Preface
Waveset Service Provider Deployment provides reference and procedural information that describes how to plan and implement Oracle Waveset Service Provider.
Who Should Use This Book
Oracle Waveset Service Provider Deployment was designed for deployment engineers who will deploy Service Provider.
Before You Read This Book
Deploying this product requires knowledge about Oracle Waveset, LDAP directories, and, optionally, federation management. For a broader discussion about Oracle Waveset Service Provider, see Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Business Administrator’s Guide. See Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Deployment Guide for more information about implementing Oracle Waveset in your IT environment.
How This Book Is Organized
Waveset Service Provider Deployment is organized into the following chapters:
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Chapter 1, Waveset Service Provider Overview— Describes key concepts and components of the product.
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Chapter 2, Planning the Service Provider Installation— Discusses issues that need to be considered before you install and implement Service Provider.
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Chapter 3, LighthouseContext API— Describes the Service Provider application program interface (API) and persistent objects.
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Chapter 4, IDMXUser View— Provides detailed information about the IDMXUser view, and describes how it varies from Waveset views.
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Chapter 5, Other Objects in Service Provider— Describes how user forms and resources differ in Service Provider.
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Chapter 6, Service Provider User Interface— Describes the sample User Interface pages provided with the system.
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Chapter 7, Implementing Custom User Pages— Provides detailed information about deploying a set of user pages.
Related Books
The Waveset 8.1.1 documentation set includes the following books.
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All Audiences |
Provides an overview of Waveset features and functionality and provides product architecture information. |
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Describes known issues, fixed issues, and late-breaking information not already provided in the Waveset documentation set. |
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System Administrators |
Describes how to install Waveset and optional components such as the Waveset Gateway and PasswordSync. |
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Provides instructions on how to upgrade from an older version of Sun Identity Manager to Oracle Waveset. |
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Contains information and instructions to help system administrators manage, tune, and troubleshoot their Waveset installation. |
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Business Administrators |
Describes how to use Waveset provisioning and auditing features. Contains information about the user interfaces, user and account management, reporting, and more. |
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System Integrators |
Describes how to deploy Waveset in complex IT environments. Topics covered include working with identity attributes, data loading and synchronization, configuring user actions, applying custom branding, and so on. |
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Contains information about workflows, forms, views, and rules, as well as the XPRESS language. |
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Provides information about installing, configuring, and using resource adapters. |
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Describes how to deploy Waveset Service Provider, and how views, forms, and resources differ from the standard Waveset product. |
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Describes how to configure SPML support, which SPML features are supported (and why), and how to extend support in the field. |
Documentation Updates
Corrections and updates to this and other Oracle Waveset and Sun Identity Manager publications are posted to a documentation updates website:
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Typographic Conventions
The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions|
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Meaning |
Example |
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AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
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AaBbCc123 |
What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
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Placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
The command to remove a file is rm filename. |
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Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized |
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online. |
Shell Prompts in Command Examples
The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Solaris release.
Table P–2 Shell Prompts|
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Prompt |
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Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell |
$ |
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Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell for superuser |
# |
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C shell |
machine_name% |
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C shell for superuser |
machine_name# |
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