9 Managing System Configuration Attributes

This chapter describes the configuration attributes that control the Oracle Internet Directory LDAP server and how to manage these attributes using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control, the WebLogic Scripting Tool (wlst), LDAP tools, and Oracle Directory Services Manager (ODSM).

For information about the attributes that control the Oracle Internet Directory replication server, see Managing Replication Configuration Attributes.

This chapter includes the following sections:

9.1 Managing System Configuration Attributes

Understand about managing various system configuration attributes.

This section contains the following topics:

9.1.1 About Configuration Attributes

Most Oracle Internet Directory configuration information is stored in the directory itself. The information is stored as attributes of specific configuration entries. You must have superuser privileges to set system configuration attributes.

Some configuration attributes are specific to an individual instance of the Oracle Internet Directory server. Instance-specific attributes are located in the instance-specific configuration entry, a specific subentry of the Oracle Internet Directory instance entry. Figure 8-1 shows the location of these entries in the DIT.

Some configuration attributes are shared by all Oracle Internet Directory server instances in a WebLogic Server domain that are connected to the same database. Shared attributes reside in the DSA Configuration entry. Replication-specific attributes reside in the Replica Subentry, Replication Configuration, and Replication Agreement Entry.

Some attributes reside in the DSE Root. Most of those are non-configurable.

See Understanding Process Control of Oracle Internet Directory Components

Note:

Oracle Internet Directory configuration attributes, either instance-specific or shared attributes, are not replicated. For example, computed attribute definitions from OrclComputedAttribute are stored in the DSA Configuration entry and are not replicated. If your deployment requires configuration attributes to be replicated, you must replicate them manually.

You can manage all the configuration attributes from the command-line. In addition, many of the configuration attributes have specific, task-oriented management interfaces in Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control or Oracle Directory Services Manager. You can also use the Data Browser feature of Oracle Directory Services Manager to manage the entries directly.

9.1.2 About Operational Attributes

Do not confuse configuration attributes with operational attributes. Operational attributes have special meaning to the directory server and they are used for storing information needed for processing by the server itself or for holding other data maintained by the server that is not explicitly provided by clients. These are attributes that are maintained by the server and either reflect information the server manages about an entry or affect server operation.

Operational attributes are not returned by a search operation unless you specifically request them by name or with the "+" option in the search request. See Listing Operational Attributes by Using ldapsearch for more information.

Examples of operational attributes include the time stamp for an entry and the state values needed for enforcing password policies, described in Operational Attributes of User Entry. You cannot modify operational attributes.

From 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.9.0) onward, Oracle Internet Directory server returns numsubordinate operational attribute. It specifies the count of number of child entries under the given base DN.

Note:

By default the numsubordinate operational attribute is not returned when you specify the + option in the search request. You must explicitly set the orcldseecompatible flag to 1 in the cn=dsaconfig,cn=configsets,cn=oracle internet directory entry.

9.1.3 Attributes of the Instance-Specific Configuration Entry

During installation, Oracle Identity Management 11g Installer creates an instance-specific configuration entry for the first Oracle Internet Directory instance.

It copies default values from a read-only entry under cn=configset0. (You can specify different values for the SSL port and non-SSL during the install.)

The DN of an instance-specific configuration entry has the form:

cn=componentname,cn=osdldapd,cn=subconfigsubentry

For example, if the component name for a server instance is oid1,then the DIT of the instance-specific configuration entry would be:

cn=oid1,cn=osdldapd,cn=subconfigsubentry

Table 9-1 lists the attributes of the instance-specific configuration entry. The Update Mechanism column contains the following abbreviations:

Table 9-1 Attributes of the Instance-Specific Configuration Entry

Attribute Description Update Mechanism Default Possible Values

orclmaxpsearchconns

Maximum number of connections allowed for an LDAP persistent search operation.

See Persistent LDAP Search Operations.

EM, LDAP, WLST

0

Integer, up to 1024.

orclserverprocs

Number of Server Processes.

Restart the server after changing.

See Understanding Process Control of Oracle Internet Directory Components.

EM, LDAP, WLST

1

Integer, up to 1024.

orclreqattrcase

Preserve the case of required attribute names specified in an ldapsearch request.

See Getting Started With Oracle Internet Directory.

EM, LDAP

0

0: Do not preserve attribute case

1: Preserve attribute case

orclhostname

Hostname or IP address.

See Managing IP Addresses in Oracle Internet Directory.

See Managing Oracle Internet Directory Instances

LDAP

Set during install

Host or IP address

orclnonsslport

Non-SSL port

See Configuring Server Properties. If you change the port number, restart the server. See Managing Oracle Internet Directory Instances.

