Editing Oracle Internet Directory

{{Short description|Directory service}}
{{Primarysources|date=January 2007}}
'''Oracle Internet Directory''' ('''OID''') is a [[directory service]] produced by [[Oracle Corporation]], which functions compatible with [[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol|LDAP]] version 3.

== Functionality ==

OID makes the following features available from within an [[Oracle database]] environment:

* integration with Oracle 8i and subsequent [[Oracle database|databases]] for ease of use and administration
* a scalable, multi-platform listing structure for reliable and safe [[intranet]] integration
* [[synchronization]] of OID-based listings (also with distributed [[application software|applications]])
* integration of existing [[public key]] certificates, [[digital wallet]]s (e-wallets) and entrance privileges
* co-existence with other LDAP implementations via Oracle's Directory Integration Platform (DIP)
* administration tools, including:
** [[routing policy|routing policies]]
** system management [[object (computer science)|objects]] such as Oracle Directory Manager (also known as "oidadmin" or "ODM")
** technical support regarding the quality of the services
** delegated administrative service<ref>
{{cite book
| last1                 = Greenwald
| first1                = Rick
| last2                 = Stackowiak
| first2                = Robert
| last3                 = Stern
| first3                = Jonathan
| title                 = Oracle Essentials: Oracle Database 12c
| url                   = https://books.google.com/books?id=oSKwAAAAQBAJ
| edition               = 5
| publisher             = O'Reilly Media, Inc.
| publication-date      = 2013 
| isbn                  = 9781449343170
| access-date            = 2013-11-27
| quote                 = The Oracle Internet Directory provides directory services running as applications on an Oracle Database. The directory synchronization service, provisioning integrated service, and delegated administrative service are part of OID.
}}
</ref>

== Implementation ==

OID uses standard Oracle database structures to store its internal tables.

In Oracle version 9 databases, by default, many Oracle LDAP Table Stores use [[tablespace]]s with names beginning with the <code>OLTS_</code> (and occasionally <code>P1TS_</code>) prefixes. Relevant default schemas used may include <code>ODS</code> (for "Oracle directory server") and <code>ODSCOMMON</code>.

== Operation ==

The OID Control Utility (OIDCTL) serves as a command-line tool for starting and stopping the OID server.<ref>[http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/OracleInternetDirectory9i.php ORACLE-BASE - Oracle9i Internet Directory (OID)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The OID Monitor process interprets and executes the OIDCTL commands.

== Marketing ==

In comparing Oracle Internet Directory with its competitors, Oracle Corporation stresses that it uses as its foundation an [[Oracle database]]; whereas many competing products (such as [[Sun Java System Directory Server|Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition]] and [[Novell eDirectory]]) do not rely on an enterprise-strength relational database, but instead on embedded database engines similar to [[Berkeley DB]]. Integration with the Oracle database makes many of the technologies available for Oracle database available for Oracle Internet Directory, and improvements that Oracle makes in the database space can instantly flow through to its LDAP implementation.

For marketing purposes, OID forms part of the [[Oracle Identity Management]] suite of [[Oracle Application Server]].

=== Distribution ===

Oracle database version 9 included OID bundled as an extra facility. {{As of|2006}} OID shipped with the [[Oracle Application Server]] version 10.

{{As of | 2007}} Oracle Corporation makes the most recent version of OID available only as part of the [[Oracle Identity Management | Identity Management-suite]] bundling of Oracle Application Server (10.1.4.0.1).

Oracle Internet Directory 11g forms part of Oracle directory services (ODS).<ref>
{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/identity-management/059453.pdf
 |title        = Oracle Internet Directory 11g
 |year         = 2009
 |publisher    = Oracle Corporation
 |page         = 1
 |access-date   = 2013-11-27
 |quote        = As part of ODS, Oracle Internet Directory (OID) is a general-purpose LDAPv3 compliant directory storage that is extremely scalable, highly available and secure.
}}
</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of LDAP software]]
* [[Oracle Identity Management]]
* [[Sun Java System Directory Server|Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|1}}

== Benchmarks == 
* [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/id-mgmt/overview/oid-50m-user-sparct5-2-benchmark-1955392.pdf 50 Million Users on Sparc T5]
* [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/id-mgmt/overview/oid-11116-exalogic-perf-1534558.pdf 10 Million Users on Exalogic]
* [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/id-mgmt/overview/oid11g-500m-socialmedia-benchmark-349887.pdf 500 Million Users on Exadata]
* [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/id-mgmt/overview/peg-oid-benchmark-131118.pdf 2 Billion Users]

== External links ==

* [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/id-mgmt/overview/index-082035.html?ssSourceSiteId=ocomen Oracle Internet Directory product page] 
* [http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E29542_01/admin.1111/e10029/toc.htm 11g Doc ]
* [http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/OracleInternetDirectory9i.php an installation guide]

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