Oracle Directory Services 11g: Administration

Course Outline

Topics

• Oracle Dir Services 11g: Essential Concepts eStudy
• Oracle Internet Dir: Install & Config
• Oracle Internet Dir: Directory Server Admn
• Oracle Internet Dir: Dir Security
• Oracle Dir Integration Platform: Synchronization Concepts
• Oracle Dir Integration Platform: Synchronization Services Admn
• Integrating with Sun Java System Dir Server
• Integrating with Microsoft Active Dir
• Oracle Internet Dir: Replication Concepts
• Oracle Internet Dir: Replication Implementation
• Installing, Configuring & Launching Oracle Virtual Dir
• Creating & Managing Basic Adapters
• Creating & Managing Advanced Adapters
• Advanced Functionalities of Oracle Virtual Dir
• Enterprise User Security (EUS)
• Auditing, Monitoring & Logging
• Briefly review LDAP, Oracle Internet Directory, and Oracle Virtual Directory foundation concepts covered in the Oracle Directory Services 11g: Essential Concepts eStudy

Oracle Internet Directory: Installation and Configuration

• Understand basic concepts of Oracle WebLogic Server (WLS)
• Understand different Identity Management installation flows
• Setup prerequisites for installing Oracle Internet Directory
• Install Oracle WebLogic Server
• Configure seeded database schemas using Repository Creation Utility
• Install and Configure Oracle Internet Directory
• Perform postinstallation validation checks
• Perform steps to uninstall Oracle Internet Directory

Oracle Internet Directory: Directory Server Administration

• Understand naming contexts
• Manage knowledge references and referrals
• Understand alias entries
• Manage static and dynamic groups
• Identify Oracle Internet Directory management tools
• Understand Oracle Internet Directory process control architecture
• Start and stop Oracle Internet Directory
• Manage several users and passwords pertaining to OID

Oracle Internet Directory: Directory Security

• Understand different authentication modes
• Configure Oracle Internet Directory password protection
• Configure password policies
• Understand password verifiers
• Configure SSL for Oracle Internet Directory
• Integrate with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
• Integrate with Oracle Database Vault
• Understand access control management

Oracle Directory Integration Platform: Synchronization Concepts

• Explain the Oracle Directory Integration Platform synchronization service
• Describe features and benefits of Oracle Directory Integration Platform synchronization services
• Describe the security feature in the Oracle Directory Integration Platform
• Explain connectors, profiles, and agents
• Describe starting, stopping, debugging, and logging options of Oracle Directory Integration Platform
• View and monitor the Directory Integration Platform using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware control

Oracle Directory Integration Platform: Synchronization Services Administration

• Explain the Oracle Directory Integration Platform synchronization process in detail
• Register connectors to Oracle Internet Directory
• Explain domain and attribute mapping rules
• Describe the use of matching filters in profiles
• Explain bootstrapping data into Oracle Internet Directory
• Describe the synchronization of data from relational tables into Oracle Internet Directory
• Troubleshoot issues with Oracle Directory Integration Platform synchronization services

Integrating with Sun Java System Directory Server

• Identify supported directories for integration
• Explain a deployment planning scenario
• List generic third-party directory integration considerations
• Explain Sun Java System Directory Server integration concepts
• List limitations of third-party integrations
• Explain express configuration
• Integrate Oracle Internet Directory and Sun Java System Directory Server using a custom configuration

Integrating with Microsoft Active Directory

• Configure basic synchronization with Microsoft Active Directory
• Configure advanced synchronization with Microsoft Active Directory
• Import and export against multiple Microsoft Active Directory domains
• Resolve foreign security principal references
• Switch to a new Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controller within the same domain
• Configure the Oracle password filter for Microsoft Active Directory

Oracle Internet Directory: Replication Concepts

• Explain basic Oracle Internet Directory replication concepts
• Explain different types of replica
• Describe Replication Configuration Objects in Oracle Internet Directory
• Describe the Oracle Internet Directory Replication architecture
• Explain LDAP-based replication failover
• Describe the conflict resolution mechanism in Oracle Internet Directory Replication
• Describe filtering rules for partial replication

Oracle Internet Directory: Replication Implementation

• Understand Remtool
• Explain rules for configuring LDAP-based Replication
• Install and configure one-way, two-way, or MMR using LDAP Replication
• Start the Oracle Internet Directory replication server
• Add and delete the replication node based on Oracle LDAP replication
• Configure LDAP-based replication using command-Line tools
• Understand the Human Intervention Queue Management tool
• Understand the oidcmprec tool

Installing, Configuring, and Launching Oracle Virtual Directory

• Explain the architecture of Oracle Virtual Directory
• Identify hardware, software, and sizing requirements for installing and configuring Oracle Virtual Directory
• Install and configure Oracle Virtual Directory’s two applications: Oracle Virtual Directory Server and Oracle Directory Services Manager
• Launch Oracle Virtual Directory

Creating and Managing Basic Adapters

• Identify types of Oracle Virtual Directory adapters
• Compare Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), database, and local-store adapters
• Create unencrypted and encrypted LDAP adapters
• Create a database adapter
• Create a local-store adapter

Creating and Managing Advanced Adapters

• Identify Join View and custom adapters
• Configure and test a Join View adapter
• Describe the functions of Java plug-ins and mappings
• Identify and deploy predefined Java plug-ins and mappings
• Create and test a custom adapter

Understanding Advanced Functionalities of Oracle Virtual Directory

• Define routing
• Identify routing functions and concepts
• Configure routing for Oracle Virtual Directory
• Explain multi-tier authentication and access control
• Compare types of authentication and access control Oracle Virtual Directory supports
• Define, configure, and test Access Control Lists
• Identify, configure, and test components and rules associated with Access Control Lists

Understanding Enterprise User Security (EUS)

• Identify traditional problems of managing databases
• Explain how Enterprise User Security (EUS) helps a company simplify database management issues
• Identify benefits of EUS
• Describe how EUS and Oracle Internet Directory are used for password authentication
• Discuss architecture of EUS and Oracle Virtual Directory
• Compare two methods of authentication EUS supports with Oracle Virtual Directory: password and Kerberos
• Describe strategies for implementing EUS
• Explain how Oracle Virtual Directory integrates with EUS

Understanding Auditing, Monitoring, and Logging

• Identify auditing, monitoring, and logging
• Discuss requirement and business challenges for audit solutions
• Explain the Oracle Fusion Middleware Audit Framework
• Discuss how the Oracle Directory Services framework is used for monitoring purposes
• Identify benefits of logging
• Explain log files
• Compare the Execution Context ID (ECID) and Relationship ID (RID)
• Explain how to manage auditing, monitoring, and logging with Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control