EM, LDAP, WLST

3060

Port number

orclsslport

SSL port

See Configuring Server Properties. If you change the port number, restart the server. See Managing Oracle Internet Directory Instances.

EM, LDAP, WLST

3131

Port number

orcltraceconndn

Distinguished name (DN) of a connection that causes Oracle Internet Directory server to log messages for operations performed by the specified connection DN, if orclDebugFlag is set to a value other than zero (0).

EM, LDAP, WLST

None

Multi-valued attribute that can specify one or more connection DNs.

orcltraceconnip

Connection IP address that causes Oracle Internet Directory server to log messages for operations performed by the specified connection IP address, if orclDebugFlag is set to a value other than zero (0).

EM, LDAP, WLST

None

Multi-valued attribute that can specify one or more connection IP addresses.

orcltxntimelimit

Maximum time allowed in a transaction (seconds). See Using LDAP Transactions in Application Developer's Guide for Oracle Identity Management and Configuring Server Properties.

EM, LDAP, WLST

0

Positive integer (seconds)

orcltxnmaxoperations

Maximum number of operations allowed in a transaction. See Using LDAP Transactions in Application Developer's Guide for Oracle Identity Management and Configuring Server Properties.

EM, LDAP, WLST

0

Positive integer

orclservermode

Server Mode

See Performing Bulk Operations.

EM, LDAP, WLST

rw

R: read-only

rw: read/write

rm: read-modify

orclaudcustevents

A comma-separated list of events and category names to be audited. Custom events are only applicable when orclAudFilterPreset is Custom. See Managing Auditing.

EM, LDAP, WLST

Empty

Examples include:

Authentication.SUCCESSESONLY,
Authorization(Permission -eq 'CSFPermission') 

orclaudfilterpreset

Replaces the audit levels used in 10g (10.1.4.0.1) and earlier releases. See Managing Auditing.

EM, LDAP, WLST

None

None, Low, Medium, All, and Custom.

orclaudsplusers

A comma separated list of users for whom auditing is always enabled, even if orclAudFilterPreset is None. See Managing Auditing.

EM, LDAP, WLST

Empty

Valid users. For example:

cn=orcladmin

orclcachenotifyip

Associates a port number with an IP address in order to allow Oracle Internet Directory servers to communicate with each other in a cluster environment when cached data is changed.

LDAP

None

Port number and IP address

See Configuring IP Addresses for Notifications in a Cluster.

orcldebugflag

Debug Flag

See Managing Logging.

EM, LDAP, WLST

0

0 ~ 117440511

See Table 24-3.

orcldebugforceflush

Force flush debug messages

See Managing Logging.

LDAP

0

0: Disable

1: Enable

orcldebugop

Operations Enabled for Debug

See Managing Logging.

EM, LDAP, WLST

511

See Table 24-4.

orclmaxlogfiles

Maximum Number of Log Files to Keep in Rotation

See Managing Logging.

EM, LDAP, WLST

100

Integer

orclmaxlogfilesize

Maximum Log File Size (MB)

See Managing Logging.

EM, LDAP, WLST

1 MB

Size, in MB

orcleventlevel

Statistics collection event level

See Monitoring Oracle Internet Directory.

EM, LDAP, WLST

0

See Table 25-5.

orcloptracklevel

Security event tracking level

See Monitoring Oracle Internet Directory.

EM, LDAP, WLST

0

Table 25-3

orclstatsflag

Flag to turn on or off OID statistics data

See Monitoring Oracle Internet Directory.

EM, LDAP, WLST

1

0: disable

1: enable

orclstatslevel

Enable user statistics collection

See Monitoring Oracle Internet Directory.

EM, LDAP, WLST

0

0: disable

1: enable

orclstatsperiodicity

Frequency of flushing statistics to data bases

See Monitoring Oracle Internet Directory.

EM, LDAP, WLST

30

60

orclsslauthentication

SSL Authentication

Restart the server after changing.

See Configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

EM, LDAP, WLST

1

1: No SSL authentication

32: One-way authentication

64: Two-way authentication

orclsslciphersuite

SSL Cipher Suite

Restart the server after changing.

See Configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

EM, LDAP, WLST

Empty

See Table 27-1, left column.

orclsslenable

SSL Enable

Restart the server after changing. Set orclsslenable to 1 or 2 if you use WLST or EM to configure the server.

See Configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

EM, LDAP, WLST

2

0: Non-SSL only

1: SSL only,

2: Non-SSL & SSL mode

orclsslinteropmode

SSL Interoperability Mode

Restart the server after changing.

See Configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

LDAP

0

0: disabled

1: enabled

orclsslversion

SSL Version

Restart the server after changing.

See Configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

EM, LDAP, WLST

3

3

orclsslwalleturl

SSL Wallet URL

Restart the server after changing.

See Configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

EM, LDAP, WLST

File

SSL wallet file location.

orclanonymousbindsflag

Allow Anonymous binds

See Managing Authentication,

EM, LDAP, WLST

2

See Table 33-5.

orclsaslauthenticationmode

SASL Authentication

Restart the server after changing Mode.

See Managing Authentication.

EM, LDAP, WLST

1

auth, auth-int, auth-conf. Specify all three or a subset of these 3 as a comma separated string.

orclsaslcipherchoice

SASL Cipher Choice

Restart the server after changing.

See Managing Authentication.

EM, LDAP, WLST

Rc4-56,rc4-40,rc4,des,3des

Any combination of Rc4-56, des, 3des, rc4, rc4-40

orclsaslmechanism

SASL Mechanism

Restart the server after changing.

See Managing Authentication.

EM, LDAP, WLST

DIGEST-MD5, EXTERNAL

DIGEST-MD5, EXTERNAL

orclmaskrealm

DIT Masking

See Managing DIT Masking.

LDAP

No value

List of DIT subtrees.

orclmaskfilter

DIT Masking

See Managing DIT Masking.

LDAP

No value

LDAP attribute filter.

orclmaskattribute

DIT Masking

See Managing DIT Masking.

LDAP

No value

List of attributes, possibly preceded by !.

orcldispthreads

Maximum number of dispatcher threads per server process.

See Oracle Internet Directory in Tuning Performance

Restart server after changing.

EM, LDAP, WLST

1

Integer (Max 16)

orclldapconntimeout

LDAP Connection Timeout, in minutes

See Oracle Internet Directory in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP, WLST

0

Integer

Note: Users configured for statistics tracking do not time out as per this setting.

orclmaxcc

Maximum Number of DB Connections

Restart the server after changing.

See Oracle Internet Directory in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP, WLST

2

Integer, maximum128

orclmaxconnincache

Maximum number of cached user group connections

See Oracle Internet Directory in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP, WLST

100000

Integer

orclmaxldapconns

Maximum number of concurrent connections per server process

See Oracle Internet Directory in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP, WLST

1024

Int (Max system max file descriptors per process)

orclmaxserverresptime

Maximum Time in seconds for Server process to respond back to Dispatcher process

See Oracle Internet Directory in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP, WLST

300 seconds

Number of Seconds

0: Dispatcher does not detect the server hang.

orclnwrwtimeout

Maximum time in seconds for OID Server to wait for LDAP client respond to a Read/Write operation.

See Oracle Internet Directory in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP, WLST

30 seconds

Integer

orcloptrackmaxtotalsize

Maximum number of bytes of RAM that security events tracking can use for each type of operation.

See Oracle Internet Directory in Tuning Performance.

LDAP

100000000 Bytes

Available RAM, in bytes

orcloptracknumelemcontainers;1stlevel

Number of in-memory cache containers for storing information about users performing operations.

See Oracle Internet Directory in Tuning Performance.

LDAP

256

Integer

orcloptracknumelemcontainers;2ndlevel

Number of in-memory cache containers for storing information about users whose user password is compared and tracked when detailed compare operation statistics is programmed.

See Oracle Internet Directory in Tuning Performance.

LDAP

256

Integer

orclpluginworkers

Maximum number of plug-in worker threads per server process

Restart the server after changing.

See Oracle Internet Directory in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP, WLST

2

Int (Max 64)

orclsizelimit

Number of entries that can be returned in an ldapsearch result

See Oracle Internet Directory in Tuning Performance.

LDAP

10000

Integer

orcltimelimit

Maximum time that server can spend for a given ldapsearch operation

EM, LDAP, WLST

3600

Integer (seconds)

orclsdumpflag

Generate stack dump.

See Troubleshooting Oracle Internet Directory.

LDAP

0

0: Generate stack trace file.

1: Do not generate stack. trace file, but generate a core file.

orclskipspecialinfilter

Evaluates whether Oracle Internet Directory should skip the processing of special characters specified in filter values during a search operation.

LDAP

0

0: Process the special characters specified in the filter value.

1: Do not process the special characters specified in the filter value.

orclcryptoversion

Allows you to specify the SSL/TLS version to be used.

