Middleware Technologies : Accessing Oracle Virtual Directory

After installing OVD by following the instructions on the previous post, you can access the console by starting up the service that runs OVD.

STEP 1. Start Admin Console

# ssh to the server

Note: After first time of successfully starting the admin console, you can create a boot.properties under security folder so you don't get prompt with authentication every time you start the server.

# <domain>/servers/AdminServer/
# mkdir security
# cd security
# vi boot.properties

username=ovdadmin
password=<password>

Note: This file will be encrypted after you start the server.

# cd /opt/app/middleware/projects/domains/uatovd_domain
# ./startWebLogic.sh &

Note: & is for the process to run on the background.

The process will prompt with

<Sep 13, 2012 8:59:57 PM UTC> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000360> <Server started in RUNNING mode>

STEP 2. Access the Admin Console

You can access the admin console thru the browser.

http://<host>:7002/console

This host is your server host.
port will depends on what you entered during install.

Click on Servers under Environments.

Under Control tab, verify the status of the "wls_ods1" server.

If 'wls_ods1' is in 'RUNNING' state, you can access the odsm.

STEP 3. Access Oracle Directory Service Manager (ODSM)

From the browser, you can access

http://<host>:7005/odsm

host will be your server host
port will depends on what you input during installation. You can also check this information from the configuration tab on the admin console.