Add an Oracle Access Gate Application
The purpose of this tutorial is to step through the process of setting up an Oracle Access Gate application through the Access Gateway Admin UI console.

Before you begin
Ensure that:
- Access Gateway is installed and configured for use.
See Manage Access Gateway deployment. - Access Gateway has been configured to use your Okta tenant as IDP.
See Configure your Okta tenant as an Identity Provider for more information about configuring your Okta tenant as an IDP. - You have administrator rights on your Okta tenant and can assign applications to users and create groups.
- An external Oracle Access Gate application that requires protection.
- The external app version is supported. Oracle Access Gate supported versions include:
- v10g or later
- Appropriate DNS entries for both the legacy application and the exposed new URL exist.
- Appropriate DNS entries for both the protected application and the external URL exist. For example:
Value Description https://access-gate.externalexample.com External or customer facing application URL. https://access-gate.internalexample.com Internal or protected application URL of Oracle EBS Access Gate.
- Access information for the OID instance is available, including:
Value Description Name of OID Host The resolvable name of the machine hosting OID. OID Port OID Port
Bind Name/password
The binding name and password on the OID host.
CN
cn=Users,dc=domain,dc=comUser search attribute and base.

Tip
This application is part of a class of applications which exchange user information using header variables. See Add a generic header application for more information about the Access Gateway generic header application.
Access Gateway also provides a sample header application. See Add a sample header application.
Create the application in Access Gateway
- Sign in to the Access Gateway Admin UI console.
-
Click the Applications tab.
-
Click +Add to add a new application.
-
Select the Oracle Access Gate option from the application menu, and click Create.
The New Protected Application wizard starts and displays the Essentials pane for the application being added.
-
In the Essentials pane specify the following:
Field Value Label A name for the application. Public Domain A fully qualified host name such as <yourexternalname>.<your domain>.
In the example provided, this would be access-gate.externalexample.com.Protected Web Resource The URL of the internal, protected, application.
In the example provided, this would be access-gate.internalexample.com:<port>/<path>
Where:- port - the port Oracle Access Gate is listening on for HTTP requests.
- path - represents the path to the application.
Group Enter the group containing the users who should have access to the application. Post Login URL
Enter or modify the Post Login URL. By default this field is enabled and contains value:
access-gate.externalexample.com/OA_HTML/AppsLogin.Description Optional. An appropriate description for your application. - Expand the Certificates tab.
Note
By default a wildcard self signed certificate is created and assigned to the application when the application is initially created.
- Optional. Click Generate self-signed certificate
A self-signed certificate is created and automatically assigned to the application. - Optional. Select an existing certificate from the list of provided certificates.
Use the Search field to narrow the set of certificates by common name.
Use the page forward (>)and backward(<) arrows to navigate through the list of available certificates. - Click Next. The Attributes pane appears.
- The Applications page provides a list settings particular to Oracle Access Gate.
Confirm the following fields and click Validate.Field Value OID Datasource Enabled. For more information on data sources see Administer data stores OID Host Fully qualified host name of the OID Host.
Default ebs-iam.internalhost.com.OID Port The port used to connect to the OID host.
Defaults 3060.Bind User The user use for OID access.
Defaults cn=oracleuser.Bind User Password Password for Bind User. Base User search base
Default cn=Users,dc=domain,dc=comUser Search Attribute
Attribute to search OID using.
Default CN.Matching Attribute
Okta attribute used for matching.
Default: USER_NAME.
General examples:${ATTRIBUTE@idp]} - single IDP
${ATTRIBUTE@idp[0]} - multiple IDP
Where ATTRIBUTE is an Okta tenant attribute rather then an Access Gateway attribute.
Similar, in concept, to matching filter in LDAP DataStores.
- Click Next when complete.
-
The Attributes page provides a list of attributes that are
passed into the application as header fields.
Confirm the attributes match those required by Oracle Access Gate.
As required, use the Edit (Datasource Value
NAME idp email
USER_NAME oid orclguid
USER_ORCLGUID ) icon to modify the name and other values associated with each attribute.
Add or modify any additional required attributes. See Application attributes. for more information on attribute options. - Click Next. The Policies pane appears.
- Leave all policies unchanged and click Done.
See Managing application policy for more information on application policies.

Important
While optional, Okta recommends that all applications include certificates.
See About Access Gateway certificates for general information about certificate.
See Certificate management tasks for a general task flow for obtaining and assigning certificates.
Test the application
The following steps assign the application to a test account and then execute the application to verify basic functionality.
Assign the application
-
Sign in to your Okta tenant as administrator.
-
In the Admin Console, go to Applications > Applications.
-
Click the name of the newly added header application.
-
Select the Assignments tab.
-
Select Assign > Assign To People.
-
Select an appropriate user and click Assign.
Note
Testing is typically initially done using the same user who is associated with administering Access Gateway
-
Click Done.
Execute the Application
-
Return to the Access Gateway Admin UI console.
-
On the row representing the newly added app, select one of Goto application > IDP Initiated or Goto application > SP Initiated.
- Verify the resulting page displays as expected.
- Close the results page.
Related topics
- See Access Gateway supported application and version information for details of supported application and version information.
- See Add a generic header application.
- See Add a sample policy application.
- See Troubleshoot applications.
- Add or review application essential settings. See About application essentials and Manage application essentials.
- Add application behaviors. See About application behaviors.
- Add fine grained policy to further protect resources. See About application policy and Manage access control application policy for an overview on user policy and for examples respectively.
- Extend existing policy using custom configuration. See Advanced Access Gateway policy.