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Oracle® Identity Manager Installation Guide for Oracle Containers for J2EE
Release 9.0

Part Number B32148-02
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8 Starting the Oracle Identity Manager Server

This chapter explains how to start and stop the Oracle Identity Manager server, and how to access the Administrative and User Console. This chapter contains the following topics:

Important:

You must complete all post-installation steps in Chapter 7, "Post-Install Configuration for Oracle Identity Manager Server and OC4J" before starting the Oracle Identity Manager Server.

Removing Backup xlconfig.xml Files After Starting or Restarting

After starting any Oracle Identity Manager component either the first time, or after changing any passwords in xlconfig.xml, passwords are encrypted and saved. However, Oracle Identity Manager also keeps a backup copy of xlconfig.xml (named xlconfig.xml.<x>) before saving. This backup xlconfig.xml.<x> file contains the passwords in plain text.

Important:

Be sure to remove these files after starting any Oracle Identity Manager component either the first time, or after restarting after changing any passwords in xlconfig.xml once you have established that the new password is working properly. The backup file is named xlconfig.xml.<x>, where x is the latest available number, for example xlconfig.xml.0, xlconfig.xml.1, and so on.

Starting the Oracle Identity Manager Server

This section describes how to start the Oracle Identity Manager server on Windows, UNIX, or Linux. To start the Oracle Identity Manager server you start the OC4J application server. Use the following steps to start the OC4J application server and Oracle Identity Manager:

  1. Verify that your database is up and running

  2. Start the OC4J application server as follows:

    Windows

    From the Start menu, select Oracle <OC4J Instance Name>, then select Oracle Process Manager, then select Start Oracle Process Manager.

    UNIX or Linux

    1. Go to the <OC4J_HOME>/opmn/bin directory

    2. Run the following command:

      ./opmnctl startall
      
      

Stopping the Oracle Identity Manager Server

This section describes how to stop the Oracle Identity Manager server gracefully on Windows, UNIX, or Linux. To stop the Oracle Identity Manager server gracefully, you stop the OC4J application server using the following steps:

Windows

From the Start menu, select Oracle <OC4J Instance Name>, then select Oracle Process Manager, then select Stop Oracle Process Manager.

UNIX or Linux

  1. Go to the <OC4J_HOME>/opmn/bin/ directory.

  2. Run the following command:

    ./opmnctl stopall
    
    

Accessing the Administrative and User Console

After starting the OC4J application server and the Oracle Identity Manager server you can access the Administrative and User Console. Perform the following steps to access the Administrative and User Console:

  1. Launch your web browser, then point it to the following URL:

    http://<hostname>:<port>/xlWebApp

    <hostname> represents the name of the machine hosting the application server and <port> refers to the port on which the OC4J application server is listening. The default port number for OC4J is 7777. To learn which port OC4J is listening on, open <OC4J_HOME>/install/readme.txt on UNIX or Linux, and <OC4J_HOME>\install\readme.txt on Windows.

    For example:

    http://localhost:7777/xlWebApp
    
    

    Notes:

    Be aware of the following when accessing the Administrative and User Console:
    • Do not use the IP address of the machine hosting the application server in the URL to connect to the Administrative and User Console. Use the fully-qualified domain name as shown in the example.

    • The application name, xlWebApp, is case-sensitive.

  2. After the Oracle Identity Manager login screen appears, login with your user name and password.

    Note:

    The default administrator user name and password are xelsysadm.

Using Diagnostic Dashboard to Verify Installation

The Diagnostic Dashboard verifies each component in your post-installation environment by testing for:

The Diagnostic Dashboard also checks for all supported versions of components along with their packaging.

Note:

See "Using the Diagnostic Dashboard" for more information.