Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) Connections

An Oracle application needs integration with various resources. This blog will cover a brief introduction to Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) Connections with a step by step process to create a basic Oracle REST Cloud and Oracle SOAP Cloud connection. The following topics are covered in this blog.

Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)

Various resources in a cloud need to be connected or integrated with other resources for a continuous flow of information within a cloud. OIC or Oracle Integration Cloud service allows integration of various resources like applications, storage and database for automating the process and creating advanced visual applications. It also allows connecting an application with Oracle adapters and third-party adapters. In Oracle Integration Cloud, adapter and connection play a crucial role, but this blog will focus only on Oracle Connections.

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What are Oracle Connections?

Oracle Cloud

OIC Connection defines information about the instances of each configuration that is integrated. A Connection is based on an Adapter that allows Oracle Integration to interact with Oracle application instances. For every application instance that participates in integration, a connection is required. In simple words, it is a connector that is utilized for communicating with various external applications. It is done with conventional systems like FTP or social media applications like Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

For example, to create a connection to a specific Oracle Service Cloud application instance, we need to select the Oracle Service Cloud (RightNow) adapter and specify the security policy, security credentials and WSDL URL to connect to it.

Create OIC Connection

With some simple steps, you can create an oracle connection using Oracle Adapters. We will see the procedure of creating Oracle REST Cloud and Oracle SOAP Cloud connections.
OIC Integrations

After signing in to your Oracle Cloud account, open the menu and visit the integrations page as highlighted in the image above. Now, open the menu and select ‘Connections‘ as shown in the image below. To start creating connections in Oracle, click on the ‘Create‘ button.

OIC Connections

Oracle REST Connection

Step 1) In the next window, you will see various adapters. Click on the Search field and search for REST Adapter as shown in the below image. Now, tap the adapter and click on the ‘Select‘ button.

REST Adapter

Step 2) Fill in the required details in the next window. Type the name that you want to assign to this connection. Select the role of the connection as ‘Trigger‘ and click on the ‘Create‘ button.

REST Connection

Step 3) The REST connection is now ready. To test your connection, you can click on the Test button or else save it by clicking on the ‘Save‘ button.

Save REST Connection

Oracle SOAP Connection

Step 1) Click on the Search field and search for SOAP Adapter as shown in the below image. Now, tap the adapter and click on the ‘Select‘ button.

SOAP Adapter

Step 2) Enter the details in the Create Connection window as shown in the below image. Assign the name that you want to use for this connection and select ‘Invoke‘ as the connection role. Finally, click on the ‘Create‘ button when you are done with changes.

SOAP Connection

Step 3) In the next window, you will need to fill in additional details for your connection like login credentials and WSDL Url. The login credentials are the username and password that you received in the Oracle cloud application subscription. The URL under connection properties is the location of the WSDL File. For Example, https://example.com/fndAppCoreServices/ServiceCatalogService?wsdl

After you are done with the filling details, you can check your connection by clicking on the ‘Test‘ button. Remember your WSDL Url, and the credentials should be correct to pass this test. Finally, save your connection by clicking on the ‘Save‘ button.

Save SOAP Connection

Oracle Connection Manager

Oracle Connection Manager is a proxy server that forwards connection requests to other proxy servers. OCM operates on the session level and resides on the computer separate from the client computers and database server. The primary function of Oracle Connection Manager is access control and session multiplexing.

Access Control – Rule-based configuration to filter out user-specified client requests and accept others.
Session Multiplexing – It funnels multiple client sessions via a network connection to the shared server destination. Shared Server is a database server configured to allow user processes to share very few server processes to support the maximum number of users.

Conclusion

Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) connections allow communication with various applications. This blog covered an introduction to Oracle, Oracle Integration Cloud Connections and Oracle Connection Manager. Also, the steps to create a basic Oracle REST Cloud and Oracle SOAP Cloud connection.

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