Setting Up Oracle Calendar Sources

Oracle recommends creating one source group for archived calendar data and another source group for active calendar data. One instance for the archived source can run less frequently, such as every week or month. This source should cover all history. A separate instance for the active source can run daily for only the most recent period.

Setting Up Identity Management for Oracle Calendar

The Oracle SES instance and the Oracle Calendar instance must be connected to the same Oracle Internet Directory system.

To set up a secure Oracle Calendar source:

On the Global Settings - Identity Management Setup page in the Oracle SES Administration GUI, select the Oracle Internet Directory identity plug-in manager, and click Activate.
Use the following LDIF file to create an application entity for the plug-in. An application entity is a data structure within LDAP used to represent and keep track of software applications accessing the directory with an LDAP client.
```
Oracle_home/bin/ldapmodify -h oidHost -p OIDPortNumber -D "cn=orcladmin" -w password -f Oracle_home/search/config/ldif/calPlugin.ldif
```
This string defines the entity that is used for the plug-in: orclapplicationcommonname=ocscalplugin,cn=oses,cn=products,cn=oraclecontext. The entity has the password welcome1.

Creating an Oracle Calendar Source

Create an Oracle Calendar source on the Home - Sources page. Select Oracle Calendar from the Source Type list, and click Create. Enter values for the parameters described in Table 7-5.

Table 7-5 Calendar Source Parameters

Parameter	Value
Calendar server	`http://host name`:`port`
Application entity name	`orclapplicationcommonname=ocscalplugin,cn=oses,cn=products,cn=oraclecontext`
Application entity password	welcome1
OID server hostname	Oracle Internet Directory `hostname`
OID server port	`389`
OID server SSL port	`636`
OID server ldapbase	`dc=us,dc=oracle,dc=com`
OID login attribute	`uid`
User query	`(objectclass=ctCalUser)`
Past days	`30`
Future days	`60`
Rollover	`true`
Calendar server for Display URL	Calendar endpoint URL to be used to formulate the display URL; for example, `http://calendarserver:7777`. If this parameter is blank, then the value provided for the Calendar server parameter is used to formulate the display URL.

Oracle Calendar Attributes

Description
Priority
Status
start date
end date
event Type
Author
Created Date
Title
Location
Dial_info
ConferenceID
ConferenceKey
Duration