Oracle® Access Manager Introduction 10g (10.1.4.2.0) Part Number B32410-01 |
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Each Oracle Access Manager manual is written to help individuals who are responsible for specific tasks on the job. Each Oracle Access Manager deployment may involve the following individuals at various times during the overall implementation process:
Technical architects
Network, system, database, and Web administrators
IT and application developers
Quality Assurance (QA) engineers
Business analysts
This chapter provides a brief overview of each manual in the Oracle Access Manager suite as outlined in Table 6-1. Included in each disucssion is a brief overview of the intended audience and recommended prerequisite knowledge and skills for the tasks that are described in the book. Individual discussions follow the table.
Table 6-1 Oracle Access Manager Manuals
Title | Purpose |
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Oracle Application Server Release Notes |
Provide up-to-the-minute details about the product, changes and new features, and more. |
Oracle Access Manager Patchset Notes |
Provide instructions to install or remove the Patchset, known issues for the patchset, and more. |
Oracle Access Manager List of Bugs Fixed |
Lists of all generic Oracle Access Manager bugs that have been fixed in the Patchset, sorted by component. |
Oracle Access Manager Introduction |
Acquaints you with Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1) concepts, features, and applications. |
Oracle Access Manager Installation Guide |
Guide you as you prepare your environment, then install and set up Oracle Access Manager. |
Oracle Access Manager Upgrade Guide |
Guide you as you upgrade an earlier Oracle Access Manager installation to the latest version. |
Oracle Access Manager Identity and Common Administration Guide |
Provides details you need to perform Identity System and common administration tasks. |
Oracle Access Manager Access Administration Guide |
Provides details you need to perform Access System administration tasks. |
Oracle Access Manager Deployment Guide |
Helps you fine tune and manage the Oracle Access Manager installation. |
Oracle Access Manager Customization Guide |
Provides details to help you customize Oracle Access Manager to change the appearance of applications or change how to control Oracle Access Manager. |
Oracle Access Manager Developer Guide |
Acquaints you with the application programming interfaces (APIs) provided by Oracle Access Manager and how to write custom applications and plug-ins that use the programmatic access provided to gain access toOracle Access Manager functionality, and, in some cases, to extend that functionality |
Oracle Access Manager Integration Guide |
Guides you as you integrate Oracle Access Manager with one or more supported third-party products. |
Oracle Access Manager Schema Description |
Acquaints you with the Oracle-provided objects and attributes that control the behavior of Oracle Access Manager. |
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 up-to-the-minute details about the product release, see the Oracle Application Server Release Notes where you will find information about:
Oracle Access Manager changes and new features
Known issues
Documentation updates and resolved issues
Everyone should review the latest Oracle Application Server Release Notes for their product. For example:
If you are new to Oracle Access Manager and want to ensure you have the latest details, check the Oracle Application Server Release Notes.
If you have used Oracle Access Manager and want to quickly update your knowledge, Oracle Application Server Release Notes summarize the latest enhancements and changes.
Oracle Access Manager Patchset Notes provide instructions to install or remove the Patchset, a list of known issues related to the patchset, and a list of the platform-specific bugs fixed in this Oracle Access Manager Patchset.
Everyone who needs the latest information about Oracle Access Manager and the latest Patchset. For example:
Review the Oracle Application Server Release Notes.
See the latest Oracle Access Manager Patchset Notes.
Review the Oracle Access Manager List of Bugs Fixed for the latest Patchset.
Oracle Access Manager List of Bugs Fixed supplements the Patchset notes. It provides a list of all generic (common to all operating systems) Oracle Access Manager bugs that have been fixed in the Patchset, sorted by component.
Look to the introduction (the guide you are now reading) for:
A complete list of what is new in this release
An introduction to product concepts, features, components, applications, and functions
An overview of integration and customization options
An introduction to globalization, localization, and multibyte language support that includes a summary of system behavior
A brief introduction to system behaviors
An introduction to installation and multi-language environments
A road map to all Oracle Access Manager manuals and their audiences, with suggested prerequisite knowledge and skills
A glossary of terms
Anyone interested in learning about Oracle Access Manager should begin with the Oracle Access Manager Introduction.
