Connecting Using Kerberos Authentication

If your database is in the Oracle Cloud go to Connecting to Oracle Autonomous Database (ADB). For additional help using the connection dialog, visit the connection dialog help.

Before connecting using Kerberos, server and client side configuration is required.

For instructions on how to configure Kerberos, see sections File Based Credential Cache and MSLSA and Configuring Kerberos Authentication with ODP.NET in the Oracle Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide.

Note:

• Oracle Developer Tools for VS Code includes Kerberos.NET. MIT Kerberos does not need to be installed.

• If using File Based Credential Cache instead of MSLSA, the full Oracle client will need to be installed on the system where the credential file is generated in order to obtain the executables okinit.exe, oklist.exe and okdstry.exe.

  The full Oracle client can be found here:

  • Windows: Oracle Database 21c (21.3) for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit)

  • Linux: Oracle Database 21c (21.3) for Linux x86-64 (RPM)

• The instructions in the link above assume a Windows KDC. If using a Linux KDC, please see Extract a Service Key Table from Kerberos

To connect to the Oracle Database using Kerberos Authentication, follow the steps in Connecting Using a TNSNAMES.ORA Connection Alias, except

1. Ensure the SQLNET.ORA file is in the same directory as the TNSNAMES.ORA

2. In the User name field, enter a forward slash: /

3. The Password field should be left empty.

   Note:

   For more details about connecting with a proxy, see the connection dialog help.