Oracle Net directory naming, Oracle Advanced Security enterprise user security, and other Oracle product features use a centralized directory server to store entries. If you want to use these features, configure directory usage.
Directory configuration on the server allows you to access entries, as well as create new entries. Also, directory usage configuration enables Database Configuration Assistant to register a database service entry in the directory. Clients configured for directory usage can use this entry to connect to the database service.
Yes, I would like to complete this configuration now.
Select this option if a directory is available and you want to use it for either directory naming or enterprise users.
No, I want to defer this configuration to another time.
Select this option if a directory is not available or you are not ready to configure directory usage.