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Using WebLogic Server Embedded LDAP

LDAP is widely used in webapplication for authorization .we have to set embedded weblogic LDAP server for setting up development enviroment.
First question we have – What is LDAP ?

LDAP is Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.LDAP is a protocol for accessing a directory. A directory contains objects; generally those related to users, groups, computers, printers and so on; company structure information (although frankly you can extend it and store anything in there).
LDAP gives you query methods to add, update and remove objects within a directory (and a bunch more, but those are the central ones).

-Connect to a directory (with varying levels of security)
-Read the entries in a directory
-Write entries in a directory
-Search a directory
-Rename entries in a directory
-Delete entries in a directory

IF you are reading about LDAP the you should also know –

what is directory–
A directory is a type of hierarchical database. It is made up of entries, that have a globally unique name, and contain attributes that are named collections of data values. directories are optimised for fast look up, they have a strong security model and they scale well. Because they are a tree structure, different parts of the tree can be maintained by different directories and different administrators. The tree data structure also fits some cases much better than a relational database. (BTW – If you’re familiar with relational databases, ldap is conceptually similar to SQL.)

CONNECT TO WEBLOGIC SERVER EMBEDDED LDAP USING LDAP BROWSER-

WebLogic Server includes an embedded LDAP server that acts as the default security provider data store for the Default Authentication, Authorization, Credential Mapping, and Role Mapping providers.embedded LDAP server contains user, group, group membership, security role, security policy, and credential map information. By default, each WebLogic Server domain has an embedded LDAP server configured with the default values set for each type of information. The Default Authentication, Authorization, Credential Mapping, and Role Mapping providers use the embedded LDAP server as their data store.

In the WebLogic Server Administration Console, change the credential for the embedded LDAP server:

Expand Domain > Security > Embedded LDAP.

– In the Credential field, enter the new credential.

– In the Confirm Credential field, enter the new credential again.

– Click Save.

– Restart WebLogic Server.

Now we will be needing the LDAP browser to access it.There are multiple LDAP browser like

– OpenLDap -http://www.openldap.org/
– jxplorer – jxplorer.org

Following is connection parameter as below –

Hostname: Hostname of the WebLogic Server.
Port: WebLogic Admin Server port.
Base DN: This is the WebLogic domain name.
User DN: By default the Admin user DN is cn=Admin.
Password: Admin user password

1 In the LDAP browser, configure a new connection in the LDAP browser:

-Select the QuickConnect tab.

-Set the host field to localhost.

-Set the port field to 7001 (7002 if SSL is being used).

Set the Base DN field to dc=mydomain where mydomain is the name of the WebLogic Server domain you are using.

– Uncheck the Anonymous Bind option.

– Set the User DN field to cn=Admin.

– Set the Password field to the credential you specified in Step 2.

2 Click the new connection.

– Use the LDAP browser to navigate the hierarchy of the embedded LDAP server.

Now You can create users/groups .

Hope it helps ..happy coding with Vinay in techartifact ……

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generate the secure files in weblogic in Webcenter Spaces Applicaton

For security purposes, administrator user name and password details are stored in secure files.Obtain the location of these secure files from your systems administrator or generate the secure files in weblogic.
How to do that. lets find it out.

I am working on portal and spaces application.For deploying spaces application in console ,i need a secure file.Following are the steps to generate.

1. Navigate to: ORACLE_HOME/common/bin in command prompt using CD command.

2. Enter the command:
wlst.sh – for unix.
wlst.cmd – for windows.

3. At the WLST command prompt, connect to the Administration Server for Oracle WebCenter:

connect(‘‘,’‘, ‘:‘) Where admin_user is the user name of the administrator, admin_pwd is the administrator’s password, host is the WebCenter instance, and port is the Administration Server port. This is used for connecting with weblogic using command prompt. i.e

connect(‘weblogic ‘,’welcome1’, ‘192.168.0.93:8888’)

4. Run the following command to create a user configuration file and key file in a specified location:

storeUserConfig(‘‘, ‘) Where userConfigFile is the name and location of the file storing user details and userKeyFile is the name and location of the file storing passwords.

For example: storeUserConfig(‘C:/myFiles/myuserconfigfile.secure’, ‘C:/myFiles/myuserkeyfile.secure’)

you can map the entry of these files in config.properties in spaces application to deploy shared library like below

wls.userkey=C:\\JDeveloper\\mywork\\ps1userkeyfile.secure
wls.userconfig=C:\\JDeveloper\\mywork\\ps1userconfigfile.secure

Thats it. You can find the secure files in specified path.

Happy coding with Vinay in Techartifact…..

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JDeveloper 11g default weblogic user’s password

JDeveloper 11g default weblogic user’s password
When JDeveloper 11g is installed, once you test your application in default server engine in JDev, JDeveloper will create a new domain “Default Domian” and use the default weblogic server to test the applications developed.

The defaut administrator (weblogic) password for Weblogic Server is “weblogic1”.

BTW, the default user and password is located in the boot.properties file under this folder: ../Application Data/JDeveloper/system11.1.1.1.33.53.92/DefaultDomain/servers/DefaultServer/security.