[OAM]: Start OAM Admin/Managed Server without getting prompt for username & password

The answer to this is boot.properties file, using this we can make the OAM Admin/Managed Server to start without getting prompt for the username & password.

Where to find this file & what does it contains?

When we install OAM in development mode, this file is created for AdminServer & placed under the <Domain_Home>/servers/AdminServer/security/ directory path.

Note: Domain Home in above directory is the place where you have created the user projects in the middleware home.

Under the above mentioned directory the boot.properties file is created & it contains the credentials details i.e.:
username=<encrypted text>
password=<encrypted text>

That's why in development mode you are not prompted for username & password when you start the Admin Server.

How to use this for Managed Server?

One can simply use the boot.properties file present in the AdminServer security directory & copy it to the oam_server security directory.

Note: This is true in case both the servers are in the same domain.

Like - in my case i have oam_server1 entry in
<domain_home>/servers/oam_server1

Inside this directory i couldn't locate the security folder, so i created a folder with the name 'security' & copies the 'boot.properties' file in it.

Now when i started my oam server it didn't asked me for the credentials.

What if i create my own boot.properties file?

One can create a new boot.properties files, that means it will contain plain text username & passowrd not the encrypted one.
When someone starts the oam server, it reads the credentials but it than encrypts the file. Thus the file contents are changed that means no more plain text is their.

I don't see a security folder in my server directory?

So create one a folder with name 'security' & create a file with name 'boot.properties. User credentials need to be entered in the properties file.

References:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14571_01/web.1111/e13708/overview.htm#START128


Enjoy :-)

Configure Simple Mode Communication for OAM 11G R2PS2

Let's Start................

Open the oamconsole (http://<host.domain:7001>/oamconsole)

1) Go to Server Instances:

 

2) Open your Server Instance:

3) Change the Mode to Simple Mode:

      3.a) Apply the changes:

4) Go to Access Manager Settings:

      4.a) Provide the Global Passphrase:

        4.b) Apply the changes

5) Now Go to SSO Agents:

    5.a) Open your SSO Agent

 

     5.b) Change the Mode to Simple

    5.c) Apply the changes.

6) Restart the managed server.

7) Now we need to copy the artifacts generated in <MW_HOME>/user_projects/domains/base_domain/output/<webgate_profile_name>/

    a) cwallet.sso
    b) ObAccessClient.xml 
    c) password.xml 
   
   Copy them to the config folder of Webgate instance directory i.e.
<MW_HOME>/Oracle_WT1/instances/<instance_name>/config/OHS/ohs1/webgate/config

above path is for non windows server.
For Windows Server (say IIS) - C:\oracle\product\11.1.1\<webgate_instance_name>\config\

8) Similarly copy aaa_cert.pem & aaa_key.pem files to simple folder in Webgate instance config folder.

9) Restart the Web Server Instance.

 Your Simple Mode Security Communication is configured & ready to use.

For detailed information you can refer to following link:

Oracle OAM 11G R2PS2 Guide - Simple Mode Configuration

Enjoy ............... :-)