Oracle Web Services Manager : securing your web services

This book combines case studies with practical examples of how to implement modernization techniques using Oracle (and partner) products to modernize to the Oracle Platform. The book also weighs the pros and cons of specific modernization use cases. Finally, we explore some of the emerging trends in technology and how they apply to legacy modernization. Legacy system architects, project managers, program managers, developers, database architects and decision makers who own mainframe and heterogeneous systems, and are tasked with modernization will all find this book useful. The book assumes some knowledge of mainframes, J2EE, SOA, and Oracle technologies. The reader should have some background in programming and database design. Cover 1 Table of Contents 7 Preface 13 Chapter 1: Introduction to Oracle VM 23 Virtualization: What is it? 23 Brief history of virtualization 24 What forms of virtualization do we have? 24 Why should we virtualize? 25 Oracle VM 26 Oracle VM Manager 26 Oracle VM Server 27 Oracle VM Agent 27 Oracle VM Manager configuration 28 What about roles in Oracle VM Manager? 29 Oracle VM Server 30 Xen hypervisor, Domains, and Virtual Machines 31 Summary 33 Chapter 2: Installing Oracle VM Manager 35 What's new in Oracle VM Manager 2.1.2 35 What are the hardware requirements? 36 Getting the software 36 Installing Oracle EL 5 Update 2 37 Final checks before installing Oracle VM Manager 45 Port test 45 Libaio check 46 Other checks: Passwords and ports 46 What comes packaged with the Oracle VM Manager ISO file? 46 Installing Oracle VM Manager 47 Upgrading Oracle VM Manager from 2.1 or 2.1.1 to 2.1.2 51 Uninstalling Oracle VM Manager 52 Logging into WebUI: Oracle VM Manager, Oracle Database, and OC4J homepages 53 Summary 54 Chapter 3: Installing Oracle VM Server 55 What is supported in Oracle VM Server 55 What are the hardware requirements? 56 Getting the software 57 On-premise Cloud installation: Installing Oracle VM Server 2.1.2 with a CD ROM 57 Off-premise Cloud installation: Installing Oracle VM Server from other sources 68 Installing from hard disk 68 Installing from a NFS image 70 Installing from an FTP server 73 Installing from HTTP 75 Upgrading Oracle VM Server 76 Summary 80 Chapter 4: Oracle VM Management 83 Getting started with Oracle VM Manager 83 How to register an account 84 Logging in to Oracle VM Manager 86 Oracle VM management: Managing Server Pool 88 Architectural decisions around designing Server Pools 89 Server pool creation 92 Editing Server Pool information 98 Searching and restoring Server Pools 99 Restoring a Server Pool 99 HA fundamentals and enabling HA 100 Deleting a Server Pool 101 Oracle VM Management: Managing VM Servers and repositories 102 How to add a Server 102 Editing Server information 104 Restart, shutdown, and delete Servers 106 About managing repositories 108 What are exactly Oracle VM repositories 108 Adding and removing a repository: 108 User and Group management 109 Managing Users 109 Creating a User 110 Viewing or Editing a User 112 Changing a User's role 114 Deleting User 114 Managing Groups 115 Creating a Group 115 Adding Users to a Group 116 Editing a Group 118 Deleting a Group 118 Backing up or restoring Oracle VM Manager 119 Backing up Oracle VM Manager 119 Restoring Oracle VM Manager 120 Enabling secure access to Oracle VM Manager 121 Summary 124 Chapter 5: Managing Virtual Machines with Oracle VM Manager: Part 1 125 Oracle VM management with Oracle VM Manager 126 General overview and lifecycle management of Virtual Machines 126 Types of Virtual Machines 126 Status of Virtual Machines 127 Lifecycle management of a Virtual Machine 128 Viewing VM errors 130 Error logs 130 General overview of VM management 130 Creating a Virtual Machine 131 Schematic view of VM creation 132 VM creation using installation media such as ISO files 143 Creating a network bootable (PXE boot) Virtual Machine 148 Powering on and powering off a VM 151 Pausing and unpausing a Virtual Machine 152 Suspending and resuming a Virtual Machine 154 Summary 157 Chapter 6: Managing Virtual Machines with Oracle VM Manager: Part 2 159 Connecting remotely to a VM Console 160 Installing the Console plugin 160 Viewing Virtual Machine details 163 Editing and reconfiguring the Virtual Machines 164 The General tab 165 The Network tab 167 Selecting Virtual Machine type 167 Adding a VIF (Virtual Network Interface) 168 The Storage tab 170 Using non-sharable Virtual Disks 170 Using Shared Virtual Disks 172 Boot Source or CDROM 173 The Preferred Server tab 174 The Profiles tab 175 Operating System and Keyboard Settings 176 Copying Virtual Machines 176 Deploying a Virtual Machine 176 Cloning Virtual Machines 178 Saving a Virtual Machine as a template 179 Migrating a Virtual Machine 181 Deleting a Virtual Machine 181 Summary 183 Chapter 7: Managing Virtual Machines with Oracle VM Manager: Part 3 185 Managing intracloud resources and VM allocation 185 Importing templates from Virtual Machine 186 Importing a Virtual Machine template 187 Downloading VM Template from External Cloud 191 Converting a Linux host to Oracle VM 192 Reimporting a VM template 197 Approving the imported Virtual Machine template 198 Editing a VM template 198 Deleting a VM template 198 Importing Virtual Machine images 199 Importing a Virtual Machine image 200 Selecting a VM image from the Server Pool 200 Downloading from external cloud 205 Doing a P2V with Linux Host Conversion 205 Importing ISO Files 205 How to import an ISO File 206 Selecting an ISO from the Server Pool or IntraCloud 206 Downloading from an external cloud 209 Managing shared virtual disks 210 Summary 210 Chapter 8: Troubleshooting and Gotchas 211 What will we cover in troubleshooting? 211 Oracle VM Manager login takes too much time 212 HVM guest creation fails 214 Not enough disk space available for ISOs and Templates 215 Cannot login to the VM remotely 217 Summary 219 Appendix: Command Line Tools 221 What command line tools will we cover? 221 The mighty xentop command 222 The mightier xm utility 223 The killer virsh utility 228 Summary 230 Index 231

