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General Considerations for Integrating with a Third-Party Directory

If you are deploying Oracle Internet Directory in an enterprise that already has an LDAP directory server, then you must configure both directories to co-exist in the same environment. If your environment supports enterprise users from a database server point of view, then configure simple synchronization between the directories. However, if it uses a third-party directory as the enterprise directory and deploys an Oracle Application Server suite of applications, then, before configuring synchronization, you must configure the identity management realm. Thus, the co-existence of directories can require either of two different types of deployments:

Simple synchronization with Oracle Internet Directory to support Enterprise User Security
Complete integration with the Oracle Application Server infrastructure to enable all enterprise users for the various applications in the Oracle Application Server suite

This section contains these topics:

Configuring Simple Synchronization with a Third-Party Directory

To configure simple synchronization with SunONE Directory Server, see Chapter 42, "Integration with SunONE (iPlanet) Directory Server".

To configure simple synchronization with Microsoft Active Directory, see Chapter 43, "Integration with the Microsoft Windows Environment".

Configuring Complete Integration with the Oracle Application Server Infrastructure

Because all Oracle Application Server components depend on the identity management realm, complete integration with the Oracle Application Server infrastructure requires that you make some basic decisions about the container for that realm. Once you have made these decisions, you can configure bootstrapping and synchronization between the directories.