Oracle9iAS Portal Developer Kit
Installing the PDK-URL Services External Application Portlets (V2)

Welcome to PDK-URL Services.  Now that you have successfully installed the PDK-Java Framework and samples, you may want to create URL-based portlets.  PDK-URL Services has extended the PDK-Java to support portlets created in any Web-based language.  This article describes how to install and configure the PDK-URL Services external application authentication sample.  This sample uses form-based authentication (not basic authentication) to authenticate against an external application.  There are two portlets in the PDK-URL Services external application sample:

The PDK-URL services external application sample provider is pre-configured within jpdk.ear, with a service ID of urn:urlexternalauth.

REQUIREMENTS

  1. Oracle9iAS Portal 3.0.8.9.8 or later.  Most features of the PDK-URL Services work with older versions, but is only certified against this version of Oracle9iAS Portal. Certain features such as authenticated portlets will not work on older versions of Oracle9iAS Portal.
  2. PDK-Java 9.0.2.

ASSUMPTIONS

  1. You have already successfully installed the PDK-Java Framework and samples by following the Installing the PDK-Java Framework and Samples (V2) article. These samples use the PDK-Java Framework.
  2. You have an account with Yahoo!  To register go to http://my.yahoo.com.

CONFIGURING AND TESTING THE SAMPLE PROVIDER

The PDK-URL Services external application sample provider has been pre-configured within the jpdk.ear.  However, you may need to change the provider.xml file to specify the proxy server you use.  Open the provider.xml file for the sample (it should be located in the WEB-INF/providers/urlexternalauth directory) and provide appropriate replacement values for the following tags:

<proxyInfo class="oracle.portal.provider.v2.ProxyInformation">
     <httpProxyHost>www-proxy.us.oracle.com</httpProxyHost>
     <httpProxyPort>80</httpProxyPort>
</proxyInfo>

Next, you can test that the sample is properly configured with OC4J.

  1. Execute the external application sample provider servlet from OC4J.

         For example:  http://myserver.mydomain.com:port/jpdk/providers/urlexternalauth

  2. Review the content of the test page displayed.

    If you did not receive the test page, verify that you can execute standard servlets using Oracle9iAS.

REGISTERING YOUR PROVIDER

Before registering your external application provider with the portal, you must create an external application for the provider to map to.

  1. On the Administer tab of the Portal Design-Time Pages root page, click on Administer External Applications within the portlet called SSO Server Administration.
  2. Enter the appropriate information for Yahoo!.
    1. Application Name: Yahoo!
    2. Login URL: http://login.yahoo.com/config/login
    3. User Name/ID Field Name: login
    4. Password Field Name: passwd
    5. Type of Authentication Used: POST
  3. Click OK.
  4. Click on the external application link for Yahoo! and supply your username and password.  Leave the box checked to save credentials.

You must now register the provider with Oracle9iAS Portal.

  1. On the Build tab of the Portal Design-Time Pages root page, click on Register a Portlet Provider within the portlet called Provider.
  2. Enter Provider information for the Sample.
    1. Name: URL_External_App_Sample
    2. Display Name: PDK-URL Services External App Sample
    3. Timeout: 300
    4. Timeout Message: PDK-URL Services External App Sample Timed Out
    5. Implementation Style: Web
    6. URL: http://myhost.com:8888/jpdk/providers (if you're using Oracle9iAS Portal 3.0.9, append the service id, urlexternalauth, to the URL)
    7. Service Id: urn:urlexternalauth
    8. Login Frequency: Once Per User Session
  3. Click Finish.

ADDING YOUR PORTLET TO A PAGE

Add the PDK-URL Services external application sample portlets to a page. The portlets will be listed under the Provider called "PDK-URL Services External App Sample".  You have now successfully installed and setup the PDK-URL Services external application sample portlets.

Revision History:

·         March 2002.