LDAP

24

0: All Supported Protocols

2: For SSL v3.0

4: For TLS 1.0

8: For TLS 1.1

16: For TLS 1.2

24: For TLS 1.1 or TLS 1.2

Note: The attribute is additive in nature. This implies that it allows you to add more than one protocol by specifying the corresponding value. For more information, see Supported Protocol Versions.

9.1.4 Attributes of the DSA Configuration Entry

Understand about the attributes in the DSA configuration entry.

The DSA configuration entry has the DN:

cn=dsaconfig,cn=configsets,cn=oracle internet directory

Table 9-2 shows shared attributes in the DSA configuration entry. The Update Mechanism column contains the following abbreviations:

Note:

DSA is an X.500 term for the directory server.

Table 9-2 Attributes in the DSA Configuration Entry

Attribute Description Update Mechanism Default Possible Values

orclblockdnip

IP address that causes Oracle Internet Directory server to reject any new connections and close any existing connections from that IP address.

EM,LDAP

None

IP address

orclcomputedattribute

Mechanism to dynamically compute a configurable attribute and its value based on specific rules.

See Managing Computed Attributes.

LDAP

None

Multi-valued attribute

orclmaxlatencylog

Time in microseconds after which any Oracle Internet Directory server operations that exceed this time are logged to the alert log.

EM,LDAP

10000000 microseconds.

Minimum is 10 microseconds.

Microseconds

orclmaxtcpidleconntime

Frequency in minutes at which Oracle Internet Directory server calls OCIPing() to send keep alive messages to its Oracle Database. Setting this attribute to a value less than the timeout value of the firewall between Oracle Internet Directory server and the Oracle Database (typically 30 minutes) prevents the Database connection from being dropped.

LDAP

20 minutes

Integer

0: No OCIPing()

For zero downtime patching, orclmaxtcpidleconntime; ttl is set to 5 and admin is expected to wait for couple of cycles before turning off the database. After being done with number of cycles, it should be turned off with out of the box value 0.

The value of this attribute is in minutes.

LDAP

0

Integer

0: Disabled

orclmaxfiltsize

Maximum Filter Size

See Configuring Shared Properties.

EM, LDAP

24576

Integer

orclrefreshdgrmems

Refresh Dynamic Group Memberships. See Managing Dynamic and Static Groups in Oracle Internet Directory.

LDAP

0

1: Cause a refresh. Server will reset it to 0.

orclautocatalog

Index attributes on first search. See Index option in Oracle Internet Directory to Search Attributes.

EM, LDAP

1

0: Disabled

1: Enabled

orclrienabled

Referential Integrity. See Configuring Referential Integrity.

EM, LDAP

0

0: Disabled

1: Enabled

orclstatsdn

User DNs for statistics collection. See Monitoring Oracle Internet Directory.

EM, LDAP

Empty

DNs of entries

orcldataprivacymode

Sensitive attributes encrypted when returned

See Configuring Data Privacy.

LDAP

0

0: Disabled

1: Enabled

orclencryptedattributes

Sensitive attributes stored in encrypted format.

See Configuring Data Privacy.

LDAP

See Table 28-1.

Attributes

orclhashedattributes

Attributes stored in hashed format.

See Configuring Data Privacy.

EM, LDAP

Empty

Attributes

orclpkimatchingrule

PKI Matching Rule for mapping user's PKI certificate DN to the user's entry DN. See Managing Authentication.

EM, LDAP

2

0: Exact match.

1: Certificate search.

2: Combination of 0 and 1.

3: Mapping rule only.

4: Try in order: 3, 2

orclgeneratechangelog

Whether to generate change logs for user operations.

See Managing and Monitoring Replication and the Oracle Internet Directory chapter of Tuning Performance

LDAP

1

1: enable

0: disable

orcljvmoptions

Options passed to the JVM when a server plug-in is invoked. See Developing Plug-ins for the Oracle Internet Directory Server.

EM, LDAP

-Xmx64M

Valid JVM options

orclinmemfiltprocess

Search Filters to be processed in memory See the Oracle Internet Directory chapter in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP

See list in Tuning Performance

Valid search filters

orclmatchdnenabled

Whether to provide detailed MatchDN information when base DN of a search is not present. See the Oracle Internet Directory chapter of Tuning Performance

EM, LDAP

1

0: Do not match, but validates if baseDN exists in the database

1: Match

2: Perform no DB check for existence of base DN

orclskewedattribute

Skewed attributes.

Server restart recommended after changing.

See the Oracle Internet Directory chapter in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP

objectclass

List of attributes

orclskiprefinsql

Skip referral for search.

