Setting the Credentials

3.1 Credentials — Overview

The Enterprise Manager Credential subsystem enables the Enterprise Manager Administrators to store credentials in a secure manner — as preferences or operation credentials. The credentials can then be used to perform different system management activities, such as real-time monitoring, patching, provisioning, and other target administrative operations.

You need to set the Preferred Credentials for Oracle GoldenGate classic instance and set the Monitoring Credentials for Oracle GoldenGate microservices (MA) instance.

3.2 Credential Sets for Oracle GoldenGate

Oracle GoldenGate provides the Preferred credentials in an Oracle GoldenGate classic instance.

Preferred Credentials

Preferred credentials are used to simplify access to the managed targets by storing target login credentials in the Management Repository. Preferred credentials are required for perfoming the administrative tasks for the Oracle GoldenGate classic instances. Preferred credentials are set on a per-user basis, thus ensuring the security of the managed enterprise environment. The credentials are hierarchical in nature. For example, if credentials are provided for Oracle GoldenGate target type, then by default, they are applicable to its child target types as well, which means that they are applicable for Oracle GoldenGate Extract, Manager, or Replicat processes.

Preferred Credentials are of the following types: Host Credential and OGG Admin Credentials.

Host Credential: Host Credential is the credential to login to the EM host machine. It is used by the Enterprise Management agent to communicate with the Oracle GoldenGate Enterprise Manager Plug-In .
OGG Admin Credentials: OGG Admin Credentials is the credentials of Oracle GoldenGate Monitoring Agent (jAgent). The username is defined in the config.properties in jAgent installation.

3.2.1 Named Credentials

To set a preferred credential, you must first create a named credential. Credentials are stored within Enterprise Manager as named entities. Administrators can define and store credentials within Enterprise Manager and refer to the credential by a credential name.

3.3 Setting Preferred Credentials for Oracle GoldenGate Classic Instance

To create Preferred credentials:

Navigate to the Setup menu, select Security, then select Preferred Credentials, and then click Manage Preferred Credentials to display the Agent Preferred Credentials page > My Preferences tab. You can create both the Default Preferred Credentials as well as the Target Preferred Credentials.
If you want to set a preferred credential for Oracle GoldenGate, which is applicable for all Oracle GoldenGate targets, then go to Default Preferred Credentials.

If you want to set a preferred credential for Oracle GoldenGate applicable only to a specific Oracle GoldenGate target, then go to Target Preferred Credentials.
Under Default Preferred Credentials, select a Credential set, and click Set to display the Select Preferred Credential dialog box.
Select New, and enter values in the UserName, Password, and Confirm Password fields.
In the Save As text box, enter a name for the credential and click Save the credentials.
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3.4 Monitoring Credentials for Oracle GoldenGate Microservices

To set the monitoring credentials for Oracle GoldenGate microservices (MA) instance:

Navigate to the Setup menu, select Security, then select Monitoring Credentials to display the Security > Monitoring Credentials page.
Select the Oracle GoldenGate Service Manager Target Type.
Click Manage Monitoring Credentials to display the Oracle GoldenGate Monitoring Credentials page.
Select the Target Name and click Set Credentials to display the Enter monitor credentials dialog box.
Enter the service manager Username, Password, and Confirm Password, and click Save.
The Monitoring Credentials are set and this information is indicated on the screen.