In Detail

Virtualization is taking the technology world by storm and dramatically helping organizations save money. Oracle VM is free and forked from the open source Xen hypervisor, which brings down your upfront costs for an agile data center. The robust capabilities and easy-to-use web interface of Oracle VM Manager helps administrators manage their Internal Data Center from anywhere in the world, helping us come closer to ubiquitous computing.

This practical book will give you hands-on experience on how to manage your Virtual Machines using Oracle VM Manager. Equipped with step-by-step installation and management information you will not only learn to manage your Virtual Data Center but also will include this guide among the books you consider most essential.

This book will take you into the various methods of importing Virtual Machines. You will learn to import VMs through HTTP/FTP, Repository servers, and even import other VM formats such as VMware VMs. You will also learn about the Xen utilities such as xm, xentop, and virsh. You will learn to manage your VMs through the simple and intuitive web interface of Oracle VM Manager. No matter how compact it may seem, this book covers all the essentials while keeping your learning experience to the point. The book has been deliberately written in a conversational manner so that you feel at home while learning Oracle VM Manager.

This practical, no-nonsense book will teach you to manage Windows and Linux Virtual Machines and Oracle VM Servers within your Virtual Data Center using Oracle VM Manager.

Approach

This is a practical, hands-on book with precise, step-by-step instructions. We go about installing Oracle VM Servers and Oracle VM Manager. The writing style is conversational and the book also gives you a graphical view of the steps that are carried out.

The book starts by looking at the important features of virtualization and then takes you directly to installation. The motive is to get you started right away and have you excited enough to use the complete book as an essential guide to not only learning but implementing your Oracle VM farm within your data center.

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone who wants to learn virtualization with Oracle VM Manager and has some understanding and experience with virtualization; it is not an introductory book on virtualization but goes into detail explaining Oracle VM Servers and managing those VM Servers with Oracle VM Manager.

The book is aimed at IT managers or administrators looking to learn a new set of skills to enhance their careers as well as those looking for more consolidated and comprehensive tools to manage virtual infrastructures. It will be helpful to VMware, Microsoft, and other virtualization administrators who are looking for robust and cheaper alternatives to otherwise expensive and proprietary virtualization software. Generally IT managers and non-core-IT staff may also benefit from chapters that teach how to manage the life-cycle of VMs and generally integrate the technology process into the people and processes of their organization.

In Detail

The hot new data analysis trends involve business intelligence and analytics. The technology that supports business intelligence and analytics better than anything else is today's multidimensional OLAP technology - and there is none better than Oracle Essbase! Although storing data in a cube and developing analytical applications leaves many people grasping for understanding, especially if their experience is with relational databases, embracing OLAP technology will pay big dividends in the long run.

