Connectivity Agent in Oracle Integration Cloud(OIC)

Creating and Configuring the Connectivity Agent Process in OIC 

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                                           Configuring Connectivity Agent

What is an Agent in OIC?

An Agentin Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) is a lightweight software component that enables secure communication between

the cloud-based integrations(Oracle ERP Cloud, Oracle HCM Cloud, Salesforce Cloud, etc.) and applications

running privately behind the corporate firewall(EBS, JDEdwards, Microsoft Dynamics, etc.).

What is a Connectivity Agent? 

The Connectivity Agent is the physical program installed on a local on-premises network or private cloud. It allows OIC to interact with

local systems (like on-premises Oracle E-Business Suite, legacy databases, or local files) without the need to open

inbound ports on your firewall or reconfigure the network. 

What is Agent Group? 

An Agent Group is a logical container created inside the OIC Console that acts as a bridge between the cloud and the physical agent or agents.

In Gen3, they removed BasicAuth and added the concept of OAuth2.0.

• Step1:

We need to go to Home🡪Design🡪Click on Agents

• Step2:

Click on “Download” and click on “Connectivity Agent”

It downloads the folder called 

We need to extract the folder.

Check the InstallerProfile: Config File.

• Step3: Understand the InstallerProfile file.

InstallerProfile:
# Required Parameters

# oic_URL format should be https://<runtimehostname>

oic_URL=https://a2cf-int-ax5qdrv6narx-hy.integration.ap-hyderabad-1.ocp.oraclecloud.com

agent_GROUP_IDENTIFIER=A2CFVENKATAGENT01

oic_IDCS_URL=https://idcs-1eee47ac5272450c861d19e92434d8b0.identity.oraclecloud.com:443

oic_SCOPE=https://5C3E868AF17441B5B96986596C3E316C.integration.ap-hyderabad-1.ocp.oraclecloud.com

:443urn:opc:resource:consumer::all

oic_CLIENT_ID=T0lDQ3JlZGVudGlhbHM=EizvZG7UMhJETmxIOQeUdkPbpPeQdb3tDJ7swYw8TXlN+fnme0F5261b5oklhMDr

oic_CLIENT_SECRET=T0lDQ3JlZGVudGlhbHM=SkYk+Uvx7WTPy7RMmxkTk42J5v0fPYNatJ/jKLuc2SW2rhkd7mVW4PJTCTzVvz4w

# Proxy Parameters

proxy_HOST=

proxy_PORT=

proxy_USER=

proxy_PASSWORD=

proxy_NON_PROXY_HOSTS=

We can create 5 agent groups, and each group can install 2 connectivity agents.

It means 5*2=10 connectivity agents can be activated per OIC instance.

• Step 4: Click on the three dots and download the configuration file.

Delete the existing installprofile main zip folder and then  replace with configuration file which has required parameters values.

• Step5: Install the Connectivity Agent in the command prompt.

• Step6:

Our system/Laptop should have java with version 17.0.2/17.0.8

• Step7:

The previous count of agent connectivity was 0, and after activating the connectivity agent, the count will be 1.

Before activating count: 0

After activating count: 1

• Step 8:

So, on my current laptop, the connectivity agent is running, and the count is 1. If I install the connectivity agent on another device,

then the count will be 2.

Now, let us create a connection, and that requires agent connectivity.

File adapter is a on-premise adapter, and it requires agent connectivity.

• Step9:

Create a connection using the File Adapter.

Choose Connectivity Agent

Click Use.

Test and click on Save.

As soon as Connectivity Agent is running on the system, File Adapter test will be successfully completed. 

But if we terminate the Connectivity Agent on the system(Ctl+C) then the File Adapter test will fail.