Deploying Oracle BI Security Diagnostics Helper

Deploying Oracle BI Security Diagnostics Helper

The Oracle BI Security Diagnostics Helper helps to diagnose any configuration issues which may prevent users log into the Oracle BI System.

To deploy the Security Diagnostics Helper, follow these steps:

Initial Setup

Before deploying the Diagnostic Helper application, you must run a script "addDiagnosticsCodeGrant.py" to set up the application properly.

• Navigate to scripts directory under Oracle BI Home -

         [obiee@xxxxxx ~]$ cd $MW_HOME/Oracle_BI1/bifoundation/admin/scripts

• The directory contains 2 files, as shown below:

                  [obiee@xxxx scripts]$ ls
                               addDiagnosticsCodeGrant.py  ssl.py

• Run the script:

            [obiee@xxxxx scripts]$ $MW_HOME/Oracle_BI1/common/bin/wlst.sh addDiagnosticsCodeGrant.py t3://localhost:29000

• Enter the Admin user / password when prompted.

                  Please enter Weblogic admin user id:biadmin
                  Please enter Weblogic admin user password*****************
                  Connecting to t3://localhost:29000 with userid biadmin ...

• Wait for the confirmation..........

         Successfully added permission: oracle.security.jps.JpsPermission,                  IdentityAssertion, execute
          Added code grants to bidiagnostics

• Restart Weblogic Servers.

Deploying Oracle BI Security Diagnostics Helper

To deploy the Oracle BI Security Diagnostics Helper:

 

•  Log in to WLS Admin Console - " http://localhost:adminport/console"

• Click Deployments , Lock and Edit

• Click Install
• On the next screen, change the directory to middlewarehome, as below

 

• Navigate to - Oracle_BI1/bifoundation/jee - directory under middlewarehome - as below

• Select "bidiagnostics.ear" for deployment from the available list as below:

 

•  Click Next, accept defaults as below:

 

• Click Next, and choose "AdminServer" as the target as shown below:
   
  



• Click Next, and Finish ( accepting all the defaults) as below:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Activate Changes.
• The "bidiagnostics" application changes to "prepared" status and can be started.

•  Start "bidiagnostics" application. 

 

• Access the diagnostic helper applcation using the link - "http://localhost:adminport/diagnostics/security/diagnostics.jsp"