SOA Suite 12.2.1 – OWSM WSM-02084 issue by Michel Schildmeijer

Here another short tech tip

Another issue I encountered is not yet identified at MOS, not in the context I encountered it. The error was written to the logs every minute:

<Error> <oracle.wsm.resources.policymanager> <WSM-02084> <Access denied. Permission "oracle.wsm.security.PolicyManagerPermission" is required to access the wsm policy manager "UsageTracker" method "recordUsage".>

The only MOS reports on this was partially applicable for my situation: Bug 23279489 : WSM-02084 ERROR WHILE STARTING WSM/SOA SERVER IN DOMAIN PARTITION SETUP

The SOA Suite Domain was setup using a separate SOA and separate WSM Cluster, however the MOS note speaks about a created partition to be deleted… however domain partition is not yet supported for SOA 12.2.1 so that surprised me.

So here’s what brought me the solution.

1. Login to Fusion Middleware Control, expand the hamburger menu and right click on the domain, select Security and the Application Policies
2. Select the ws-pm application stripe and edit the policy for policy.Acessor Read the complete article here.

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OWSM and WS-Security: Username Token Authentication for SOAP and REST Services in OSB 12c by Sandy Flores

This is the first time i write an English entry here in my blog, since it has been focused on a Spanish speaking audience, but this is an special occasion, yesterday I wrote a Spanish blog post in order to colaborate with OTN Appreciation Day, then a couple of friends ask me to translate and share it with them, so here we go now. I must apologize in advance with all of you for the Spanish images, i had no time to start all over again in English, I really hope you can guess the meaning of them, otherwise please contact me for the translation.
WS-Security is a specification published by OASIS, it is mainly aimed for SOAP Web Services. It encompasses a number of mechanisms to strengthen the integrity and confidentiality of the messages exchanged between these type of services such as data encryption, security tokens, username and password validation, signed messages, etc.
On the other hand, Oracle Web Service Manager (OWSM) is a component of Oracle SOA Suite that provides a framework for centralizing policy management and security of Web Services. OWSM is based on the WS-Policy standard and can be used in development time, or from the management console.
OWSM includes the following main elements:

• Policy Manager: Reads and writes policies, whether predefined or custom, to and from the repository.

• Agent: Executes policies and collects execution statistics. It has a cache memory for policies. It consists of a Policy Access Point (PAP) and a Policy Interceptor, the first communicates with the Policy Manager using EJB invocations, while the second is generated when a Web Service is deployed and activated, or when a policy is attached to a Web Service. Its functionality is to intercept requests to the Web Service and execute the policies associated with it.

• OWSM Repository: Place where policies are stored, typically a database.

• Enterprise Manager: Application where, in addition to managing several other elements,  the OWSM settings, metrics, etc. are configured. Read the complete article here.

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SOA Suite 12.2.1 bug – No view permission on soa-infra dashboard by Michel Schildmeijer

Just a small blogpost about an issue I encountered while setting up during the rollout of a high available SOA Suite evironment version 12.2.1.

The domain consisted of:

– AdminServer

– 2 SOA Managed Servers in a cluster

– 2 OWSM Servers in a cluster.

While accessing the 12c Fusion Middleware Console as the WebLogic Administrator, click on the soa-infra dashboard gave me this view:

A second error that occurred was the an OWSM error in the logs, WSM-02084. I was mislead, thinking this was related. However, on MOS I found that view permission problems were identified as a bug in 12.2.1.

To overcome this issue, the following line must be  added to the JAVA_OPTIONS of the AdminServer. This can be done in the setDomainEnv.sh, or better option in 12c, the setUserOverrides.sh, which all our environments call from a cental location. Read the complete article here.

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OTN Appreciation Day: Error Hospital / Resiliency in SOA 12c by Robert van Mölken

A few week ago Oracle ACE Director Tim Hall did a shoutout to all community members with the idea to appreciate the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) and make it a special day where we thank OTN by talking about our favorite Oracle feature. Today is that day, the OTN Appreciation Day, tuesday 11th of October 2016. Before I go into my favorite Oracle feature, I first want to thank OTN.

Why is OTN important to me?

When I started working with Oracle, way before cloud was becoming mainstream, OTN was the main place to download most of my software. Besides great forums to find answers on issues I encounter during my work it also provides loads outstanding articles where I also had the opportunity to publish an article on. Outside the website OTN hosts/records video’s where community members are invited to talk about cool stuff.

I became Oracle ACE in 2016. I couldn’t have done this without the help of the OTN community

But it doesn’t end there! In the past years, really since I started working for AMIS, I became more active in the community, I started blogging and speaking at (international) conferences, and through the Oracle ACE Program I became a ACE Associate in 2015 and promoted to ACE in 2016 and have the goal to become ACE Director in the future. I couldn’t have done this without the help of the OTN community. The last thing that makes my trips to foreign conferences special are the events / receptions that OTN sponsors where you can meet other community members.

One of my favorite Oracle features: Fault Hospital / resiliency in SOA 12c

Error Hospital / Resiliency in SOA 12c

One of my favorite features is the error hospital in SOA Suite 12c. Errors are not my favorite, we should try to prevent errors within SOA applications, but sometime we cannot control external factors. We can minimize the impact of these factors by understanding the Error Hospital and available resiliency features in SOA 12c. Instead of explaining everything that the error hospital consist of I want to focus on two things; fault policies and the circuit breaker. Read the complete article here.

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Free hands-on training on-demand: Oracle SOA Suite 12c Implementation Specialists Jul 17, 2017 – Aug 11, 2017

The Oracle SOA Suite 12c Implementation Boot Camp provides relevant insight to current and prospective SOA implementers and for those companies interested on becoming Oracle SOA Suite 12c Specialized. Learn to:

• Create, deploy, and manage cross-application process orchestration with BPEL Process Manager
• Describe tasks for users or groups to perform with Human Task Service
• Define and modify business logic without programming by using Business Rules
• Create dashboards, alerts, and reports in real time with no coding using Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
• Implement SOA Services with Web Services Manager
• Manage and monitor integration flow with Enterprise Manager
• Use Adapters to connect to enterprise applications

Convert complex point-to-point application integration into simplified, agile, and reusable shared service application infrastructure with Service Bus

Registration

These events are offered FREE of charge to selected Oracle Partners.

Audience

• SOA Architects
• System Integrators
• Technical Consultants Administrator

Register for July 17 – August 11 Session (SOA Community membership required).

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