Oracle® Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Identity Navigator 11g Release 2 (11.1.2.2) Part Number E27135-05 |
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Oracle Identity Navigator is an administrative portal designed to act as a single launch pad for accessing the administration consoles for other Oracle Identity Management components. It does not replace the individual component consoles. Rather, it allows you to access the Oracle Identity Management consoles centrally from one location. This chapter contains the following topics:
Oracle Identity Navigator is installed with other Oracle Identity Management components and centralizes access to product administration consoles, as well as other identity services. Oracle Identity Navigator can be installed with other Oracle Identity Management components in the same domain or in different domains. It is a web-based application that you access through a browser.
Starting with 11g Release 2 (11.1.2.2), Oracle Identity Navigator is deployed in a managed server after installation. The default server name is opam_server1
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You can use Oracle Identity Navigator to access the following product administration consoles and identity services:
Oracle Access Management Access Manager
Oracle Adaptive Access Manager
Oracle Authorization Policy Manager
Oracle Directory Services Manager
Oracle Directory Integration Platform
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Oracle Entitlements Server
Oracle Identity Analytics
Oracle Access Management Identity Federation
Oracle Identity Manager
Oracle Privileged Account Manager
Oracle Role Manager
Oracle WebLogic Server
Oracle Web Services Manager
Figure 1-1 shows the following relationships between Oracle Identity Navigator and the Oracle Identity Management components:
Each administration console launches in its own separate browser window. You configure Oracle Identity Navigator to connect to these consoles either by specifying the URLs directly, or by employing the product discovery feature.
Like Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control, Oracle Identity Navigator is a Java EE application deployed on an Oracle WebLogic Server. It uses Oracle Metadata Service.
The Oracle Identity Navigator report feature relies on Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher and requires configuration to communicate with an Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher server.
You can access Oracle RSS feeds and view them in the Dashboard. You might need to configure a proxy to connect through your company's firewall.
Figure 1-1 Relationships Between Oracle Identity Navigator and Other Components
Oracle Identity Navigator is integrated with 11g Oracle Platform Security Services for single sign-on (SSO) support. Some of the component consoles accessible from Oracle Identity Navigator are single sign-on enabled and can be configured to authenticate against the same authentication service in the Oracle Identity Navigator operation environment. Single sign-on enabled consoles include Oracle Access Management, Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Adaptive Access Manager, Oracle Authorization Policy Manager, and Oracle Privileged Account Manager. Double sign-on occurs for other components, such as Oracle Directory Services Manager and Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control. For more information, see Section 2.3, "Configuring Single Sign-On (SSO)".
Common Admin Roles are a set of predefined standardized application roles for securing administrative access to Oracle Identity Management applications. These roles encapsulate the common administrative tasks across the Oracle Identity Management Suite.
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You must configure enterprise roles to support the Common Admin Roles before you can begin using them. For more information, see Section 2.2, "Configuring the Enterprise Roles".
Common Admin Roles can be assigned to users from the Oracle Identity Navigator Administration page. Each administrative role enables a corresponding set of rights that are common across the Identity Management Suite components.
Table 1-1 describes the responsibilities each role type supports and the skills and expertise required in order to perform typical duties associated with that role. You can assign any of the roles described in Table 1-1 to a user as a component role. Once a role assignment is made, the user is granted the corresponding administrative capabilities for that component.
Table 1-1 Summary of the Common Admin Roles
Common Admin Role Name | Responsibility | Skills and Expertise Required |
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Application Configurator |
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Application Auditor |
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Application Troubleshooter |
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Security Auditor |
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Security Admin |
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User Manager |
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Helpdesk Admin |
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Actions that an authenticated user can perform are based on the roles assigned. Oracle Identity Navigator supports two types of administrative roles:
Administrators with Common Admin Roles
Administrators with Common Admin Roles specific to Oracle Identity Navigator can administer Oracle Identity Navigator as summarized in Table 1-2.
A component administrator manages a specific Identity Management component. These role types can be finer grained than the Common Admin Role. For more information, see Section 2.9, "Advanced: Configuring Component Administrative Role-Based Access".
Table 1-2 describes the Common Admin Roles that are specific to Oracle Identity Navigator and the access rights each conveys. All authenticated users can access My Profile and News and Announcements.
Table 1-2 Summary of Oracle Identity Navigator Common Admin Roles
Common Admin Role Name | Access Rights |
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Security Admin |
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Security Auditor |
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Application Configurator |
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After installation, all users who are members of the Oracle WebLogic Server Administrators
group are granted all superuser privileges required to administer Oracle Identity Navigator. The default administrator is the weblogic
user (also known as the bootstrap user) who is a member of the Administrators
group.
The weblogic
user, as the bootstrap user, can be used to map the users from the domain identity store to the Oracle Identity Navigator Common Admin Roles detailed in Table 1-2. Users mapped to the Security Admin role can assign the Common Admin Roles to other users, and can later replace the weblogic
user in your environment. After the initial user mapping is completed, replace the default weblogic
user by mapping the Security Admin role to at least one administrator user defined in your domain identity store.
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Administration roles specific to Oracle Privileged Account Manager are managed in Oracle Identity Navigator. For information about managing Oracle Privileged Account Manager roles, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Privileged Account Manager.
Oracle Identity Navigator supports a set of default reports. These reports provide meaningful information to auditors for examining the security practices of the component as deployed, as well as enabling a check of the component health status.
All reports are generated using Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher. Oracle BI Publisher 11.1.1.5.0, or higher, must be installed separately. See Section 2.5.2, "Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher" for more information on installing and configuring Oracle BI Publisher.
My Reports is a portlet used to view Oracle Identity Management BI Publisher Reports. In addition, the My Reports portlet allows you to save a report query so you can run the report again. Every administrative user has their own My Reports portlet in the Dashboard page. You can add report categories to My Reports and save different reports under different categories. Reports are categorized by the component name.
The following tasks can be performed in My Report:
Show a list of Oracle Identity Management BI Publisher Reports in a portlet configuration page.
Select, add configuration parameters to query the data, and add the report to My Reports list from a portlet configuration page.
View and run any report that the you have access to.
For more information about using My Reports, see Section 3.4, "Managing Your Reports".
Oracle Identity Navigator supports the following three Oracle RSS feeds:
Identity Management Discussion Forum
Oracle New Downloads
Oracle Security Alerts
The RSS feeds can not be changed.
Refer to the system requirements and certification documentation for information about hardware and software requirements, platforms, databases, and other information. Both of these documents are available on Oracle Technology Network (OTN).
The system requirements document covers information such as hardware and software requirements, minimum disk space and memory requirements, and required system libraries, packages, or patches:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/fusion-requirements-100147.html
The certification document covers supported installation types, platforms, operating systems, databases, JDKs, and third-party products:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/fusion-certification-100350.html