Introduction
- Delineate the architecture and components of Oracle 9i Application Server (Oracle 9i AS)
- Describe the installation process for Oracle 9i AS
- Manage and configure Oracle 9i AS components
- Describe Oracle 9i AS integration with Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Boost performance with Oracle 9i AS Web Cache
- Deploy PL/SQL, CGI applications as well as Java applications such as servlets, JSPs, and J2EE applications
- Deploy Web services
Oracle 9i AS Key Features
- Describe the Oracle 9i Application Server as a complete and integrated product for deploying Web sites and applications
- Explain Oracle 9i AS key features
- Describe the correlation between business needs and installation options
Oracle 9i AS Installation Options
- Describe the services that Oracle 9i AS provides
- Identify the main components of Oracle 9i AS
- Explain the different installation options for Oracle 9i AS
- Explain the installation dependencies
- Identify the recommended deployment strategies
Installing Oracle 9i Application Server
- Define the installation requirements for Oracle 9i AS
- Perform the preinstallation tasks
- Launch the Oracle Universal Installer
- Describe the installation process to install Oracle 9i as Infrastructure
- Follow the installation process to install J2EE and Web Cache
Managing Oracle 9i AS Using Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Describe the Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) architecture
- Use the Oracle 9i AS Web-based management tools
- Launch Oracle Enterprise Manager Web site
- Request instance and component homepages
- Start and stop an Oracle 9i AS instance or a component
- Obtain information about the Oracle 9i AS and the host computer
Managing the Oracle HTTP Server
- Specify the server and file locations
- Explain the Oracle HTTP Server processing model
- Limit the number of processes and connections
- Manage the network connections
- Configure and use server log files
- Describe Oracle HTTP Server modules
- Configure and manage Oracle HTTP Server using Oracle Enterprise Manager
Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server - Advanced Features
- Describe the allowed locations and context merging of directives
- Respect container scope and nesting
- Describe the legality of directives in containers
- Use the Option, Alias, and ScriptAlias directive
- Enable or disable directory indexing
- Configure virtual hosts
Managing PL/SQL, CGI, and Perl Applications
- Configure mod_plsql
- Create a database access descriptor (DAD)
- Define authentication for PL/SQL applications
- Deploy Oracle PL/SQL Server Pages (PSPs)
- Configure mod_cgi and mod_fastcgi for Common Gateway Interface scripts
- Configure mod_perl for the use of Perl
Introducing Oracle 9i AS Containers for J2EE (OC4J)
- Describe the OC4J implementation and features
- Describe the deployment and management features of OC4J
- Locate the mod_oc4j configuration files
- Start, stop, and restart the OC4J instances using Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Monitor the OC4J instances
- Administer the OC4J instances using the command line utility dcmctl
Configuring OC4J
- Describe the OC4J configuration and deployment process
- Locate and name the OC4J-specific application files
- Describe the relationships among the configuration files
- Recognize primary deployment scenarios
- Deploy servlets and JSPs
Deploying Java Applications with OC4J
- Configure data sources to be used with OC4J
- Deploy Web application modules manually or using Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Deploy J2EE applications manually or using Oracle Enterprise Manager
Deploying Web Services
- Describe what Web services are and why to use them
- Delineate Web services standards
- Explain the difference between simple and complex Web services
- Describe features and benefits of Web services
- Deploy a Web service using Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Deploy a Web service manually
Introducing Oracle 9i AS Web Cache
- Describe key concepts of Oracle 9i AS Web Cache
- Use Oracle Web Cache Manager and command line to administer and configure Oracle 9i AS Web Cache
- Start, stop, and restart Oracle 9i AS Web Cache using Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Change the passwords to Oracle 9i AS Web Cache
- Change or add listener ports
- Examine the maximum size of the cache
- Limit the number of connections
Using and Managing Oracle 9i AS Web Cache
- Create and configure caching rules
- Set up invalidation mechanisms
- Configure rules for multiversion documents
- Define rules for personalized pages
- Specify rules for pages with session tracking
- Configure monitoring and logging
Managing the Oracle 9i AS Infrastructure
- Describe the key features of Oracle 9i AS Infrastructure
- Describe the benefits of using Oracle 9i AS Infrastructure
- Explain different deployment scenarios
- Describe how Infrastructure provides SSO service
- Manage the metadata repository
- Use Oracle Management Server
Introducing Oracle 9i AS clustering concepts
- Explain the terms cluster, farm, instance, and component cluster
- Describe the architecture and components of Oracle 9i AS instances and clusters
- Explain different failure scenarios
- Describe how to manage distributed configurations of Oracle 9i AS
Managing security
- Explain basic security concepts and deployment topologies
- Describe the authentication and restriction schemes available with the Oracle HTTP Server
- Configure basic authentication
- Configure anonymous authentication
Securing Oracle HTTP Server with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- Describe SSL-based communication
- Configure mod_ossl using the appropriate directives
- Migrate existing certificates using ssl2ossl
- Use the iasobf utility to encrypt your wallet password
- Get a certificate from a certificate authority
- Change the default port for SSL-based communication
Introducing Oracle 9i AS Single Sign-On
- Describe the Oracle 9i AS Single Sign-On (SSO) architecture
- Use the appropriate directives to configure single sign-on with Oracle HTTP Server
- Describe the configuration tasks you must perform to use Oracle 9i AS Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) on a Java 2 platform
- Describe the distributed administration service (DAS)
Introducing Oracle Internet Directory (OID)
- List the features of a directory server
- Differentiate between a directory and a database
- List common directory applications
- List the features of Oracle Internet Directory (OID)
- Describe the functions performed by the OID architectural components
- Obtain information about OID using OEM Web site
- Use Oracle Directory Manager
- Connect to and disconnect from a directory server