It's easy to develop multidimensional analytic OLAP solutions when you have got this Oracle Essbase book to hand. It is a step-by-step guide to timeless Essbase fundamentals, which takes you from a basic software installation through to launching a fully functioning Essbase database cube.

This book will guide you through every stage of installing Oracle's Essbase software on your analytic server, the Essbase Administration Services client, and the client software itself. You will learn, in easy-to-understand language, the concepts of multidimensional database technology as you are taken step by step through building an actual Essbase application complete with database, database calculation scripts, and database report scripts.

Once you have your system built and functional, the next course of instruction covers the available automation features included in your Essbase software package and how to use them. These chapters alone are worth the price of admission!As an IT professional you quite rightly have a desire to understand multidimensional OLAP - this book gives you that understanding. Should you wish to embark on an exciting career as an Essbase developer/administrator, this book provides a fantastic foundation from which to grow.

Best of all, this book is filled with the tips and tricks that you can only get from many years and countless hours spent playing with Essbase. You get them all in just the time it takes you to complete this book.

A complete step-by-step guide covering timeless Essbase fundamentals to gain an immediate understanding of multidimensional database technology

Approach

This book uses a practical step-by-step approach with the next chapter always building on the knowledge foundation created by the previous chapter.

Understanding and really grasping the multidimensional concept is difficult enough without a lot of confusing jargon thrown in. This book speaks to the reader in plain English with plenty of easy-to-follow examples. You will create, build, and maintain data for a fictional automobile company.

Who this book is for

This book is primarily for the IT professional who has a good understanding of IT principles and processes but is a multidimensional OLAP novice. Experienced OLAP professionals will also gain insight from this book.

Simply put, if you are in the IT field and wish to gain a functional level of knowledge in the world of Oracle Essbase, whether it be for a developer role or a PM or BA role, this is the book you need.

In Detail

In today's economy, businesses and IT professionals cannot afford to lag behind the latest technologies. Data warehousing is a critical area to the success of many enterprises, and Oracle Warehouse Builder is a powerful tool for building data warehouses. It comes free with the latest version of the Oracle database.

Written in an accessible, informative, and focused manner, this book will teach you to use Oracle Warehouse Builder to build your data warehouse. Covering warehouse design, the import of source data, the ETL cycle and more, this book will have you up and running in next to no time.

This book will walk you through the complete process of planning, building, and deploying a data warehouse using Oracle Warehouse Builder. By the book's end, you will have built your own data warehouse from scratch.

Starting with the installation of the Oracle Database and Warehouse Builder software, this book then covers the analysis of source data, designing a data warehouse, and extracting, transforming, and loading data from the source system into the data warehouse. You'll follow the whole process with detailed screenshots of key steps along the way, alongside numerous tips and hints not covered by the official documentation.

 

A hands-on guide to building a data warehouse using Oracle Warehouse Builder

Approach

This easy-to-understand tutorial covers Oracle Warehouse Builder from the ground up, and taps into the author's wide experience as a software and database engineer. Written in a relaxed style with step-by-step explanations, lots of screenshots are provided throughout the book. There are numerous tips and helpful hints throughout that are not found in the original documentation. By following this book, you can use Oracle Warehouse Builder in the best possible way and maximize your learning potential.

Who this book is for

This book is a good starting point for database engineers, administrators, and architects who are responsible for data warehouse projects and need to design them and load data into them. If you are someone who wants to learn Oracle Warehouse Builder and expand your knowledge of the tool and data warehousing, this is an ideal book for you. No prior data warehouse or database experience is presumed with all new database and data warehouse technical terms and concepts explained in clear easy-to-understand language.

In Detail

Much has been written about legacy modernization in the past few years.  Most of the books, analysts' reports, and white papers focus on why you should modernize and theorize at a high level regarding the different approaches and possible outcomes. This book provides a detailed guide to how to implement two well known mainframe modernization approaches, SOA Enablement and Re-architecture.

SOA Integration is a non-invasive approach and allows legacy components to be used as part of an SOA infrastructure quickly and without risk and is often the first step in the larger modernization process. Re-architecture focuses on reverse engineering legacy applications to preserve business knowledge then forward them to modern architectures that take advantage of open and extensible standards.

In this book you will learn how to quickly and easily expose a mainframe VSAM data store in an Oracle-based Java EE application. You will also learn how to leverage your mainframe application code to create a new Oracle/Java EE SOA-based application. The book is agnostic in terms of hardware and operating system as most of these have proven to be able to handle the reliability, scalability, and performance of a mainframe system.

