Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Introduction

• 1.1 Introducing Users and Groups
  • 1.1.1 Understanding Users
  • 1.1.2 Understanding User Profile Types
    • 1.1.2.1 Implementing Security and User Profiles
  • 1.1.3 Accessing Users
  • 1.1.4 Using Groups and Group Hierarchy
• 1.2 User Management in the Portal Life Cycle
  • 1.2.1 Architecture
  • 1.2.2 Development
  • 1.2.3 Staging
  • 1.2.4 Production
• 1.3 Getting Started

Part I Architecture

2 Planning a User and Group Strategy

• 2.1 Developing a User and Group Management Strategy
• 2.2 Planning Your Groups and Group Hierarchy
  • 2.2.1 Organizing Users into Groups
  • 2.2.2 Using an Existing Group Structure
• 2.3 Working with a User Store
  • 2.3.1 Editing User Information
  • 2.3.2 Accessing Multiple User Stores
  • 2.3.3 Planning to Use a UUP
  • 2.3.4 Using a Sample UUP Scenario
• 2.4 Planning Data Encryption
  • 2.4.1 Setting up a Password as an Encryption Key for Your UUP
  • 2.4.2 Enabling Encryption for a Property Set
  • 2.4.3 Encrypting Data by the Custom UUP
• 2.5 Upgrading Users and Groups from Portal 8.1
• 2.6 Designing Users and Groups for Optimal Performance

Part II Development

3 Adding Groups with JSP Tags and Controls

• 3.1 Creating Groups
  • 3.1.1 Creating a Group with a JSP Tag
  • 3.1.2 Creating a Subgroup with a JSP Tag
  • 3.1.3 Creating a Group with a Control
  • 3.1.4 Creating a Subgroup with a Control
• 3.2 Removing Groups
  • 3.2.1 Removing a Group with a JSP Tag
  • 3.2.2 Removing a Subgroup with JSP Tag
  • 3.2.3 Removing a Group with a Control
  • 3.2.4 Removing a Subgroup with a Control
• 3.3 Creating a Group Profile
  • 3.3.1 Creating a Group Profile with a JSP Tag
  • 3.3.2 Creating a Group Profile with a Control

4 Adding and Updating Users with JSP Tags and Controls

• 4.1 Creating Users
  • 4.1.1 Creating a User with a JSP Tag
  • 4.1.2 Creating a User with a Control
• 4.2 Accessing Users in an External User Store
• 4.3 Placing Users in Groups
  • 4.3.1 Adding a User to a Group with a JSP Tag
  • 4.3.2 Adding a User to a Group with a Control
  • 4.3.3 Viewing a User's Group Membership with a JSP Tag
  • 4.3.4 Viewing a User's Group Membership with a Control
  • 4.3.5 Removing a User from a Group with a JSP Tag
  • 4.3.6 Removing a User from a Group with a Control
• 4.4 Searching for Users
  • 4.4.1 Finding a Single User with a JSP Tag
  • 4.4.2 Finding Multiple Users with a JSP Tag
  • 4.4.3 Finding a Single User with a Control
  • 4.4.4 Finding Multiple Users with a Control
• 4.5 Changing a User's Password
  • 4.5.1 Changing a Password with a JSP Tag
  • 4.5.2 Changing a Password with a Control
• 4.6 Removing a User
  • 4.6.1 Removing a User with a JSP Tag
  • 4.6.2 Removing a User with a Control

5 Creating and Updating User Profiles

• 5.1 Creating a User Profile
  • 5.1.1 Creating a User Profile Property Set
  • 5.1.2 Adding Properties to a Property Set
  • 5.1.3 Transferring an Encryption Key Between Custom UUPs
• 5.2 Editing Properties and Values
  • 5.2.1 Editing Properties and Values in the Property Editor
  • 5.2.2 Editing Properties and Values with JSP Tags
  • 5.2.3 Editing Properties and Values with Controls
  • 5.2.4 Editing Properties and Values with the ProfileWrapper Object
• 5.3 Retrieving User Profiles
• 5.4 Deleting a Property Set and Properties
  • 5.4.1 Deleting a Property
  • 5.4.2 Deleting a Property Set
  • 5.4.3 Using Properties from an External User Store
• 5.5 Using the User Profile REST API
  • 5.5.1 Introduction
  • 5.5.2 Using the User Profile REST API
  • 5.5.3 Example User Profile REST Commands
    • 5.5.3.1 Returning a List of Properties
    • 5.5.3.2 Creating a Dynamic Property Set
    • 5.5.3.3 Adding Values for a Given Property
    • 5.5.3.4 Deleting a User Profile Property
  • 5.5.4 Disabling the Security Token

6 Configuring a UUP

• 6.1 Choosing a Method to Configure a UUP
• 6.2 Configuring a UUP in the Administration Console
  • 6.2.1 Verifying the UUP
  • 6.2.2 Editing a UUP in the Administration Console
• 6.3 Configuring a UUP in Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse
  • 6.3.1 Editing a UUP in Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse
• 6.4 Upgrading a UUP

7 Setting Up Anonymous User Tracking

• 7.1 Using Anonymous User Tracking
  • 7.1.1 Choosing a User Tracking Profile Type
• 7.2 Setting Up Anonymous User Tracking
• 7.3 Targeting Anonymous Non-Tracked Users

Part III Staging

8 Adding and Managing Groups

• 8.1 Using Existing Groups
  • 8.1.1 Using a Group Hierarchy Tree
  • 8.1.2 Building a Group Hierarchy Tree
• 8.2 Creating a Group or Subgroup
• 8.3 Editing a Group Profile
• 8.4 Moving a Group
• 8.5 Searching for a Group
• 8.6 Removing a Group
  • 8.6.1 Removing a Group from an Internal User Store
  • 8.6.2 Removing a Group from an External User Store

9 Adding and Managing Users

• 9.1 Creating Users
  • 9.1.1 Adding a User
• 9.2 Accessing Users in an External User Store
  • 9.2.1 Adding a User Directly to an External User Store
  • 9.2.2 Adding a User to an External User Store with an Outside Tool
    • 9.2.2.1 Removing a User Store
• 9.3 Placing Users in Groups
  • 9.3.1 Adding a User to a Group
  • 9.3.2 Adding a User to Multiple Groups
  • 9.3.3 Viewing a User's Group Membership
  • 9.3.4 Deleting a User From a Group
    • 9.3.4.1 Removing Multiple Users From a Single Group
    • 9.3.4.2 Removing a Single User From Multiple Groups
• 9.4 Managing Users
  • 9.4.1 Searching for a User
    • 9.4.1.1 Finding a Single User
    • 9.4.1.2 Finding Multiple Users
  • 9.4.2 Changing a User's Password
• 9.5 Removing Users

10 Editing User Profile Property Values

• 10.1 Editing Property Values

Part IV Production

A Creating a UUP EJB

• A.1 Creating and Configuring an EntityPropertyManager EJB
  • A.1.1 Creating the EJB
    • A.1.1.1 Using Recommended EJB Guidelines
  • A.1.2 Configuring the EJB
• A.2 Retrieving User Profile Data from an LDAP Server
  • A.2.1 Configuring an LDAP UUP and Transparent Failover
  • A.2.2 Configuring the UUP Adapter
    • A.2.2.1 Retrieving the Configuration File
    • A.2.2.2 Editing the Configuration File
  • A.2.3 Enabling Searches for a User and Group
• A.3 Upgrading a UUP