Server restart recommended after changing. See the Oracle Internet Directory chapter in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP

0

0: Disabled

1: Enabled

orcltlimitmode

Specify search time limit mode to be either accurate or approximate. See the Oracle Internet Directory chapter in Tuning Performance.

LDAP

0

0: Accurate

1: Approximate

orclcachemaxsize

Size in bytes of the Result Set cache or Metadata cache, as indicated by the subtype (rs or md).

Requires a server restart to take effect.

LDAP

Result Set cache: 64 MB (64 MB is also the minimum cache size)

Metadata cache: 128 MB (128 MB is also the minimum cache size).

Subtype: rs (Result Set cache) or md (Metadata cache)

Size: M (megabytes) or G (gigabytes).

orclecacheenabled

Enable or disable the Entry Cache or Result Set Cache. See the Oracle Internet Directory chapter in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP, WLST

2

0: Disable both caches

1: Enable Entry Cache only

2: Enable both caches

4: Pre-load cache data during server start up time or when cache is destroyed. Oracle Internet Directory servers rebuild the cache when orclecacheenabled is set to 4.

Note: Entry cache pre-load is based on orclrscacheattr settings.

orclecachemaxentries

Maximum Entries in Entry Cache. See the Oracle Internet Directory chapter in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP, WLST

100000

Integer

orclecachemaxsize

Entry Cache Size in bytes. See the Oracle Internet Directory chapter in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP, WLST

200000000 Bytes

Size: M (megabytes) or G (gigabytes).

For example: 200M

orclrscacheattr

Result Set Cache Attributes

See the Oracle Internet Directory chapter in Tuning Performance.

EM, LDAP, WLST

cn

uid

mail

orclguid

Multi-valued attribute that specifies the Result Set Cache attributes.

Typically these attributes are not modified for the life of the entry. If an attribute has referential integrity enabled, that attribute should not be used.

orclenablegroupcache

Enable/Disable Group cache

See the Oracle Internet Directory chapter in Tuning Performance.

LDAP

1

1: Enable,

0: Disable

orcldseecompatible

If orcldseecompatible is set to 1, then the attribute numsubordinates is returned if the search request has "+" required attribute.

None

9.1.5 Attributes of the DSE

The DSA-specific entry (DSE) is the root of the DIT. This is where Oracle Internet Directory publishes information about itself, such as naming contexts, supported controls, and matching rules. Most attributes of the DSE should not be modified directly.

Note:

Beginning with Oracle Internet Directory 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.6.0), the orclcompatibleversion DSE attribute contains the Oracle Internet Directory version. This attribute is multi-valued. The values can be:

  • orclcompatibleversion: 11.1.1.6.0

  • orclcompatibleversion: 11.1.1.7.0

  • orclcompatibleversion: 11.1.1.9.0

  • orclcompatibleversion: 12.2.1.3.0

Do not modify orclcompatibleversion. It must be present for Oracle Internet Directory to work with its respective schema.

Some DSE attributes that you might need to modify are listed in Table 9-3.

Table 9-3 Attributes of the DSE

Attribute Description Update Mechanism Default Possible Values

namingcontexts

Naming contexts. See Managing Naming Contexts in Oracle Internet Directory.

LDAP

c=us

dc=com

Any valid naming context.

ref

Referral specification. See Managing Knowledge References and Referrals.

LDAP

orclaci

Access control at the root DSE level. See Managing Directory Access Control.

LDAP

orclcryptoscheme

Hashing algorithm for protecting passwords. See Managing Password Verifiers.

LDAP

SSHA

MD4, MD5, SHA, SSHA, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SSHA256, SSHA384, SSHA512, SMD5, UNIX Crypt

subentry

Contains DN of password policy governing the DSE root. See Managing Password Policies.

LDAP

cn=default,cn=pwdPolicies,cn=Common,cn=Products,cn=OracleContext

orclsimplemodchglogattributes

List of multivalued attributes for which change logs contain only changes, not lists of all values. See Change Logs in Directory Replication.

LDAP

member, uniqueMember

Multivalued attributes

9.2 Managing System Configuration Attributes by Using Fusion Middleware Control

You can view and set most of the configuration attributes for an Oracle directory server by using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control.

This section contains the following topics:

9.2.1 Configuring Server Properties

You can configure attributes using the Oracle Internet Directory Server Properties pages of Fusion Middleware Control. The various options in the Server Properties pages, such as, General and Performance are listed in the following sections.

