The Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Installation and Configuration Guide describes how to install and configure OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0, including OpenSSO Enterprise, OpenSSO Enterprise server only (no administration console), administration console only, client SDK only, scripts and utilities, Distributed Authentication UI server, and a session failover deployment.
Contents
This guide is intended for system administrators, system integrators, and others who are installing and configuring OpenSSO Enterprise.
Readers should be familiar with the following components and concepts:
OpenSSO Enterprise technical concepts, as described in the OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Technical Overview
Deployment platform: Solaris, Linux, or Windows operating system
Web container that will run OpenSSO Enterprise, such as Sun Java System Application Server, Sun Java System Web Server, Oracle WebLogic Server, or IBM WebSphere Application Server
Technical concepts: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Java technology, JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology, HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), HyperText Markup Language (HTML), and eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
This guide is organized by chapters, as described in the Contents.
Related documentation is available as follows:
The following table describes the OpenSSO Enterprise documentation set, which is available on the following collection: http://docs.sun.com/coll/1767.1
Table P–1 OpenSSO Enterprise Documentation Set
Title |
Description |
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Describes new features, installation notes, and known issues and limitations. The Release Notes are updated periodically after the initial release to describe any new features, patches, or problems. |
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Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 installation and Configuration Guide (this guide) |
Provides information about installing and configuring OpenSSO Enterprise.about, including OpenSSO Enterprise server, Administration Console only, client SDK, scripts and utilities, Distributed Authentication UI server, and session failover. |
Provides an overview of how components work together to consolidate access control functions, and to protect enterprise assets and web-based applications. It also explains basic concepts and terminology. |
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Provides planning and deployment solutions for OpenSSO Enterprise. |
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Describes how to use the OpenSSO Enterprise Administration Console as well as how to manage user and service data using the command-line interface (CLI). |
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Provides reference information for the OpenSSO Enterprise command-line interface (CLI), configuration attributes, log files, and error codes. |
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Provides information about customizing OpenSSO Enterprise and integrating its functionality into an organization’s current technical infrastructure. It also provides details about the programmatic aspects of the product and its API. |
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Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 C API Reference for Application and Web Policy Agent Developers |
Provides summaries of data types, structures, and functions that make up the public OpenSSO Enterprise C APIs. |
Provides information about the implementation of Java packages in OpenSSO Enterprise. |
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Describes how to upgrade Sun Java System Access Manager and Sun Java System Federation Manager (including configuration data in Sun Java System Directory Server) to Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0. |
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Provides information about how to tune OpenSSO Enterprise and its related components for optimal performance. |
Policy agent documentation includes these collections:
Policy Agent 3.0: http://docs.sun.com/coll/1767.1
Policy Agent 2.2: http://docs.sun.com/coll/1322.1
The following table provides links to documentation collections for related products.
Table P–2 Related Product Documentation
Product |
Link |
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Sun Java System Directory Server 6.3 | |
Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 | |
Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 | |
Sun Java System Message Queue 4.1 | |
Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.6 | |
Sun Identity Manager 8.0 |
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Table P–3 Typographic Conventions
Typeface |
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. |
AaBbCc123 |
What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
aabbcc123 |
Placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
The command to remove a file is rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 |
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. |
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Table P–4 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
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Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell |
$ |
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell for superuser |
# |
C shell |
machine_name% |
C shell for superuser |
machine_name# |
The OpenSSO Enterprise documentation uses the following terms to represent default paths and directory names:
Table P–5 Default Paths and Directory Names
Date (Version) |
Description of Change |
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August 10, 2010 (16) |
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May 6, 2010 (15) |
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September 10, 2009 (14) |
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June 16, 2009 (13) |
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April 17, 2009 (12) |
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November 14, 2008 (11) |
Updated for late changes. |
November 11, 2008 (10) |
Initial release. |
August 6, 2008 (05) |
Early Access (EA) release draft. |
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