ORACLE FUSION APPLICATIONS 11G BASICS

It is a bit of a challenge to build up a Oracle Fusion Apps environment, because there still is no Oracle VM available.
Here are some main components components used to build an Oracle Fusion Apps environment.

Bare Metal Exalogic (no virtualization)

Oracle Database 11.2.0.2
Repository Creation Utility 11.1.1.5 (to create SOA, OAM/OIM and Fusion Schemas)

WebLogic Server 11g R4 (11.1.1.5)

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.5 (ADF, SOA, ESS)

Identity Management (OAM/OIM/IDM)

WebGate Plugin 10g

Oracle Fusion Apps release 11.1.1.5.1 provisioning framework

The various Fusion pillars like: Common, HCM, CRM, FIN, ete.
This give an overview:

Various components in an typical Oracle Fusion Apps Build:

Oracle WebLogic Server 11g
Oracles Enterprise Java Application server is used as the underlayer from the Fusion Middleware stack, where all the
upper components will land on. The entire Identity Management stack relies on this strong, robust and scalable Java
application Server.
Oracle Fusion App are in fact Java EE applications. They are bundled in so called pillars. Pillars are product families, a
standalone subset of Oracle Fusion Apps, like a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) pillar. A pillar can include
one or more sub-groups.
A pillar can have a database, Java EE applications, Oracle ADF Business Services and SOA runtime composites. Like
the CRM pillar, subsets are divided amongst several WebLogic Domains.
Oracle SOA Suite 11g
Both the complete Identity Management stack as well the Oracle Fusion Applications make use of the services layer
provided by the Oracle SOA Suite. Fusion Apps uses composite SOA applications for web services to communicate

among themselves and connect to the database, content management, and also some business intelligence
components.
Oracle Identity and Access Management
Oracle Fusion Apps uses the so called Service Oriented Security model provided by the Oracle Identity Management
Suite, which relies for some parts on the Oracle SOA Suite, like for automatic task flows, user life cycle management
and so on.
The entire stack is involved in these processes:

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Authentication, Authorization and auditing mechanisms

Roles and entitlements
Directory Services
User Provisioning
Policy Stores
Session Data Management

It is build on the OPSS (Oracle Platform Security Services) framework which provides a uniform solution for Fusion
Applications to have a standard set of security services. In fact, the work is done outside Fusion Apps and through a
plugin provisioned to the Fusion Apps. OPSS implements the Java standards and provides Role Based Access, Java
Authorization and Authentication Services (JAAS), and Java Authorization Contract for Containers (JACC).
The Oracle Identity Management Suite provides the following components:

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Single Sign on through Oracle Acces Management

Directory Services through Oracle Internet Directory
Virtualized Directory Services through Oracle Virtual Directory. A virtualized layer for unification of multiple
directories without synchronization
Authentication through Oracle Identity Management

Oracle ADF 11g

The core of Oracle Fusion Apps are ADF. All screens are built from ADF, and the metadata driven architecture behind
it makes it possible to develop business focussed and user experience oriented. ADF works with several layers, like
the Business Service layer, which for example provides access to data from various sources and handles business
logic. The view layer provides the real user experience and the controller layer provides a mechanism to control the
flow of a web application user input.