Weblogic - Authentication Provider
About
authentication provider in Weblogic.
Oracle Fusion Middelware application delegates user authentication to the first authentication provider configured for the domain.
Each authentication provider as a Login Module.
Authentication provider provides information to the identity store.
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Configuration
By default, an installation is configured with an Defaultauthenticator that uses the Oracle WebLogic Server embedded LDAP server for user and group information.
You can reconfigure the domain to use:
- an Oracle Internet Directory,
- Microsoft Active Directory, (See (Weblogic|OBIEE) - Active Directory (ADSI) Configuration),
- the database: OBIEE 11G - BISQLProvider
- or another LDAP server for authentication.
In this case, Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console enables you to view the users and groups in your directory. However, you need to continue to use the appropriate tools to make any modifications to the directory. For example, if you reconfigure Oracle Business Intelligence to use OID, you can view users and groups in Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console but you must manage them in OID Console.
Multiple authenticator
The list of the providers must match between:
- the domain config file. Ie the weblogic realm configuration
Configuration
Security Provider
See security provider configuration
config.xml
fmw_home/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/config.xml
contains the authentication provider configuration.
Documentation / Reference
- OBIEE 11g: Authenticating to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g With Users in LDAP, Groups in Database (BISQLGroupProvider) For the dataSource name whilst configuring the BISQLGroupProvider, you must provide the JNDI name rather than the Data Source name.