Authentication

Oracle Big Data Preparation Cloud Service uses a certificate authority (CA) certificate, issued by Verisign, to enable clients to connect securely to the server.

Note::

Ensure that you have the appropriate log-in credentials for administering Oracle Big Data Preparation Cloud Service, as described in Managing Users and Roles.

You access the Oracle Big Data Preparation Cloud Service REST resources over HTTPS and must provide the following information for authentication:

• An SSL certificate authority (CA) certificate file or bundle to authenticate against the Verisign CA certificate.

• User name and password for your Oracle Big Data Preparation Cloud Service account.

For example, to authenticate using cURL:

• Set the cURL environment variable, CURL_CA_BUNDLE, to the location of your local CA certificate bundle. For information about CA certificate verification using cURL, see: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html.

• Pass the user name and password for your Oracle Big Data Preparation Cloud Service account (for example, jstein and welcome1) using the -u cURL option.

For examples on retrieving the a list of policies or the details of a specific policy, see the information in All REST Endpoints.