This section includes the following topics:

9.2.1.1 Configuring Server Properties

You can configure most of the attributes in the instance-specific configuration entry by using the Oracle Internet Directory Server Properties pages of Fusion Middleware Control as follows:

  1. Select Administration, then Server Properties from the Oracle Internet Directory menu.
  2. Select General, Performance, SASL, Statistics, or Logging, depending on which parameters you want to configure.
  3. After changing the configuration, choose Apply.
9.2.1.2 General Options in Configuring Server Properties

The correspondence between server properties and configuration attributes on the General tab of the Server Properties page is shown in Table 9-4.

Table 9-4 Configuration Attributes on Server Properties Page, General Tab.

Field or Heading Configuration Attribute

Server Mode

orclservermode

Maximum number of entries to be returned by a search

orclsizelimit

Maximum time allowed for a search to complete (sec)

orcltimelimit

Preserve Case of Required Attribute Name specified in Search Request

orclreqattrcase

Anonymous Bind

orclanonymousbindsflag

Maximum time allowed in a Transaction (sec)

orcltxntimelimit

Maximum Number of Operations allowed in a Transaction

orcltxnmaxoperations

Non-SSL Port

orclnonsslport

SSL Port

orclsslport

9.2.1.3 Performance Options in Configuring Server Properties

The correspondence between server properties and configuration attributes on the Performance tab of the Server Properties page is shown in Table 9-5

Table 9-5 Configuration Attributes on Server Properties Page, Performance Tab

Field or Heading Configuration Attribute

Number of OID LDAP Server Processes

orclserverprocs

Number of DB Connections per Server Process

orclmaxcc

Number of users in privilege Group membership Cache

orclmaxconnincache

LDAP Idle Connection Timeout (minutes)

orclldapconntimeout

OID server Network Read/Write Retry Timeout (sec)

orclnwrwtimeout

Maximum Number of LDAP connections per Server Process

orclmaxldapconns

Maximum Time in seconds for Server process to respond back to Dispatcher process

orclMaxServerRespTime

Number of Dispatcher Threads per Server Process

orcldispthreads

Number of Plug-in Threads per Server Process

orclpluginworkers

Enable Change Log Generation

orclgeneratechangelog

Restart the server after changing orclserverprocs, orclmaxcc, orcldispthreads, or orclpluginworkers.

9.2.1.4 SASL Tab of Server Properties

The correspondence between server properties and configuration attributes on the SASL tab of the Server Properties page is shown in Table 33-2.

9.2.1.5 Statistics Tab of Server Properties

The correspondence between server properties and configuration attributes on the Statistics tab of the Server Properties page is shown in Table 25-2.

9.2.1.6 Logging Tab of Server Properties

The correspondence between server properties and configuration attributes on the Logging tab of the Server Properties page is shown in Table 24-2.

9.2.2 Configuring Shared Properties

You can configure some of the shared system configuration attributes in the DSA configuration entry by using the Oracle Internet Directory Shared Properties page of Fusion Middleware Control.

This section contains the following topics:

9.2.2.1 Configuring Shared Properties

To configure some of the shared system configuration attributes in the DSA configuration entry, select Administration, then Shared Properties, then select General, Change Superuser Password, or Replication from the Oracle Internet Directory menu. After changing the configuration, choose Apply.

9.2.2.2 Configuration Attributes in General Properties

Table 9-6 lists the configuration attributes available in the General Tab on the Shared Properties Tab.

Table 9-6 Configuration Attributes on Shared Properties Page, General Tab

Field or Heading Configuration Attribute

User DN

orclstatsdn

Skip referral for search

orclskiprefinsql

Skewed attributes

orclskewedattribute

Search Filters to be processed in memory

orclinmemfiltprocess

Hashed attributes

orclhashedattributes

Match DN

orclMatchDnEnabled

PKI Matching Rule

orclPKIMatchingRule

Referential Integrity

orclrienabled

Maximum Filter Size

orclmaxfiltsize

Enable Entry Cache

orclecacheenabled

Maximum Entries in Entry Cache

orclecachemaxentries

Maximum Entry Cache Size (MB)

orclecachemaxsize

Number of users in privilege group membership cache NOT on EM page

orclmaxconnincache

Result Set Cache Attributes

orclrscacheattr

Java Plug-in VM Options

orcljvmoptions

A server restart is recommended after changing orclskiprefinsql or orclskewedattribute.

9.2.2.4 Replication

Replication-related attributes are described in Managing Replication Configuration Attributes. See unresolvable-reference.html.

9.2.3 SSL and Audit Parameters Configuration

You can configure SSL parameters by using the Oracle Internet Directory SSL Configuration Page.