After reading this book, you will feel much more comfortable that mainframe modernization is possible and can made less risky by following the recommendations and approaches used in the book.

Approach

This book combines case studies with practical examples of how to implement modernization techniques using Oracle (and partner) products to modernize to the Oracle Platform. The book also weighs the pros and cons of specific modernization use cases. Finally, we explore some of the emerging trends in technology and how they apply to legacy modernization.

Who this book is for

Legacy system architects, project managers, program managers, developers, database architects and decision makers who own mainframe and heterogeneous systems, and are tasked with modernization will all find this book useful.

The book assumes some knowledge of mainframes, J2EE, SOA, and Oracle technologies. The reader should have some background in programming and database design.

In Detail

Web services (WS) provide a simple, standardized way to connect applications over the Internet, however they require management of security and other run-time operations to work effectively. Oracle Web Services Manager is a software solution for managing the operations of web services and the interactions between these services.

This book explains the business reasons why web services security is required and gives an architectural overview of WS Security for an enterprise. It then provides details about the Oracle Web Service Manager product and how it can be leveraged to address the key security issues of Confidentiality, Integrity, Authentication, and Authorization. Whilst addressing these key issues, the book describes them fully with examples. It ends with a couple of unique features: one is the various options available for a successful deployment and the other is an explanation, in depth, of how the security components work.

This book not only describes the need for web services security but also explains, with detailed examples, how to define security policies and enforce those policies using Oracle Web Services Manager (WSM).

This book emphasizes how to use Oracle WSM to address various security use cases with detailed step-by-step examples to learn Oracle Web Service Manager.

Approach

This book is an easy-to-follow reference tutorial that explains how to use Oracle WSM to address various security use cases with detailed step-by-step examples to learn Oracle Web Service Manager.

Who this book is for

This is the book for those who want to learn how to:

• Secure web services
• Use Oracle WSM to configure web services security

It is mainly for Developers and Architects who want to learn how to use Oracle WSM to address the security challenges of web services and those who want to learn how to use Oracle WSM to address their security needs.

If you have a basic knowledge of web services then this book will help you understand the need for security and how to use Oracle WSM to address the security challenges.