The Oracle Access Manager Installation Guide helps you prepare your environment, then install and set up Oracle Access Manager. The guide includes:
An introduction to installation and the sequence of tasks that you must perform
Installation prerequisites, considerations, and options
Preparation worksheets that you can complete to help streamline your experience and document your Oracle Access Manager installation
Step-by-step instructions to help ensure a successful Oracle Access Manager installation
Troubleshooting tips
The Oracle Access Manager Installation Guide is required for anyone who is responsible for:
An overview of installation and configuration tasks and where to find more information about each one
Details about how to prepare your environment before installation
Identity Server installation and setup
WebPass installation to enable communication with the Identity Server
Policy Manager installation and setup, which includes the Access System Console
Access Server installation to enable communication with the directory server and WebGate
WebGate installation to enable communication with the Access Server
Optional component installation, including the Oracle Virtual Directory, SNMP agent, and Language Packs
Be sure to read the Oracle Access Manager Introduction before starting the installation. This guide presumes that you have knowledge of and experience with the following:
Operating and file systems: Windows or Unix based
Sites connected to the Internet and networking protocols
Network security: building firewalls, deploying authentication systems, and so on
Host security: passwords, uids, file permissions, file system integrity, and the like
Web server, Web browser, and configuration details
Database administration
The Oracle Access Manager Upgrade Guide provides information to help you upgrade an existing Oblix NetPoint or Oracle COREid installation to Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1). The guide includes:
An introduction to upgrade tasks, planning, and deployment scenarios
An overview of upgrade concepts and methods
Upgrade prerequisites, considerations, and preparation steps
A summary of changes from earlier system behaviors to 10g (10.1.4.0.1) system behaviors to help you easily recognize differences
Step-by-step instructions to help ensure a successful upgrade of all components and instances to 10g (10.1.4.0.1)
Post upgrade steps that you need to complete to ensure compatibility with any earlier customizations in the upgraded environment
Troubleshooting tips
The Oracle Access Manager Upgrade Guide is required for anyone who needs to upgrade an earlier Oblix NetPoint or Oracle COREid installation to Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1), which includes:
Preparing and taking inventory in your older installation
Upgrading the Identity System components and ensuring backward compatibility with custom plug-ins and customizations
Upgrading the Access System components and ensuring backward compatibility with custom access clients and plug-ins
Integration component upgrades
The Oracle Access Manager Upgrade Guide presumes that you have knowledge of and experience with the following:
Your earlier Oblix NetPoint or Oracle COREid installation
Operating and file systems: Windows or Unix based
Sites connected to the Internet and networking protocols
Network security: building firewalls, deploying authentication systems, and so on
Host security: passwords, uids, file permissions, file system integrity, and the like
Web server, Web browser, and configuration details
Database administration
The Oracle Access Manager Identity and Common Administration Guide focuses on Identity System administration. It also includes tasks that are common to both the Identity System and Access System. The Oracle Access Manager Identity and Common Administration Guide provides information on how to:
Configure the rights and tasks available to administrators and end users
Prepare for administration
Specify Identity System administrators
Make schema data available to the Identity System
Configure User, Group, and Organization Managers
Chain Identity functions into workflows
Configure global settings for Oracle Access Manager
Change transport security modes
Set up auditing, access reporting, logging, and the SNMP monitor
Deploy with Active Directory
Implement .NET Features
During this phase of the implementation, the "Oracle Access Manager Schema Description" may also be useful.
The Oracle Access Manager Identity and Common Administration Guide targets the following audiences:
Identity administrators and delegated Identity administrators
Individuals who enter or manage information about users, groups, and resources
Individuals who manage servers
Individuals who audit or monitor system events and user-session activity
Individuals who generate reports
Oracle Access Manager should be installed and its operation confirmed, as described in the Oracle Access Manager Installation Guide or the Oracle Access Manager Upgrade Guide.
To complete activities in the Oracle Access Manager Identity and Common Administration Guide, the reader should have some knowledge of and experience with the following:
Browser-based interfaces, windows, and menus
Your Web servers and LDAP directory server
Data entry
Policy setting
Report generation
Helpful
Knowledge of authentication and authorization concepts
System or database administration
The Oracle Access Manager Access Administration Guide focuses on Access System administration. It includes details on how to:
Configure access administrators and server settings
Configure AccessGates and Access Servers
Protect resources with policy domains
Configure user authentication
Configure user authorization
Set up single sign-on
Use the Access System with other Oracle products
Access System configuration and management
Set up form-based authentication
Enable Impersonation with the Access System
During this phase of the implementation, the "Oracle Access Manager Schema Description" may also be useful.
The Oracle Access Manager Access Administration Guide targets the following audiences:
Access administrators and delegated Access administrators
Individuals who create and manage policy domains
Individuals who configure and manage servers, WebGates, and Access System configuration
Individuals who create and manage authentication and authorization schemes
Individuals who audit or monitor system events and user-session activity, and generate reports
Oracle Access Manager should be installed and its operation confirmed, as described in the Oracle Access Manager Installation Guide or the Oracle Access Manager Upgrade Guide.
To complete activities in the Oracle Access Manager Access Administration Guide, the reader should have some knowledge of and experience with the following:
Browser-based interfaces, windows, and menus
Your Web servers and LDAP directory server
Data entry
Policy setting
Report generation
Helpful
Knowledge of authentication and authorization concepts
System or database administration
The Oracle Access Manager Deployment Guide provides the information needed to fine-tune and manage the Oracle Access Manager installation. The scope of this guide encompasses:
Capacity planning
System tuning
Performance and scalability considerations
Failover and load balancing
Caching
Migration planning to move Oracle Access Manager from a test environment to a production environment
The Oracle Access Manager Deployment Guide targets the knowledge and skill requirements of system, network, or Master Administrators responsible for optimizing the Oracle Access Manager implementation.