See Overview of Configuring SSL by Using Fusion Middleware Control. You must restart the server for SSL configuration changes to take effect.

You can configure Audit attributes by using the Oracle Internet Directory Audit Policy Settings page. See Managing Auditing Using Fusion Middleware Control.

9.3 Managing System Configuration Attributes by Using WLST

You can manage system configuration attributes using WLST.

Table 9-7 lists the Related MBeans.

This section includes the following topics:

9.3.1 Managing System Configuration Attributes Using WLST

You can use the WebLogic Scripting Tool (wlst) in the Oracle Common home to manage the attributes of the Oracle Internet Directory instance-specific configuration entry that have Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control interfaces.

A managed bean (MBean) is a Java object that represents a JMX manageable resource in a distributed environment, such as an application, a service, a component or a device. The WebLogic server uses custom MBeans as its interface to system components, such as Oracle Internet Directory.

Note:

WLST manages Oracle Internet Directory through its SSL port. The Oracle Internet Directory SSL port must be configured for no authentication or server authentication. If the Oracle Internet Directory SSL port is configured for mutual authentication, you will not be able to change Oracle Internet Directory attributes by using WLST. See About SSL Authentication Modes.

See Also:

To use WLST, follow the steps below:

  1. Invoke WLST
    $ORACLE_HOME/oracle_common/common/bin/wlst.sh
    
  2. Connect to the WebLogic server
    connect('username', 'password', 't3://localhost:7001')
    
  3. To navigate to the custom mbean tree, type:
    custom()
    

    at the wlst prompt.

  4. To get a one-level list of the MBean in the custom MBean tree, type:
    ls()
    

    In the ls() output, you see two domains that contain MBeans that are related to Oracle Internet Directory configuration. The domains are oracle.as.management.mbeans.register and oracle.as.oid.

  5. To get to a domain, use the cd() command. For example:
    cd('oracle.as.management.mbeans.register')
    

    or

    cd('oracle.as.oid')
    

    If you type ls(), you see a list of MBeans in that domain. There are three MBeans related to Oracle Internet Directory configuration under oracle.as.management.mbeans.register and two under oracle.as.oid. Table 9-7 lists them.

    INSTANCE and COMPONENT_NAME refer to the Oracle instance where your Oracle Internet Directory component is located and the name of the component, respectively.

    Note:

    The Audit MBean is shown here for completeness, but you use different commands for managing auditing by using wlst. See Managing Auditing Using WLST.

  6. To get to a specific MBean, type:
    cd('MBEAN_NAME') 
    

    For example, if you are in the domain oracle.as.management.mbeans.register, and you want to manage the Root Proxy MBean for Oracle Internet Directory component oid1 in Oracle instance instance1, type:

    cd('oracle.as.management.mbeans.register:type=OID,name=oid1,instance=instance1')
    
  7. Once you have navigated to the desired MBean, you can get the current value for an attribute by typing:
    get('ATTRIBUTE_NAME') 
    

    For example, to get the value for orclserverprocs, type:

    get('orclserverprocs') 
    
  8. Before you make any changes to attributes, you must ensure that the MBean has the current server configuration. To do that, load the configuration from Oracle Internet Directory server to the mbean. Type:
    invoke('load',jarray.array([],java.lang.Object),jarray.array([],java.lang.String)) 
    
  9. Then you can use the set command to set a specific attribute. Type:
    set('ATTRIBUTE_NAME', ATTRIBUTE_VALUE)
    

    For example, to set orclserverprocs = 12, type:

    set('orclserverprocs', 12) 

  10. After making changes, you must save the MBean configuration to the Oracle Internet Directory server. Type:
    invoke('save',jarray.array([],java.lang.Object),jarray.array([],java.lang.String))

9.3.2 Related MBeans Of Oracle Internet Directory

There are three MBeans related to Oracle Internet Directory configuration under oracle.as.management.mbeans.register and two under oracle.as.oid.

Table 9-7 lists all the MBeans.

Table 9-7 Oracle Internet Directory-Related MBeans

MBean Name MBean Domain MBean Format in ls() Output

Root Proxy MBean

oracle.as.management.mbeans.register
oracle.as.management.mbeans.register:type=component,name=COMPONENT_NAME,instance=INSTANCE

Non-SSL Port MBean

oracle.as.management.mbeans.register
oracle.as.management.mbeans.register:type=component.nonsslport,name=nonsslport1,instance=INSTANCE,component=COMPONENT_NAME

Audit MBean

oracle.as.management.mbeans.register
oracle.as.management.mbeans.register:type=component.auditconfig,name=auditconfig1,instance=INSTANCE,component=COMPONENT_NAME

SSL Port MBean

oracle.as.oid
oracle.as.oid:type=component.sslconfig,name=sslport1,instance=INSTANCE,component=COMPONENT_NAME

Key Store MBean

oracle.as.oid
oracle.as.oid:type=component.keystore,name=keystore,instance=INSTANCE,component=COMPONENT_NAME

9.4 Managing System Configuration Attributes by Using LDAP Tools

From the command line, you can modify most system configuration attributes by using ldapmodify and list most system configuration by using ldapsearch.

