OBIEE / Weblogic 11G - (Create|Recreate) a default authentication provider (with administrator, …)

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How to recreate a default OBIEE authentication provider with the following user:

• Weblogic Admin (Group: Administrators,BIAdministrators )
• OracleSystemUser (Group: OracleSystemGroup )
• BISystemUser (Group: Administrators )
• BIGenStats (Group: BIAdministrators,OracleSystemGroup,Administrators )

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Steps

Create a new authentication provider

• Environment variable

# Set environmental variables
export MW_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/middleware
export DOMAIN_HOME=$MW_HOME/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain
export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$MW_HOME/wlserver_10.3/server/lib/weblogic.jar
cd $DOMAIN_HOME/bin
. ./setDomainEnv.sh

• Creating a new default authentication provider

cd security
mv DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldiftold
java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount weblogic weblogic .

• Removing boot.properties file if exists

cd ../servers/AdminServer
mv data data_old
cd security/
mv boot.properties boot.properties.old

• Stop all, restart weblogic and connect with the new administrator account weblogic/weblogic

Create the users and groups

Create the following group:

• BIAdministrators
• BIAuthors
• BIConsumers
• OracleSystemGroup

Recreate the following user and assign them their groups

• Weblogic Admin (Group: Administrators,BIAdministrators )
• OracleSystemUser (Group: OracleSystemGroup )
• BISystemUser (Group: Administrators )
• BIGenStats (Group: BIAdministrators,OracleSystemGroup,Administrators )

Change the Credential password of BISystemUser

• Reset the password of BISystemUser in the Credential Store

Restart the component

• Stop all components
• Start the weblogic server
• Start the managed server
• Start the BI System component as it was a promotion by refreshing the GUID.

Documentation / Reference

• After Changing The Weblogic Admin User Password Cannot Connect In Obiee Answers
• Reset Lost Weblogic Administrator User and Password in 4 Steps (In Linux)