in the Oracle Context of the Default Identity Management Realm

The Default Directory Structure

In Oracle Internet Directory 10g (9.0.4), the following directory elements are created by default:

• Root Oracle Context (cn=OracleContext)--This is the container where Oracle products store enterprise-wide configuration data.

• Default identity management realm (dc=dns_domain_of_host,dc=com)--This is the container under which Oracle products expect to find enterprise users and groups. It approximates the enterprise DIT structure. For example, if Oracle Internet Directory is installed on a computer whose host name is: my_computer.us.my_company.com, then the default identity management realm created at installation of Oracle Internet Directory would be dc=us,dc=my_company,dc=com. Oracle products expect to find all users under the container cn=users,dc=us,dc=my_company,dc=com and all groups under cn=groups,dc=us,dc=my_company,dc=com.

You can change this default identity management realm to suit your deployment requirements--for example, to store all of enterprise users in a different container.

Changing the Location of Users or Groups in the Oracle Context of the Default Identity Management Realm

To change the location of users or groups in your Oracle Context, you would make the appropriate pointer change in your default identity management realm entry. The following example of an LDIF file changes the location of users or groups in the Oracle Context to o=my_company,dc=com:

dn: cn=common,cn=products,cn=oracleContext,dc=default_subscriber_name,dc=com
changetype: modify
replace: orclCommonUserSearchBase
orclCommonUserSearchBase: o=my_company,dc=com