Oracle Unified Directory Training : Step by Step Activity Guides /Hands-On Lab Exercise

This post covers Sneak Peek of Step by Step Hands-On Guides that you must perform in order to learn Oracle Unified Directory (OUD) from Beginner to Expert.
We use these same guides in our Oracle Unified Directory Training where you get to learn things like Install & Configure, Start/Stop OUD/ODSM, Consoles in OUD: ODSM, WLS, EM and Managing Users & Groups, Manage Password Policies, Backup & Recovery and much more.

Here’s the Sneak Peek of What You will do on your Dedicated Machine for Oracle Unified Directory (OUD) to get better Job in Identity & Access Management.

1. Lab Activity Guide I: Install & Configure

We start with Install & Configuration of OUD/ODSM in detail, covering WebLogic Server (WLS), Application Development Runtime (ADR), and OUD Software. In this guide, we also learn how to configure these components

2. Lab Activity Guide II: Start/Stop OUD/ODSM

We then learn Start/Stop Services for both OUD & ODSM services in detail including How to access ODSM for OUD.

3. Lab Activity Guide III: Consoles In OUD: ODSM, WLS, EM

We then learn about Consoles in OUD: ODSM, WLS, EM. How to login to ODSM Console, ODSM Console Overview, Viewing Advanced Search, Schema, Security and Metrics Tab in ODSM Console. We also look at importnat things in Weblogic Console like Servers, Cluster, Node Manager etc.

4. Lab Activity Guide IV: Managing Users

The primary use case of OUD (apart from Proxy & Replication) is storage of Users & Groups. In this Activity Guide in OUD Training, We learn about in Managing Users, How to load users in bulk, LDIF File, Generate & Update of LDIF File, and Creating Users in OUD Using LDAPMODIFY or LDAPADD command. We also cover Search User, Changing User’s Password, Reset Password, and  Enable/Disable of Users.

Directory: – Directories are used to store the information which is accessible over the network using LDAP i.e. Lightweight access protocol over secure (LDAPS) and non-secure channel (LDAP).

LDAP: – LDAP is Lightweight directory access protocol which is used to access and manage the directory information over the network.

5. Lab Activity Guide V: Managing Groups

Now, we learn about Managing Groups: How to create/modify/View the Groups & Members. In this, we will learn three Different Groups:

1. Static Group
2. Dynamic Group
3. Virtual Static Group

6. Lab Activity Guide VI: Managing Password Policies

We then learn about managing the Password Policy For User, Checking The Default Password Policy Properties by using dsconfig (CLI) & ODSM Console (GUI). We also work on Password Validator and Assigning Password Policy to Users.

dsconfig : The dsconfig command enables you to create, manage, and remove the base configuration for a server instance.

7. Lab Activity Guide VII: Backup & Recovery

We then learn about Backup of the OUD Server, Viewing the Backup Content and also working on Restoring of the OUD Server.