25 Configuring Oracle Secure Enterprise Search

Oracle Secure Enterprise Search 10g is a stand-alone enterprise search solution. It incorporates best-in-class indexing crawling and security capabilities to create a reliable and comprehensive search solution for any organization.

Follow these steps to configure Oracle Secure Enterprise Search 10g so that Oracle Beehive uses it as its search engine:

Step A: Configure Oracle Beehive

1. Create a special user account that has administrator rights to the content managed by Oracle Beehive. The command will prompt your for a password. Enter any valid password; you will need this password later:

   beectl add_trusted_identity
     --is_service false
     --service_name sessearch
     --type SES
     --name BeehiveSesTrustedEntity
     --password
   

2. Configure the host and port number of your Oracle Beehive instance:

   beectl modify_property
     --component _SesEndptService
     --name Host
     --value <Host name of your Oracle Beehive instance>
   
   beectl modify_property
     --component _SesEndptService
     --name Port
     --value <Oracle Beehive HTTP listening port>
   
   beectl modify_property
     --component _SesEndptService
     --name SesEndptServiceEnabled
     --value true
   

   To determine the HTTP listening port, run the beectl list_ports command and search for the property name HttpListenPort.

3. Activate and commit changes:

   beectl activate_configuration
   beectl modify_local_configuration_files
   

Step B: Configure Oracle Secure Enterprise Search

1. Login to the oracle Secure Enterprise Search administrator page. The URL typically has the form http://<Oracle SES host name>:<HTTP listening port>/search/admin.

2. Click the Sources tab. From the Source type drop-down list, select Federated. Click the Create button.

3. Enter the following values to define the source:

   • Source Name: Enter any name to identity your source

   • Web Services URL: http://<Oracle Beehive host name>:<Oracle Beehive HTTP listening port>/ses-endpt/OracleSearch

   • Remote Entity Name: BeehiveSesTrustedEntity

   • Remote Entity Password: Enter the password for the BeehiveSesTrustedEntity user you created previously.

   • Search User Attribute: You do not have to enter a value for this field unless Oracle Secure Enterprise Search is using a different authentication attribute than Oracle Beehive.