Authenticate

Oracle Unified Directory 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 administrating Oracle Unified Directory instances. See Configuring Root Users.

You access the Oracle Unified Directory REST resources over HTTPS and you 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 Unified Directory account.

• The custom header <request-header>.

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 Unified Directory account using the -u cURL option.

• Pass the <request-header> custom request header using the -H cURL option.

The following provides an example cURL command:

curl -i -X GET -u <username>:<password> -H <request-header>:<value> https://<subdomain>.<domain>.com:<port>/<resource-path>