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:

• Removing Backup xlconfig.xml Files After Starting or Restarting

• Starting the Oracle Identity Manager Server

• Stopping the Oracle Identity Manager Server

• Accessing the Administrative and User Console

• Using Diagnostic Dashboard to Verify Installation

Important:

You must complete all post-installation steps in Chapter 7, "Post-Install Configuration for Oracle Identity Manager Server and Oracle Application Server" 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 Oracle Application Server. Use the following steps to start the Oracle Application Server and Oracle Identity Manager:

1. Verify that your database is up and running

2. Start the Oracle Application Server as follows:

   Windows

   From the Start menu, select Oracle - <Oracle Application Server Instance Name>, then select Oracle Process Manager, then select Start Oracle Process Manager.

   UNIX or Linux

   1. Go to the <ORACLE_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 Oracle Application Server using the following steps:

Windows

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

UNIX or Linux

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

2. Run the following command:

   ./opmnctl stopall
   
   

Accessing the Administrative and User Console

After starting the Oracle 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. Add the fully-qualified domain name of the host with your OC4J instance to your system's hosts file. This fully-qualified domain name can be found from URL that appears after you log into Enterprise Manager for Oracle Application Server. Use this fully-qualified domain name when accessing Oracle Identity Manager to avoid session time out issues.

2. 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 Oracle Application Server is listening. The default port number for Oracle Application Server is 7777. To learn which port Oracle Application Server is listening on, open <ORACLE_HOME>/install/readme.txt on UNIX or Linux, and <ORACLE_HOME>\install\readme.txt on Windows.

   Note:

   The application name, xlWebApp, is case-sensitive.

   For example:

   http://localhost:7777/xlWebApp
   
   

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

Using Diagnostic Dashboard to Verify Installation

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

• A trusted Store

• Single Sign-On Configuration

• Messaging capability

• A task scheduler

• A Remote Manager

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

Note:

See "Using the Diagnostic Dashboard" for more information.