Directory Usage Configuration Overview

Oracle Net Services use a centralized directory server as one of the primary methods for storage of connect identifiers. Clients can use the connect identifiers in their connect string. The directory server resolves the connect identifier to a connect descriptor that is passed back to the client. This feature is called directory naming.

If you want to use directory naming feature or other directory-enabled features for Oracle, then ensure directory usage is established for Oracle usage, and configure clients to use the directory. To configure directory usage for Oracle usage, you verify directory server, Oracle Context, and Oracle schema versions. To configure clients to use a directory, you identify the directory server already configured for Oracle usage and a default Oracle Context.

For Oracle Internet Directory, you use Oracle Internet Directory Configuration Assistant to verify directory version compatibility. Client configuration of the directory and Oracle Context location is automated with a DNS discovery feature. For those clients that cannot use DNS discovery, you can use Oracle Internet Directory Configuration Assistant to statically configure an ldap.ora file.
For Microsoft Active Directory, you use Oracle Net Configuration Assistant to verify directory version compatibility and configure an ldap.ora file on the client host.

If Microsoft Active Directory has not been set up for Oracle usage, follow the procedure in Configure a Directory for Oracle Usage to configure the directory. If the Microsoft Active Directory has previously been configured, follow the procedure in Configure a Client Oracle Home to Use a Directory to use the directory.

For more information about directory configuration, see Chapter "Configuration Management Concepts" in the Oracle Net Services Administrator's Guide.

Directory Usage Configuration Overview

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