Sun OpenSSO Enterprise Policy Agent 3.0 User's Guide for J2EE Agents

Before You Read This Book

You should be familiar with a variety of components and concepts related to OpenSSO Enterprise server and Policy Agent software. For example, you should be familiar with the following components and concepts:

OpenSSO Enterprise technical concepts, as described in the OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Technical Overview
The deployment platform, such as the Solaris^TM, Linux, or Windows operating system
The web containers that will run OpenSSO Enterprise server and Policy Agent, such as Sun Java System Application Server, Sun Java System Web Server, BEA WebLogic, or IBM WebSphere Application Server

You should be familiar with the documentation related to OpenSSO Enterprise and Policy Agent 3.0. Sun Microsystems server documentation sets, some of which are mentioned in this preface, are available at http://docs.sun.com:

OpenSSO Enterprise Documentation Set

Policy Agent 3.0 is being introduced with OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0. The table that follows describes documents in the OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 documentation set. Access the OpenSSO Enterprise documentation collection at the following location: http://docs.sun.com/coll/1767.1.

Table P–1 OpenSSO Enterprise Documentation Set


Title	Description
Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Release Notes	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.
Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Installation and Configuration Guide	Provides information about installing and configuring OpenSSO Enterprise, including OpenSSO Enterprise server, Administration Console only, client SDK, scripts and utilities, Distributed Authentication UI server, and session failover.
Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Technical Overview	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.
Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Deployment Planning Guide	Provides planning and deployment solutions for OpenSSO Enterprise.
Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Administration Guide	Describes how to use OpenSSO Enterprise Administration Console as well as how to manage user and service data using the command-line interface (CLI).
Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Administration Reference	Provides reference information for the OpenSSO Enterprise command-line interface (CLI), configuration attributes, log files, and error codes.
Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Developer’s Guide	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.
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.
Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Java API Reference	Provides information about the implementation of Java packages in OpenSSO Enterprise.
Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Performance Tuning Guide	Provides information about how to tune OpenSSO Enterprise and its related components for optimal performance.