Oracle Access Manager 11g R2: Administration Essentials (D77281) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Overview of Access Manager
  • Explain the salient features of Oracle Access Manager
  • Explain the key products that comprise the Oracle Access Management Suite
  • Explain the functional areas for each of the Oracle Access Management products
  • Explain Oracle Access Manager overall architecture
  • Explain Oracle Access Manager run-time architecture
  • Identify key Oracle Access Manager 11g R2 PS3 new features
  • OIF enhancements to the OAM admin console to support SP functionality
  • SAML attributes can be configured for OAM policy , SAML attribute can be used by OAAM risk analysis
Installation and Configuration
  • Explain key definitions and terminologies
  • Describe the prerequisites for installing Oracle Access Manager
  • Install Oracle WebLogic Server (WLS)
  • Configure seeded database schemas by using the Repository Creation Utility
  • Install and configure Oracle Access Manager
  • Perform post-installation validation checks
  • Perform an uninstallation
System Configuration: Servers, Datasources and Agents
  • Manage Servers using OAM Administration Console and Oracle Web Logic Server Admin Console
  • Manage data sources - User Identity Store
  • Installing and Configuring Agents
  • Registering Agents – OAM Admin Console, In-Band, Out-of-Band Understanding WLS Agents
  • Manage agents using OAM Admin Console
  • Extends 11g Webgate with an option to enable Credential Collection capability (Authentication Gate)
  • Separating from server operations, External (Distributed) Credential Collector (Collect in DMZ)
Policy Configuration: Shared Components and Application Domains
  • Explain Access Control - Authentication and Authorization
  • Detached Credential Collector
  • Authentication Modules and SchemesUnderstanding Policy Objects and Policy Model
  • Understanding Policy Objects and Policy Model
  • Two-factor/Multi-factor authentication
  • Resource matching and Excluded resources
  • Complex LDAP AuthZ and Response Filters, Authorization expressions
  • LDAP search Filter support
SSO and Session Management
  • OAM single sign-on and single logout
  • Sessions life cycle, caching and cookies
  • Configuring single sign-on and single logout
  • Customizing the ECC login and logout pages
  • Customizing user defined error msgs
  • Implementations of custom login pages for DCC
  • Impersonation
  • Errors codes, information and password policy validation errors
Using Oracle Access Manager With WebLogic Applications
  • Protecting WLS applications with OAM
  • Identity assertion providers
  • OAM authenticator
Auditing and Logging
  • Fusion Middleware audit framework
  • Audit output options
  • Configure audit settings
  • Audited events and recorded data
  • Generating audit reports
  • Configuring logging settings
  • Locating and examining logging output
  • Locating log files from other servers
Troubleshooting and Management
  • Work with Access Tester
  • Identifying connectivity issues between agents and servers (impact of load balancers and firewalls)
  • Understand OAM specific WLST commands
  • Work with Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
  • Explain EM FMW Control integration
  • Server processes and charts
  • Topology viewer
  • Farm and domain
Securing Communication between WebGate and OAM Server
  • Setting up communication in Simple transport mode
  • Outline of Steps to setup Cert mode communication