The tnsnames.ora is a configuration file for Oracle database name resolution. It contains network service names that are mapped to connection descriptors for the local naming method. With the help of tnsnames.ora Oracle clients respectively the users can easily access Oracle databases. The connection descriptors provides all relevant information like host, Port, service name etc. […]
Since I’m always short of time for a longer blog post, I’ll just try a short one. Intended as a mini-series, I will show different configuration examples for Oracle Enterprise User Security. Today I’ll start with the configuration of EUS based proxy privileges. The environment I use is DOE, my Docker based Oracle Engineering environment. […]
When it comes to the conception and implementation of a central user administration of Oracle databases, authentication is one of the central topics. Often there is a need for integration with an existing directory service or IAM solution. Whereby usually MS Active Directory is involved. But Oracle Databases and MS Active Directories are not yet […]
One of my biggest problems when I started to look into Kerberos Authentication, Oracle Centrally Managed Users as well Oracle Enterprise User Security was the availability of an Active Directory to setup test cases. It is usually not the core business of an Oracle DBA to configure an Active Directory server. 🙂 Using the productive […]
Recently I came across the situation where I have to configure Enterpriser User Security for a database server with multiple databases for different directories. This is quite tricky when using a shared Oracle Home and a central TNS_ADMIN directory for SQLNet configuration. A common TNS_ADMIN also implies the use of only one ldap.ora file. Several […]
Due to a tip from a work colleague, I came across a changed behaviour of the latest SQL Developer release. It affects the connection type LDAP respectively the use of an LDAP directory for the database name resolution. After specifying one or more LDAP servers it should actually be possible to select the corresponding context […]
With the introduction of Oracle 18c, eusm is officially designated as an Enterprise User Security Utility. It is now officially documented of the Enterprise User Security Administrator’s Guide. Before we had to be content with the somewhat sparse MOS note 1085065.1 EUSM, Command Line Tool For EUS Administration and Some EUS Good to Knows. In […]
Recently I’ve update the java installation of my Oracle Unified Directory (OUD) 12.2.1.0.3 to the latest release. Java 1.8.0 update 202 to be exact (p28916775_180202_Linux-x86-64.zip). Actually a piece of cake, I’ve done this a few times in the past. My Enterprise User Security (EUS) test environment is running in Docker. A container for the database […]
Mid June I wrote an article for the DOAG Red Stack magazin about my work on Oracle Unified Directory in Docker. Just about the same time I did my DOAG SIG Security presentation on the same topic. In the meantime the article has been published in the latest release of the DOAG Red Stack magazin. […]
A while ago I wrote two articles for the DOAG Red Stack Magazin. In the meantime both articles have been published. For this reason I use the opportunity to make the PDF versions of the articles available on oradba.ch. The articles are written in German and available as Trivadis version as well Red Stack version. […]
Having a reliable backup solution for your Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) or Enterprise User Security (EUS) Wallets, is beyond discussion. Nevertheless it can happen that you lose or corrupt the Oracle Wallet. With Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), this is really bad luck, because you can not access your encrypted data. Losing an EUS wallet is […]
Just finished my presentation about Enterprise User Security at the DOAG Datenbank 2016 in Düsseldorf. It is about how to set up and use Enterprise User Security with Oracle Unified Directory. The slides are available for download . Thanks to Florian I can also offer some, ok one “impressions” from my presentation 🙂 As promised […]