Directory Servers Course Content
Review of Oracle Directory Services 11g: Essential Concepts eStudy
- Briefly review LDAP, Oracle Internet Directory & Oracle Virtual Directory foundation concepts covered in the Oracle Directory Services 11g: Essential Concepts eStudy
Oracle Internet Directory: Installation & Configuration
- Understand basic concepts of Oracle WebLogic Server
- Understanding 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 & Configure Oracle Internet Directory
- Perform postinstallation validation checks
- Perform steps to uninstall Oracle Internet Directory
Oracle Internet Directory: Directory Servers Administration
- Understand naming contexts
- Manage knowledge references & referrals
- Understand alias entries
- Manage static & dynamic groups
- Identify Oracle Internet Directory management tools
- Understand Oracle Internet Directory process control architecture
- Start & stop Oracle Internet Directory
- Manage several users & 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
- 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 & benefits of Oracle Directory Integration Platform synchronization services
- Describe the security feature in the Oracle Directory Integration Platform
- Explain connectors, profiles & agents
- Describe starting, stopping, debugging & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & Launching Oracle Virtual Directory
- Explain the architecture of Oracle Virtual Directory
- Identify hardware, software & sizing requirements for installing & configuring Oracle Virtual Directory
- Install and configure Oracle Virtual Directory’s two applications: Oracle Virtual Directory Server & 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 & local-store adapters
- Create unencrypted & encrypted LDAP adapters
- Create a database adapter
- Create a local-store adapter
Creating and Managing Advanced Adapters
- Identify Join View & custom adapters
- Configure & test a Join View adapter
- Describe the functions of Java plug-ins & mappings
- Identify and deploy predefined Java plug-ins & mappings
- Create and test a custom adapter
Understanding Advanced Functionalities of Oracle Virtual Directory
- Define routing
- Identify routing functions & concepts
- Configure routing for Oracle Virtual Directory
- Explain multi-tier authentication & access control
- Compare types of authentication & access control Oracle Virtual Directory supports
- Define, configure & test Access Control Lists
- Identify, configure & test components & rules associated with Access Control Lists
Understanding Enterprise User Security (EUS)
- Identify traditional problems of managing databases
- Explain how Enterprise User Security helps a company simplify database management issues
- Identify benefits of EUS
- Describe how EUS & 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 & Kerberos
- Describe strategies for implementing EUS
- Explain how Oracle Virtual Directory integrates with EUS
Understanding Auditing, Monitoring & Logging
- Identify auditing, monitoring & 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 & Relationship ID
- Explain how to manage auditing, monitoring & logging with Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control