Oracle® Access Manager Access Administration Guide 10g (10.1.4.2.0) Part Number B32420-01 |
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The Oracle Access Manager Access Administration Guide provides information on setting up Access Administrators and Access Server settings, configuring and managing AccessGates, defining access controls and user access to applications and data, and configuring single sign-on. Its companion guide, the Oracle Access Manager Administration Guide describes the Identity System and functions that are common to both systems, such as configuring directory servers, password policies, setting up logging and auditing, and so on.
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Oracle Access Manager was previously known as Oblix NetPoint. All legacy references to Oblix and NetPoint, for example, in path names and schema objects, should be understood to refer to Oracle and COREid, respectively.This Preface covers the following topics:
This guide is intended for the Master Administrators who are assigned during installation and setup, as well as Master Access Administrators and Delegated Access Administrators. Administrators configure the rights and tasks available to other administrators and end users. A Master Administrator, the highest level administrator, is selected during Oracle Access Manager System setup. The Master Administrator delegates responsibilities to other administrators, as described in this book.
This document assumes that you are familiar with your LDAP directory and Web servers.
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For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Access Manager Release 10.1.4 documentation set:
Oracle Access Manager Introduction—Provides an introduction to Oracle Access Manager, a road map to Oracle Access Manager 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
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Oracle Access Manager Patchset Notes Release 10.1.4 Patchset 1 (10.1.4.2.0) For All Supported Operating Systems. It provides the system requirements and instructions needed to install or de-install the Patchset itself, a list of known issues related to the patchset, a list of the platform-specific bugs fixed in this Oracle Access Manager Patchset.
Oracle Access Manager List of Bugs Fixed Release 10.1.4 Patchset 1 (10.1.4.2.0) . It supplements the Patchset notes document for this release. It provides a list of all generic (common to all operating systems) Oracle Access Manager bugs that have been fixed in this Patchset, sorted by component.
Oracle Access Manager Installation Guide—Explains how to install and configure the components.
Oracle Access Manager Upgrade Guide—Explains how to upgrade earlier releases to the latest major Oracle Access Manager release.
Oracle Access Manager 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 Oracle Access Manager 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 Oracle Access Manager schema.
Oracle Access Manager Configuration Manager Installation and Administration Guide—Provides information about pushing configuration data changes from one Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1), or Oracle COREid Release 7.0.4, deployment to another. For example, when pushing changes from a development deployment to a pre-production deployment. Included are considerations, prerequisites, and step-by-step instructions to help ensure your success.
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