Oracle Database - Directory naming method (LDAP-compliant)
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1 - About
A naming method that resolves a database service, net service name, or net service alias to a connect descriptor stored in a central directory server.
The directory naming method stores connect identifiers in a centralized LDAP-compliant directory server to access a database service.
A directory server provides central administration of directory naming objects, reducing the work effort associated with adding or relocating services.
2 - Articles Related
3 - LDAP
To manage large networking environments, administrators have to be able to easily access a centralized repository to specify and modify the network configuration. For this reason, the Oracle Net Services configuration can be stored in a LDAP-compliant directory server.
4 - Listener Action
- The client contacts to the directory server to resolve a connect identifier to a connect descriptor.
- The directory server resolves the connect identifier and retrieves the connect descriptor for the client.
- The client sends the connection request to the listener, using the connect descriptor.