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How to install Oracle Identity Management infrastructure

To install the Oracle Identity Management infrastructure, perform the installation of Oracle Application Server Infrastructure.

Make sure that the server complies with the setup requirements. You can read the setup document for pre-installation tasks.

Steps to perform the installation of Oracle Application Server:

Insert your OracleAS� CD to your machine CD drive.
Run the installer program. $ ./cdrom/cdrom0/runInstaller &
Click Next,
If this is the first time, then you must specify a directory for the installer files. For example: /u01/oracle/oraInventory, and then click OK.
Specify the UNIX group name. For example �dba� and then click Next.
This will prompt you with a message window to execute a shell script in a different widow as the root user.
Execute the shell script. For example: $ ./u01/oracle/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh
In the �Specify File Location� screen, In the destination section, specify the Oracle Home name (ex: myapp) and change the path (ex: /u01/oracle/myapp). Click Next.
In the �Select a Product to Install� screen, select OracleAS Infrastructure from the list, and then click �Next.�
In the �Select Installation Type� screen, select the �Identity Management and Metadata Repository� option. Then click �Next.�
Preview the steps from the prompt screen and click �Next.�
In the �Confirm Pre-Installation Requirements� screen, select the �Root Privilege� check box to perform tasks that need root privileges and then click �Next.�
In the �Select Configuration Options� screen, select the components that you would like to configure and automatically start at the end of the installation.
In the �Specify Namespace in Internet Directory� screen, select your namespace for OID that contains details about users, groups, and Identity management. If you don�t want to use the default option and want to customize the OID DIT, then specify the DN in custom Namespace. Click �Next.�
In the �Specify OCA Distinguished Name� screen, enter the DN you want OracleAS Certificate Authority to use. You can enter a typical set of DN components, or you can specify a custom DN. Notice that to issue digital certificates OracleAS Certificate Authority must have a unique identifier In the form of a Distinguished Name (DN) base In the X.500 standard.
In the �Specify OCA Key Length� screen, select a key length of the certificate key for OracleAS Certificate Authority to sign all digital certificates issued. OracleAS Certificate Authority uses a key to sign digital certificates. Longer key lengths provide stronger security, but require more time to issue each new certificate. Oracle recommends that you use at least a 2048-bit key length.
In the �Specify OCA Administrator�s Password� screen, provide a password for the OracleAS Certificate Authority administrator. The password must be at least 8 characters long.
In the �Database Identification� screen, enter the Global Database name and SID. You database must be uniquely identified by a Global Database name, typically of the form �name.domain.� Also, you database may reference by at least one Oracle Instance which is uniquely identified from any other instance on this computer by an Oracle System Identifier (SID).
In the �Set SYS and SYSTEM Password� screen, enter SYS and SYSTEM passwords. Then click �Next.�
In the �Database File Location� screen, change the location for example /u02/oracle/myapp/oradata. For best database organization and performance, Oracle recommends installing database files and Oracle software on separate disks.
In the �Database character Set� screen, select your database character set. The database character set should be determined based In the number of language groups which will be stored in your database. For example, setting the database character set to Unicode (UTF8) enables you to store multiple language groups and the default character set for a database will be based In the language setting of the operating system.
In the �Specify Instance Name and ias_admin Password� screen, enter instance name and ias_admin password. Notice that all OracleAS instances installed on a host must have unique names. The hostname and domain name of the host are appended to the instance name. Each OracleAS instance has its own password, regardless of which user performed the installation. Passwords are not shared across instances, even if the instances were installed by the same user. By default, the password must have a minimum of 5 alphanumeric characters, and at least one of the characters must be alphanumeric.
In the �Summary OracleAS Infrastructure� screen, you will see all the components that will be installed. Check the components and then click Next to proceed with the installation.
In the �Setup Privileges� prompt screen, you will be prompted to execute the root.sh script as root user. For example: ./u01/oracle/myapp/root.sh
In the �Configuration Assistants� screen, shows the progress of various configuration assistants. Wait for all the configuration assistants to complete successfully, and then click Next. Check the details� log at /u01/oracle/oraInventory/logs/installActions2006-05-26_03-04-14PM.log.
In the �End of Installation� screen, shows that the installation was completed. This screen displays the URLs and ports to access the HTTP server and Oracle Enterprise manager Application Server Control. Make sure to make a note of it or go to /u01/oracle/install/portlist.ini to get the list of used ports.