3 Administering Oracle Directory Integration Platform

Using Fusion Middleware Control

As of 11g Release 1 (11.1.1), you can graphically administer many Oracle Directory Integration Platform features from the Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control. This console enables you to configure and manage all Oracle products from one user interface.

To use Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control to administer Oracle Directory Integration Platform:

1. Connect to Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control. The URL is of the form:

   https://host:port/em
   

2. In the left panel topology tree, expand the farm, then Identity and Access. Alternatively, from the farm home page, expand Fusion Middleware, then Identity and Access. Oracle Directory Integration Platform components are listed in both places.

   To distinguish one component from another, move the mouse over the component name and view the full name of the component in the tool tip.

3. Select the Oracle Directory Integration Platform component you want to manage.

4. Use the DIP Server menu to select tasks.

You can use the DIP Server menu to navigate to other Fusion Middleware Control pages for Oracle Directory Integration Platform.

Using Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console

The Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console enables you to delegate administrative privileges to various administrators and to users. It is a ready-to-use standalone application created with Oracle Delegated Administration Services that provides a single graphical interface for delegated administrators and users to manage data in the directory. The Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console enables both administrators and users, depending on their privileges, to perform various directory operations. In an integrated deployment, the Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console is primarily used for customizing realm parameters.

Using Oracle Internet Directory Provisioning Console

The Oracle Internet Directory Provisioning Console provides a single graphical interface for administrators to provision users in Oracle Internet Directory. The Provisioning Console was created with Oracle Delegated Administration Services, and works alongside the Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console.

Using Standard LDAP Command-Line Tools

Oracle Directory Integration Platform supports the standard LDAP command-line utilities, including those listed in Table 3-1.

For security reasons, avoid supplying a password on the command-line whenever possible. A password typed on the command line is visible on your screen and might appear in log files or in the output from the ps command. When you supply a password at a prompt, it is not visible on the screen, in ps output, or in log files. Use the -q and -Q options, respectively, instead of the -P password and -w password options.

The LDAP tools have been modified to disable the options -w password and -P password when the environment variable LDAP_PASSWORD_PROMPTONLY is set to TRUE or 1. Use this feature whenever possible.