Preface

This Customization Guide explains how to control the way Oracle Access Manager operates by making configuration changes to operating systems or to Web or directory servers; editing the content of certain XML files; or changing directory content. It also provides an overview, from an administrator's point of view, of the Access Manager API and the authorization and authentication plug-in APIs.

Note: Oracle Access Manager was previously known as Oblix NetPoint.

This Preface covers the following topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Audience

This guide intended for anyone who needs to customize Oracle Access Manager. Topics here assume that you have some prior experience using Oracle products, understand the logical connections between Identity and Access components, and have a general knowledge of directories and LDAP. You must also be comfortable manipulating files and running applications at the command line level. Techniques provided here are vulnerable to error and should be used with the utmost care.

Documentation Accessibility

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Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

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Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Access Manager Release 10g Release 3 (10.1.4) documentation set:

• Oracle Access Manager Introduction—Provides an introduction to Oracle Access Manager, a road map to the manuals, and a glossary of terms.

• Oracle Application Server Release Notes—Read these for the latest Oracle Access Manager updates. The release notes are available with the platform-specific documentation. The most current version of the release notes is available on Oracle Technology Network at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation

• Oracle Access Manager Installation Guide—Describes how to install and set up the Oracle Access Manager components.

• Oracle Access Manager Upgrade Guide—Explains how to upgrade earlier versions of Oracle Access Manager to the latest version.

• Oracle Access Manager Identity and Common Administration Guide—Explains how to configure Identity System applications to display information about users, groups, and organizations; how to assign permissions to users to view and modify the data that is displayed in the Identity System applications; and how to configure workflows that link together Identity application functions, for example, adding basic information about a user, providing additional information about the user, and approving the new user entry, into a chain of automatically performed steps. This book also describes administration functions that are common to the Identity and Access Systems, for example, directory profile configuration, password policy configuration, logging, and auditing.

• Oracle Access Manager Access Administration Guide—Describes how to protect resources by defining policy domains, authentication schemes, and authorization schemes; how to allow users to access multiple resources with a single login by configuring single- and multi-domain single sign-on; and how to design custom login forms. This book also describes how to set up and administer the Access System.

• Oracle Access Manager Deployment Guide—Provides information for people who plan and manage the environment in which Oracle Access Manager runs. This guide covers capacity planning, system tuning, failover, load balancing, caching, and migration planning.

• Oracle Access Manager Customization Guide—Explains how to change the appearance of Oracle Access Manager applications and how to control operation by making changes to operating systems, Web servers, directory servers, directory content, or by connecting CGI files or JavaScripts to Oracle Access Manager screens. This guide also describes the Access Manager API and the authorization and authentication plug-in APIs.

• Oracle Access Manager Developer Guide—Explains how to access Identity System functionality programmatically using IdentityXML and WSDL, how to create custom WebGates (known as AccessGates), and how to develop plug-ins. This guide also provides information to be aware of when creating CGI files or JavaScripts for Oracle Access Manager.

• Oracle Access Manager Integration Guide—Explains how to set up Oracle Access Manager to run with third-party products such as BEA WebLogic, the Plumtree portal, and IBM Websphere.

• Oracle Access Manager Schema Description—Provides details about the schema.

• Also, read the Oracle Application Server Release Notes for the latest updates. The release notes are available with the platform-specific documentation. The most current version of the release notes is available on Oracle Technology Network (http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation).

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.