Welcome page, Custom Install Mode

Welcome to Oracle Net Configuration Assistant in custom installation mode. You can configure basic elements of the network, including:

Directory Server Usage configuration

Select this option to configure access to a LDAP-compliant directory server, if you plan to use:

Listener configuration (Server Only)

Select this option to create a listener with one or more protocol addresses. The listener is a process on the server that receives and responds to client connection requests for a database. Clients using connect descriptors configured with the same protocol addresses can send a connection request to the listener.

 

Note: This option is not available on clients.

Naming Methods configuration

Select this option to configure naming methods. When an end user connects to a database service, a connect string that identifies the service through a simple name, called a connect identifier, is used. A connect identifier can be the actual name of the service or a net service name. The connect identifier is resolved to a connect descriptor, which contains the network location and identification of the service, by a naming method. You can configure this computer to resolve connect identifiers using any of the following methods:

Additionally, if the local naming method is selected on the client, you are prompted to configure connect descriptors in a client-side tnsnames.ora file.

Perform a typical configuration

Select this option to configure the following:

 

Note: Oracle Net Configuration Assistant provides basic configuration. For more advanced configuration operations, or to configure other portions of Oracle Net that this tool does not cover, use Oracle Net Manager.