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Configuring DCE for Oracle DCE Integration

This chapter describes how to configure the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) to use Oracle DCE Integration--after Oracle DCE Integration has been installed.

To Configure DCE for Oracle DCE Integration:

The following tasks, performed by the DCE cell administrator, assume that a DCE cell has been configured and the systems being used are part of that cell:

Task 1: Create New Principals and Accounts

Use the following procedure model to add server principals:

% dce_login cell_admin password
% rgy_edit
Current site is: registry server at /.../cell1/subsys/dce/sec/master
rgy_edit=>do p
Domain changed to: principal 
rgy_edit=> add oracle
rgy_edit=> do a
Domain changed to: account
rgy_edit=> add oracle -g none -o none -pw oracle_password -mp cell_admin_
password
rgy_edit=> quit

bye

In this example, a DCE principal named oracle is created. The principal has a corresponding account with a password set to password. The account does not belong to any DCE group or DCE profile.

Note:
Perform this task on the server only once after DCE Integration has been installed; do not perform this task on client systems.

Task 2: Install the Key of the Server into a Keytab File

Install the key of the server into a keytab file, dcepa.key. This file contains the password of the principal under which the Net8 listener starts. The Net8 listener reads this file to authenticate itself to DCE. To generate the keytab file, enter the following:

% dce_login cell_admin password
% rgy_edit
Current site is: registry server at /.../cell1/subsys/dce/sec/master
rgy_edit=> ktadd -p oracle -pw Oracle_password -f
$ORACLE_HOME/dcepa/admin/dcepa.key
rgy_edit=>quit
bye

Note:

Perform this task on the server only once after DCE Integration has been installed; do not perform this task on client systems.

Remember to substitute the full pathname for the $ORACLE_HOME variable. If the specified directories do not exist, create them before running the command; to create the directories. enter the following:

mkdir $ORACLE_HOME/dcepa mkdir $ORACLE_HOME/dcepa/admin

Task 3: Configure DCE CDS for Use by Oracle DCE Integration

Step 1: Create Oracle Directories in the CDS Namespace

Enter the following after installing DCE Integration for the first time in a cell; create directories on all CDS replicas:

% dce_login cell_admin

Enter Password:(password not displayed)
$ cdscp
cdscp> create dir /.:/subsys/oracle
cdscp> create dir /.:/subsys/oracle/names
cdscp> create dir /.:/subsys/oracle/service_registry
cdscp> exit

Note:

The directory /.:/subsys/oracle/names contains objects that map Net8 service names to connect descriptors, which are used by the CDS naming adapter.

The directory /.:/subsys/oracle/service_registry contains objects that map the service name in DCE addresses to the network endpoint that is used by both DCE protocol adapter clients and servers.

Step 2: Give Servers Permission to Create Objects in the CDS Namespace

Enter the following to add the principal oracle to the CDS-server group:

$ dce_login cell_admin
Enter Password:   (password not displayed)
$ rgy_edit
rgy_edit=> domain group
Domain changed to: group
rgy_edit=> member subsys/dce/cds-server -a oracle
rgy_edit=> exit

Step 3: Load Oracle Service Names into CDS

Load Oracle service names into the Cell Directory Service, as described in Chapter 14, Configuring Oracle8i for Oracle DCE Integration.

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