Oracle VM Manager 2.1.2 КНИГИ ;РАЗНОЕ Назва: Oracle VM Manager 2.1.2Автор: Tarry SinghИздательство: Focal PressДата публикации: 2009Язык: EnglishКоличество страниц: 300Размер: 7,5 mbФормат: PDFManage a Flexible and Elastic Data Center with Oracle VM ManagerLearn quickly to install Oracle VM Manager and Oracle VM ServersLearn to manage your Virtual Data Center using Oracle VM ManagerImport VMs from the Web, template, repositories, and other VM formats such as VMwareLearn powerful Xen Hypervisor utilities such as xm, xentop, and virshA practical hands-on book with step-by-step instructionsIn DetailVirtualization is taking the technology world by storm and dramatically helping organizations save money. Oracle VM is free and forked from the open source Xen hypervisor, which brings down your upfront costs for an agile data center. The robust capabilities and easy-to-use web interface of Oracle VM Manager helps administrators manage their Internal Data Center from anywhere in the world, helping us come closer to ubiquitous computing.This practical book will give you hands-on experience on how to manage your Virtual Machines using Oracle VM Manager. Equipped with step-by-step installation and management information you will not only learn to manage your Virtual Data Center but also will include this guide among the books you consider most essential.This book will take you into the various methods of importing Virtual Machines. You will learn to import VMs through HTTP/FTP, Repository servers, and even import other VM formats such as VMware VMs. You will also learn about the Xen utilities such as xm, xentop, and virsh. You will learn to manage your VMs through the simple and intuitive web interface of Oracle VM Manager. No matter how compact it may seem, this book covers all the essentials while keeping your learning experience to the point. The book has been deliberately written in a conversational manner so that you feel at home while learning Oracle VM Manager.0 This is a practical, hands-on book with precise, step-by-step instructions. We go about installing Oracle VM Servers and Oracle VM Manager. The writing style is conversational and the book also gives you a graphical view of the steps that are carried out. The book starts by looking at the important features of virtualization and then takes you directly to installation. The motive is to get you started right away and have you excited enough to use the complete book as an essential guide to not only learning but implementing your Oracle VM farm within your data center. This book is for anyone who wants to learn virtualization with Oracle VM Manager and has some understanding and experience with virtualization; it is not an introductory book on virtualization but goes into detail explaining Oracle VM Servers and managing those VM Servers with Oracle VM Manager. The book is aimed at IT managers or administrators looking to learn a new set of skills to enhance their careers as well as those looking for more consolidated and comprehensive tools to manage virtual infrastructures. It will be helpful to VMware, Microsoft, and other virtualization administrators who are looking for robust and cheaper alternatives to otherwise expensive and proprietary virtualization software. Generally IT managers and non-core-IT staff may also benefit from chapters that teach how to manage the life-cycle of VMs and generally integrate the technology process into the people and processes of their organization. Annotation. Virtualization is taking the technology world by storm and dramatically helping organizations save money. Oracle VM is free and forked from the open source Xen hypervisor, which brings down your upfront costs for an agile data center. The robust capabilities and easy-to-use web interface of Oracle VM Manager helps administrators manage their Internal Data Center from anywhere in the world, helping us come closer to ubiquitous computing. This practical book will give you hands-on experience on how to manage your Virtual Machines using Oracle VM Manager. Equipped with step-by-step installation and management information you will not only learn to manage your Virtual Data Center but also will include this guide among the books you consider most essential. This book will take you into the various methods of importing Virtual Machines. You will learn to import VMs through HTTP/FTP, Repository servers, and even import other VM formats such as VMware VMs. You will also learn about the Xen utilities such as xm, xentop, and virsh. You will learn to manage your VMs through the simple and intuitive web interface of Oracle VM Manager. No matter how compact it may seem, this book covers all the essentials while keeping your learning experience to the point. The book has been deliberately written in a conversational manner so that you feel at home while learning Oracle VM Manager Annotation Web services (WS) provide a simple, standardized way to connect applications over the Internet, however they require management of security and other run-time operations to work effectively. Oracle Web Services Manager is a software solution for managing the operations of web services and the interactions between these services. This book explains the business reasons why web services security is required and gives an architectural overview of WS Security for an enterprise. It then provides details about the Oracle Web Service Manager product and how it can be leveraged to address the key security issues of Confidentiality, Integrity, Authentication, and Authorization. Whilst addressing these key issues, the book describes them fully with examples. It ends with a couple of unique features: one is the various options available for a successful deployment and the other is an explanation, in depth, of how the security components work This book not only describes the need for Web Services security but also explains with detailed examples how to define security policies and enforce those policies using Oracle Web Services Manager. This book emphasizes how to use Oracle WSM to address various security use cases with detailed step-by-step examples to learn Oracle Web Service Manager. This is the book for those who want to learn how to Secure web services and Use Oracle WSM to configure web services security. It is mainly for Developers and Architects who want to learn how to use Oracle WSM to address the security challenges of web services and those who want to learn how to use Oracle WSM to address their security needs. If you have a basic knowledge of Web Services then this book will help you understand the need for security and how to use Oracle WSM to address the security challenges. This book uses a practical step-by-step approach with the next chapter always building on the knowledge foundation created by the previous chapter. Understanding and really grasping the multidimensional concept is difficult enough without a lot of confusing jargon thrown in. This book speaks to the reader in plain English with plenty of easy-to-follow examples. You will create, build, and maintain data for a fictional automobile company. This book is primarily for the IT professional who has a good understanding of IT principles and processes but is a multidimensional OLAP novice. Experienced OLAP professionals will also gain insight from this book. Simply put, if you are in the IT field and wish to gain a functional level of knowledge in the world of Oracle Essbase, whether it be for a developer role or a PM or BA role, this is the book you need. This book is an easy-to-follow reference tutorial that explains how to use Oracle WSM to address various security use cases with detailed step-by-step examples to learn Oracle Web Service Manager. This is the book for those who want to learn how to: Secure web services, Use Oracle WSM to configure web services security It is mainly for Developers and Architects who want to learn how to use Oracle WSM to address the security challenges of web services and those who want to learn how to use Oracle WSM to address their security needs. If you have a basic knowledge of web services then this book will help you understand the need for security and how to use Oracle WSM to address the security challenges Oracle Modernization Solutions shows you how to modernize a legacy mainframe application using the modernization approaches of SOA Integration and Re-architecture. The book is unique in that it identifies a specific set of implementation tools and targets the Oracle Database and Fusion Middleware as the end architecture. Legacy system architects, project managers, program managers, developers, database architects and decision makers who own mainframe and heterogeneous systems, and are tasked with modernization will all find this book useful. The book assumes some knowledge of mainframes, J2EE, SOA, and Oracle technologies. The reader should have some background in programming and database design.