This section describes:

9.4.1 Setting System Configuration Attributes by Using ldapmodify

You can modify system configuration attributes using ldapmodify.

You can modify most attributes in Table 9-1, Table 9-2, and Table 9-3 by using the command-line:

ldapmodify -D cn=orcladmin -q -p portNum -h hostname -f ldifFile 

The contents of the LDIF file depends on the DN and the operation being performed.

The LDIF file for changing the value of the orclgeneratechangelog attribute in the instance-specific entry to 1 would be:

dn: cn=componentname,cn=osdldapd,cn=subconfigsubentry
changetype: modify
replace: orclgeneratechangelog
orclgeneratechangelog: 1

The LDIF file for adding the orclinmemfiltprocess attribute to the DSA configuration entry would be:

dn: cn=dsaconfig, cn=configsets, cn=oracle internet directory
changetype: modify
add: orclinmemfiltprocess
orclinmemfiltprocess: (objectclass=inetorgperson)(orclisenabled=TRUE)

Note:

  • Since 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.0.0), consecutive settings of orcldebugflag and of orcloptracklevel are additive.

  • Restart the server after changing orclskiprefinsql, orclskewedattribute, orclserverprocs, orcldispthreads, orclmaxcc, orclpluginworkers, or any attribute with a name that begins with "orclssl" or "orclsasl."

  • After changing orclnonsslport or orclsslport, restart the server.

See Also:

  • The Oracle Internet Directory chapter of Tuning Performance for more examples of LDIF files

  • The command-line tool reference, ldapmodify in Reference for Oracle Identity Management for a more detailed discussion of ldapmodify, and a list of its options

    .
  • The "Oracle Identity Management " LDAP Attribute Reference in Reference for Oracle Identity Management for descriptions of the modifiable system configuration attributes.

9.4.2 Listing Configuration Attributes with ldapsearch

You can use ldapsearch to list most attributes.

For example:

  • Instance-Specific Configuration Entry

    If the component name for a server instance is oid1,then you can list the attributes in the instance-specific configuration entry with a command line such as:

    ldapsearch -p 3060 -h myhost.example.com -D cn=orcladmin -q \
       -b "cn=oid1,cn=osdldapd,cn=subconfigsubentry" -s base "objectclass=*"
    
  • DSA Configuration Entry

    You can list the attributes with the command line:

    ldapsearch -p 3060 -h myhost.example.com -D cn=orcladmin -q \
       -b "cn=dsaconfig,cn=configsets,cn=oracle internet directory" \
       -s base "objectclass=*"
    
  • DSE

    You can list the attributes with the command line:

    ldapsearch -p 3060 -h myhost.example.com  -D cn=orcladmin -q \
        -b "" -s base "objectclass=*" 

9.5 Managing System Configuration Attributes by Using ODSM Data Browser

Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control is the recommended graphical user interface for managing system configuration attributes. You can also use ODSM to manage system configuration attributes, which can be useful if Fusion Middleware Control is not available or if you must modify an attribute that has no Fusion Middleware Control interface.

See Managing Entries by Using Oracle Directory Services Manager for detailed instructions for changing the attributes of a directory entry. The following sections explain how to get to the entries that contain system configuration attributes in ODSM.

This section includes the following topics:

9.5.1 Navigating to the Instance-Specific Configuration Entry

You can navigate to the Instance-specific configuration entry from the ODSM Data Browser tab.

On the Data Browser tab, in the navigation tree, expand subconfigsubentry, then osdldapd. Then select the name of the Oracle Internet Directory component you want to manage.

9.5.2 Navigating to the DSA Configuration Entry

You can navigate to the DSA configuration entry from the ODSM Data Browser tab.

On the Data Browser tab, in the navigation tree, expand oracle internet directory, then configsets, then select the entry dsaconfig.

9.5.3 Navigating to the DSE Root

You can navigate to the DSE root from the ODSM Data Browser tab.

On the Data Browser tab, click Root in the navigation tree to select the DSE.