IDCS or OCI IAM Integration for Authentication

The authentication of user and external system identity for access to Oracle Retail Supplier Evaluation is managed by Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS) or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (OCI IAM). This strategic initiative is a move towards most Oracle Retail Cloud Service applications using IDCS or OCI IAM for authentication, thus paving the way for single sign-on across the product range. In the meantime, Supplier Evaluation will implement IDCS or OCI IAM as a standalone means of identity authentication.

Note:

When IDCS or OCI IAM integration is implemented, it becomes the sole means of authentication for users and external systems. In the event of the IDCS or OCI IAM tenant not being available to perform authentication, access to Supplier Evaluation will not be permitted.

The key features of the IDCS or OCI IAM authentication for the portal are as follows:

  • All users log in to the portal using an individual IDCS or OCI IAM profile.

  • Each portal instance has dedicated IDCS or OCI IAM tenants, for its production and staging/UAT environments (unless the customer has opted to use a unified tenant for both).

  • New users are created in Supplier Evaluation, which automatically triggers creation of an IDCS or OCI IAM profile.

  • User roles map to groups in IDCS or OCI IAM to control users' level of access.

  • All maintenance of user passwords and email addresses is carried out by the user in IDCS or OCI IAM.

  • The user maintains all other account details in Supplier Evaluation.

  • An hourly batch job automatically synchronizes changes between Supplier Evaluation and IDCS or OCI IAM.

  • External systems accounts also require an OAuth configuration into the IDCS/OCI IAM tenant, in order to access the portal’s APIs.

Note:

User documentation for IDCS can be found at the Oracle Identity Cloud Service page on Oracle Help Center:

https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/identity-cloud/

User documentation for OCI IAM can be found at the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management page on Oracle Help Center::

https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Identity/home.htm