Welcome to the Net8 Configuration Assistant. The Net8 Configuration allows you to configure basic network components after installation.
Listener configuration
Click to create modify, delete or rename, a listener. 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.
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Note: This option is not available on clients. |
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Naming Methods configuration
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.
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Local Net Service Name configuration
Click to create, modify, delete, rename, or test connectivity of a connect descriptor stored in a local tnsnames.ora file.
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Create a Net Service Name in a tnsnames.ora File
Modify the Configuration for a Net Service Name
Test Net Service Name Connectivity
Directory Service Access configuration
Configures client or server access to a LDAP-compliant directory server, if you plan to use:
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Note: The Net8 Configuration Assistant provides basic configuration. For more advanced configuration operations, or to configure other portions of Net8 that this tool does not cover, use the Net8 Assistant. |
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Configure the Client for Directory Access