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Preface

Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 is an access management product that includes a set of software components to provide the authentication and authorization services needed to support enterprise applications distributed across a network or Internet environment. This book, Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Technical Overview, describes the features of OpenSSO Enterprise, explains what it does, and illustrates how it works.

Before You Read This Book

This book is intended for use by IT administrators and software developers who implement a web access platform using Sun servers and software. Readers of this guide should be familiar with the following technologies:

SOAP
Liberty Alliance Project specifications
WS-* Specifications
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Specifications
eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Java^TM
JavaServer Pages^TM (JSP)
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

Related Books

Related documentation is available as follows:

OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Core Documentation

The OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 core documentation set contains the following titles:

The Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Release Notes will be available online after the product is released. It gathers an assortment of last-minute information, including a description of what is new in this current release, known problems and limitations, installation notes, and how to report issues with the software or the documentation.
The Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Technical Overview (this guide) provides high level explanations of how OpenSSO Enterprise components work together to protect enterprise assets and web-based applications. It also explains basic concepts and terminology.
The Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Deployment Planning Guide provides planning and deployment solutions for OpenSSO Enterprise based on the solution life cycle
The Deployment Example: Single Sign-On, Load Balancing and Failover Using Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 provides instructions for building an OpenSSO solution incorporating authentication, authorization and access control. Procedures for load balancing and session failover are also included.
The Deployment Example: SAML v2 Using Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 provides instructions for building an OpenSSO solution incorporating SAML v2 federation. Installation and configuration procedures are included.
The Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Installation and Configuration Guide provides information for installing and configuring OpenSSO Enterprise.
The Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Performance Tuning Guide provides information on how to tune OpenSSO Enterprise and its related components for optimal performance.
The Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Administration Guide describes administrative tasks such as how to create a realm and how to configure a policy. Most of the tasks described can be performed using the administration console as well as the ssoadm command line utilities.
The Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Administration Reference is a guide containing information about the command line interfaces, configuration attributes, internal files, and error codes. This information is specifically formatted for easy searching.
The Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Developer’s Guide offers information on how to customize OpenSSO Enterprise and integrate its functionality into an organization’s current technical infrastructure. It also contains details about the programmatic aspects of the product and its API.
The Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 C API Reference for Application and Web Policy Agent Developers provides summaries of data types, structures, and functions that make up the public OpenSSO Enterprise C SDK for application and web agent development.
The Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Java API Reference provides information about the implementation of Java packages in OpenSSO Enterprise.
The Sun OpenSSO Enterprise Policy Agent 3.0 User’s Guide for Web Agents and Sun OpenSSO Enterprise Policy Agent 3.0 User’s Guide for J2EE Agents provide an overview of the policy functionality and policy agents available for OpenSSO Enterprise.

Updates to the Release Notes and links to modifications of the core documentation can be found on the OpenSSO Enterprise page at docs.sun.com. Updated documents will be marked with a revision date.

Searching Sun Product Documentation

Besides searching Sun product documentation from the docs.sun.com^SM web site, you can use a search engine by typing the following syntax in the search field:

search-term site:docs.sun.com

For example, to search for “broker,” type the following:

broker site:docs.sun.com

To include other Sun web sites in your search (for example, java.sun.com, www.sun.com, and developers.sun.com), use sun.com in place of docs.sun.com in the search field.

Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

Documentation (http://www.sun.com/documentation/)
Support (http://www.sun.com/support/)
Training (http://www.sun.com/training/)

Third-Party Web Site References

Third-party URLs are referenced in this document and provide additional, related information.

Note –

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Default Paths and Directory Names

The OpenSSO Enterprise documentation uses the following terms to represent default paths and directory names:

Table P–1 Default Paths and Directory Names


Term	Description
`zip-root`	Represents the directory where the `opensso.zip` file is decompressed.
`OpenSSO-Deploy-base`	Represents the directory where the web container deploys `opensso.war`. The location varies depending on the web container used. To determine the value of `OpenSSO-Deploy-base`, view the file in the `.openssocfg` directory (located in the home directory of the user who deployed `opensso.war`). For example, consider this scenario with Application Server 9.1 as the web container: Application Server 9.1 is installed in the default directory: `/opt/SUNWappserver`. The `opensso.war` file is deployed by super user (`root`) on Application Server 9.1. The `.openssocfg` directory is in the `root` home directory (`/`), and the file name in `.openssocfg` is `AMConfig_opt_SUNWappserver_domains_domain1_applications_j2ee-modules_opensso_`. Thus, the value for `OpenSSO-Deploy-base` is: `/opt/SUNWappserver/domains/domain1/applications/j2ee-modules/opensso`
`ConfigurationDirectory`	Represents the name of the directory specified during the initial configuration of OpenSSO Enterprise. The default is `opensso` in the home directory of the user running the Configurator. Thus, if the Configurator is run by `root`, `ConfigurationDirectory` is `/opensso`.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P–2 Typographic Conventions


Typeface	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`AaBbCc123`	A placeholder to be replaced with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized (note that some emphasized items appear bold online)	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows default system prompts and superuser prompts.

Table P–3 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell on UNIX and Linux systems	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser on UNIX and Linux systems	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell on UNIX and Linux systems	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser on UNIX and Linux systems	`#`
Microsoft Windows command line	`C:\`

Symbol Conventions

The following table explains symbols that might be used in this book.

Table P–4 Symbol Conventions


Symbol	Description	Example	Meaning
`[ ]`	Contains optional arguments and command options.	`ls [-l]`	The `-l` option is not required.
`{ \| }`	Contains a set of choices for a required command option.	`-d {y\|n}`	The `-d` option requires that you use either the `y` argument or the `n` argument.
`${ }`	Indicates a variable reference.	`${com.sun.javaRoot}`	References the value of the `com.sun.javaRoot` variable.
-	Joins simultaneous multiple keystrokes.	Control-A	Press the Control key while you press the A key.
+	Joins consecutive multiple keystrokes.	Ctrl+A+N	Press the Control key, release it, and then press the subsequent keys.
->	Indicates menu item selection in a graphical user interface.	File -> New -> Templates	From the File menu, choose New. From the New submenu, choose Templates.