
Explore WebLogic security in this fourth part of the step-by-step administration and development series. Learn foundational security concepts from zero level, with real-world use cases and deployment considerations.
Understand directories and LDAP as the foundation of authentication in WebLogic security, using an external LDAP use case. Trace the history and purpose of directories as enterprise user data stores.
Organizations use directories like active directory to centralize authentication and enable single sign-on across internal applications, with read operations validating credentials against a back-end directory server.
Learn how directory access protocol (DAP) enables directory communication, its seven-layer OSI drawbacks, and how LDAP, based on TCP/IP, provides faster read operations for directory data.
Trace the evolution of LDAP directory products from iPlanet and Active Directory through Sun Microsystems and Oracle acquisitions, to ForgeRock and open source directory projects.
Explore the three modes of Oracle Unified Directory (OUD): directory server, proxy server, and replication gateway, and learn how virtualization and multiple data sources enable unified directory services.
Examine a real use case where Flipkart merges with Katipo and centralizes WebLogic authentication by switching from an embedded directory to a single external directory, using groups for regional administrators.
Engage with real-world use cases to master WebLogic security and authentication, including internal embedded directory, external LDAP, realms, and managing users, groups, and roles.
Install Oracle unified directory by unzipping the setup, configuring Java home, and running the installer with the existing Oracle inventory. Set base location and adjust aura inventory permissions.
Configure Oud as a directory server, set the base to com, and import sample users and groups from a file using LDAP, covering instance creation and import steps.
WebLogic uses an embedded directory for authentication with roles like administrator, monitor, and operator, and supports switching to an external directory for large user bases.
Realm is an access management concept that divides users into groups and authenticates them against separate backends in WebLogic to enforce authorization and resource protection through policies.
Explore the components of a WebLogic realm, including users, providers, and backends. See how the default authenticator authenticates internal LDAP users, while groups, security policies, and security providers control access.
Learn how to create a second WebLogic authentication provider and set it as the default authenticator using LDAP, then map the OUD authenticator to LDAP and activate changes.
Explore WebLogic 12c authentication control flags: required, requisite, sufficient, and optional, through a live demo illustrating how authenticators and chaining determine login behavior.
This is the second Part Of The Series "WebLogic 12C Administration & Development 1z0-599/133".
Pre-Requisite : WebLogic 12C Administration & Development with 1z0-599/133 [Part1]/[Part2]
So one should make sure he had completed the part 1-2 completely and resolved all his/her query there before starting this part.
Since in this part our main focus would be the advanced real time topics from Weblogic, so the basics covered in the part 1 is used in each and every topics as per need.
The Modules/Topic Cover in this Part
Weblogic Security Introduction
Understanding Directories
Purpose Of Using Directories In Organization
DAP[Directory Access Protocol] VS LDAP[Lightweight DAP]
LDAP History
Various OUD Modes
Industrial Use Case Explanation
OUD[Oracle Unified Directory] Installation
OUD Configuration
Sample LDIF User/Group Import
Understanding User/Group/Roles
System Requirements :
In order to complete this course properly you must have below system requirements meet.
Laptop or Desktop with atleast 4 GB RAM
Recommended RAM : 8 GB
Processor : i3 or Higher is recommended.
Windows 7 or 10
Virtual Machine Requirements :
Candidate must have a virtual machine or a working Weblogic Setup Before Starting this course, taught in Part 1 Of the Series.
About the Weblogic Market in 2022:
The current market of weblogic is great but organizations are mainly looking for those people who had cleared the weblogic certification and having some coding and scripting knowledge apart from basic administration.
As many of my folks came around such new curriculum of industry , that's why i had designed a complete brand new course with the latest 2022 Industry Trend on weblogic.
I hope these series of the course will help you to achieve your professional goals.
Note: None of the training program can cover everything, so please check curriculum before enrolling. Also even though if you are looking for some particular topic which is not here in the course, but you want to know, you can personally reach out me over here and i would happy to guide you in your learning process.