Oracle® Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Directory Integration Platform 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) Part Number E10031-02 |
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This appendix describes a deployment in which Oracle Directory Integration Platform integrates various applications in the MyCompany enterprise.
This section contains these topics:
This hypothetical enterprise has the following components:
Oracle Human Resources, in which all employees and contractors are managed
Sun Java System Directory Server, which is being used by certain applications
Oracle Portal, which is used as the intranet portal for all employees
The MyCompany enterprise requires that:
All employees and contractors are created in Oracle Human Resources. Once created, all applications in the enterprise must share this information through Oracle Internet Directory.
All applications in the enterprise, including single sign-on services, can honor any employee created in Oracle Human Resource.
All applications that are affected by changes to user properties are notified when changes occur.
A user's access rights are revoked when the user is terminated in Oracle Human Resources.
Figure D-1 illustrates the various components and their relationships to each other.
In the example in Figure D-1:
Oracle Internet Directory is the central user repository for all enterprise applications.
Oracle Human Resources is the basis for all user-related information. It is synchronized with Oracle Internet Directory by using the Oracle Directory Synchronization Service.
Sun Java System Directory Server, which is already deployed in the enterprise, is synchronized with Oracle Internet Directory by using the Oracle Directory Synchronization Service.
Oracle Portal is notified of changes in Oracle Internet Directory by using the Oracle Directory Integration Platform Service.
In this example, the MyCompany enterprise requires that all users be created in Oracle Human Resources. Oracle Directory Integration Platform must propagate new user records to all other repositories in the enterprise.
Figure D-2 illustrates how Oracle Directory Integration Platform performs this task.
Figure D-2 shows the creation of a new user in Oracle Human Resources, which, in turn, causes an entry for that user to be created in Oracle Internet Directory and Sun Java System Directory Server. It also shows the process of provisioning the user to access the Oracle Portal application. User creation and provisioning occur in the following manner:
The Oracle Human Resources administrator creates the user in the Oracle Human Resources database.
Oracle Directory Integration Platform, through the Oracle Directory Synchronization Service, detects the new-user creation.
Oracle Directory Integration Platform, through the Oracle Directory Synchronization Service creates the entry for the user in Oracle Internet Directory.
Oracle Directory Integration Platform, through the Oracle Directory Synchronization Service, creates an entry in the Sun Java System Directory Server.
Because the user entry is available in Oracle Internet Directory, the Oracle Portal administrator can now provision the user to use the services of Oracle Portal. During this task, the Oracle Portal software automatically retrieves the user information from Oracle Internet Directory.
Note that Oracle Directory Integration Platform does not directly notify Oracle Portal about new users. This is because not all users created in Oracle Human Resources need access to all services. In this case, the deployment must explicitly provision the users to use these services, as in Step 5.
In this example, the MyCompany enterprise requires that any modification to user properties be communicated to all components interested in such changes. Figure D-3 illustrates the actions that Oracle Directory Integration Platform takes to meet this requirement.
The process is as follows:
The user is first modified in Oracle Human Resources.
Oracle Directory Integration Platform retrieves these changes through the Oracle Directory Synchronization Service.
Oracle Directory Integration Platform makes the corresponding user modification in Oracle Internet Directory.
The Oracle Directory Synchronization Service modifies the user in the Sun Java System Directory Server.
Oracle Directory Integration Platform, through the Oracle Directory Integration Platform Service, notifies Oracle Portal about the change in user properties.
In this example, the MyCompany enterprise requires that a user being deleted or terminated in Oracle Human Resources be automatically denied access to all enterprise resources that are based on the directory service.
Figure D-4 shows the flow of events during the deletion of users.
Figure D-4 shows the process by which Oracle Directory Integration Platform communicates the deletion of users to all systems in the enterprise. The process is as follows:
The user is first deleted in Oracle Human Resources.
Oracle Directory Integration Platform retrieves these changes through the Oracle Directory Synchronization Service.
Oracle Directory Integration Platform, through the Oracle Directory Synchronization Service, makes the corresponding user deletion in Oracle Internet Directory.
Oracle Directory Integration Platform, through the Oracle Directory Synchronization Service, deletes the users in the Sun Java System Directory Server.
Oracle Directory Integration Platform, through the Oracle Directory Integration Platform Service, notifies Oracle Portal about the deletion of the user.
Once all of the steps are completed, a deleted user in Oracle Human Resources cannot access Oracle Portal.