Before installing the connectivity agent, you must create an agent group in Oracle Integration. For a single Oracle Integration instance, you can create up to five agent groups. You can associate up to two connectivity agents with an agent group.

1. Plan your connectivity agent setup, including the number of agent groups to create and the number of agents in each group.

   See Plan the Connectivity Agent Setup.

2. In the navigation pane, click Design, then Agents.
3. Click Create.

   The Create agent group panel opens.

4. Enter the following information, then click Create.

   Field	Description
   Name	Provide a meaningful name so that others can understand the agent name. The name must be unique among all agent names in the system. The name can consist of the following: Letters (A-Z, a-z) Numbers (0-9) Spaces ( ) Special characters ( _ - ) The name must not begin or end with a space and cannot be longer than 50 characters.
   Identifier	Accept the default identifier value or change it, if necessary. The identifier is initially the same as the agent group name you provided, but in upper case. When you install the agent, the identifier value is automatically included in the InstallerProfile.cfg file. Note: After creating the agent group, you cannot edit the agent group identifier. Instead, you must delete and recreate another agent group to associate with a different agent group identifier.
   Description	Provide a meaningful description so that others can understand the responsibilities of the agent group.
   Use only one agent at a time	If you plan to associate two connectivity agents with the agent group, you must specify whether one or both agents are active at any given time. The preferred setup for a production service instance is associating two agents with the agent group and leaving this setting disabled. However, if you use some specific adapters, you might need or want to enable this setting. Spend a few minutes planning your setup because you can't change this setting later. (But you can delete an agent group and create it again.) For general guidance on your agent setup, see Plan the Connectivity Agent Setup. For specific guidance on this setting, see Number of Active Connectivity Agents. Notes: If you select Use only one agent at a time and then associate only one connectivity agent with the agent group, the agent group works as if you never selected the option. You must associate a second agent with that agent group to achieve active-passive agent functionality. You cannot change the Use only one agent at a time setting after creating an agent group. However, you can delete the agent group and create a new agent group.

   This action automatically creates an OAuth client application in the identity domain or Oracle Identity Cloud Service. The application name takes the following form:

   agent_group_name-instance_identity_provider_name

   This enables the connectivity agent to use OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication when invoking endpoints. In Oracle Integration 3, each agent group has its own OAuth client application.