To complete activities in the Oracle Access Manager Deployment Guide the reader should have strong knowledge of and experience with the following:
Network, site planning, and networking concepts
Distributed computing environment concepts
Consistent network-wide file system layout design
Routing principles
Client/server programming
Operating system details and inter-process communication
System performance tuning
Firewall and Internet security
Computing policies
Helpful
Familiarity with failover concepts and practices
Network communications
The Oracle Access Manager Customization Guide explains how to control the way Oracle Access Manager looks and operates, without programming. Topics in this guide include:
Changing the appearance of Oracle Access Manager applications
Tuning catalog files
Designing the graphical user interface (GUI) by editing XML files
Connecting CGI files or JavaScripts to Oracle Access Manager screens
Controlling how Oracle Access Manager operates by making configuration changes to the operating system, Web or directory servers, or directory content
Introducing the Access Manager API (formerly known as the Access Server API) and the Authorization and Authentication Plug-in APIs from an administrator's point of view
The Oracle Access Manager Customization Guide is a valuable asset to anyone responsible for customizing Oracle Access Manager to control operations.
Techniques provided here are vulnerable to error and should be used with the utmost care. This guide assumes that you have some prior knowledge of and experience with:
Using Oracle Access Manager
Logical connections between the Identity and Access systems
General working knowledge of directories and LDAP
Comfort manipulating files and running applications at the command-line level
Oracle Access Manager should be installed and its operation confirmed, as described in the Oracle Access Manager Installation Guide or the Oracle Access Manager Upgrade Guide.
Helpful
System or database administration
Familiarity with CGI files or JavaScripts
Your Web server, Web browser, operating system, and configuration details
The Oracle Access Manager Developer Guide describes the application programming interfaces (APIs) provided by Oracle Access Manager. It also explains how to write custom applications and plug-ins that use the programmatic access provided by Oracle Access Manager to gain access to Oracle Access Manager functionality (and, in some cases, to extend that functionality). This guide shows you how to:
Use IdentityXML to interact with the Oracle Access Manager Identity System without using a browser.
Use the Identity Event Plug-in API to implement functions and executables triggered by events within the Identity System.
Use AccessXML to gain access to the Oracle Access Manager Access System without using a browser.
Develop custom AccessGates using the Access Manager API (a subset of the Access Manager Software Developer Kit) in Java, C, C++, and C# (.NET managed code).
Write applications using the Policy Manager API (a subset of the Access Manager Software Developer Kit) that use a programmatic interface (Java, C, and C# (.NET managed code)) to create, modify, delete, and retrieve policy domains and their content.
Develop server-side plug-ins to apply custom filters and logic using the Authentication and Authorization Plug-in APIs.
The Oracle Access Manager Developer Guide is for Administrators and experienced developers who want to write applications that extend the capabilities of Oracle Access Manager.
This guide presumes that you have knowledge of and experience with the following:
Concepts and fundamentals of supported programming languages (C, C++, Java code, C# (.NET managed code)
APIs, wrappers, variables, constructors
Extensions, events, parameters, and exceptions
Cookies
Certificates
The Oracle Access Manager Integration Guide explains how to integrate Oracle Access Manager with one or more third-party products, such as:
Oracle Application Server
Siebel
Security Provider for WebLogic SSPI
IBM WebSphere
Plumtree portal
RSA SecurID
SharePoint Portal Server, Content Management Server
and others
For a complete list of supported integrations, see the latest Oracle Access Manager Integration Guide which includes both considerations and steps to complete each integration.
Anyone who is responsible to integrate Oracle Access Manager with another supported product.
Oracle Access Manager should be installed and its operation confirmed as described in Oracle Access Manager Installation Guide or the Oracle Access Manager Upgrade Guide.
The Oracle Access Manager Integration Guide presumes that you have knowledge of and experience with the product you are integrating as well as with Oracle Access Manager.
The Oracle Access Manager Schema Description identifies the Oracle-provided objects and attributes that control the behavior of Oracle Access Manager. This information is being provided to help you understand the structure and behavior of the product.
The Oracle Access Manager Schema Description is intended for anyone who needs to understand the structure and behavior of the Oracle Access Manager product.
WARNING:
Oracle does not support modified versions of its schema.
The Oracle Access Manager Schema Description assumes that you are familiar with your LDAP directory and concepts.
The Oracle Access Manager Configuration Manager Installation and Administration Guide provides considerations, prerequisites, and step-by-step instructions for 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. The term configuration data refers to Oracle Access Manager, or Oracle COREid, configuration data and access policy data stored in an LDAP directory.
The Oracle Access Manager Configuration Manager Installation and Administration Guide targets the needs of anyone who is responsible for installing and managing the Oracle Access Manager Configuration Manager deployment management application. This book also targets the needs of anyone who is responsible for 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.
The Oracle Access Manager Configuration Manager Installation and Administration Guide assumes that you are familiar with your network architecture, your LDAP directory, as well as firewall and internet security. In addition, you need to be familiar with your existing Oracle Access Manager, or Oracle COREid, deployments.