Updating Current Oracle Managed Access Settings

You can modify OMA settings by creating approval templates and assigning them to environments.

If you do not want to allow auto-approval, you can configure a manual approval workflow by creating an approval template.

About Approval Templates

An approval template defines how access requests are reviewed and approved.

In a template, you specify the users or groups responsible for approving requests. These can include administrator users or administrator groups, depending on your organization’s setup.

An approval template allows you to define:

  • Approvers for access requests
  • Approval levels (up to three levels)
  • The approval sequence

Once created, the template can be assigned to an environment to enforce manual approval instead of auto-approval.

Creating an Approval Template and Assigning it to an Environment

To create an approval template:
  1. Sign in to the Oracle Cloud Console as an Account Administrator or Identity Domain Administrator.
  2. From the Navigation menu, search for "Identity & Security" and select Managed Access.
  3. Select Approval templates.

    For instructions, refer to create an approval template on Oracle Cloud Infratstructure documentation.
    Creating an Approval Template

    Note:

    • You can define a single approver for simple workflows.
    • Using Advanced Options, you can configure layered approvals (up to three levels), allowing requests to be approved in sequence by different roles, such as managers or hierarchical groups.
    • You can create multiple approval templates based on your needs. For example, you can define separate templates for production and test environments and assign them to different approvers.
  4. Select Resource settings.
    Edit resource settings
  5. Select an environment and then, select Add approved template to assign the newly created approval template to this environment.
  6. Update the Access duration, if required.

    Note:

    For the same approval template, you can configure different access durations for each environment, such as longer durations for test and shorter durations for production.
  7. Click Save changes.

Learn More

For complete details on configuration, workflows, and advanced options, see Managed Access Overview in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation.