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• JS7 has provision for two levels of integration with an Oracle DBMS:
  • JS7 supports use of Oracle as the JS7 - Database. For this scenario see the JS7 - How to make JOC Cockpit connect to an Oracle database using Wallet® article.
  • JS7 provides job templates from JS7 - JITL Database Jobs that can be used to access Oracle databases.
    • Such jobs are executed by Agents, therefore the explanations below apply to the servers which Agents are operated for.

• For both scenarios users might prefer not to provide a user account and password for authentication with the DBMS from readable files.

  • The use of passwords is considered insecure when passwords are stored in clear text in external files or in job parameters.
  • JS7 offers JS7 - Use of Credential Store with JITL Jobs as an alternative way to store and to retrieve passwords.
  • The Oracle Wallet® provides a credential store keystore to connect to an Oracle database without specifying a user account and password from parameters or from readable files.
• The following JITL Jobs can be used are prepared for use with Oracle Wallet®:
  • JS7 - JITL SQLExecutorJob: Standard JDBC Job for any DBMS
  • JS7 - JITL PLSQLJob: PL/SQL JDBC job for Oracle DBMS
  • JS7 - JITL SQLPLUSJob: SQL*Plus Command Line Client

SOS does not accept any liability for use of JS7 with Oracle Wallet®. Configuration of Oracle Wallet® is the user's responsibility and can change based on the version of the DBMS. The following explanations offer an example how to integrate with Oracle 18c, the example is not authoritative and does not cover future versions of the DBMS. The database vendor's documentation offers authoritative instruction how to connect to Oracle Wallet® and how to analyze connection problems.

Oracle Wallet®

The Oracle Wallet® configuration is described in the Oracle documentation. At the time of writing the following links are available:

• Configuring clients to use the External Password Store see, for example, http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/network.102/b14266/cnctslsh.htm#CBHEHGCE
• An introduction to the technical configuration in https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/wp-oracle-jdbc-thin-ssl-130128.pdf
• Or as a more condensed version from the Oracle-Base web site e.g. in https://oracle-base.com/articles/10g/secure-external-password-store-10gr2
• The location of the docs depends on the specific Oracle version in use.

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