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What is a WebGate?

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Sarah Oconnor

Updated on May 02, 2026

A WebGate is a web-server plug-in for Oracle Access Manager (OAM) that intercepts HTTP requests and forwards them to the Access Server for authentication and authorization.

How does WebGate work with OAM?

What is DCC WebGate?

About DCC (Detached Credential Collector) As I mentioned in the introduction, Detached Credential Collector is a capability that came with the release of OAM 11gR2 (11.1. The term Detached Credential Collector (AKA Authenticating WebGate), relates more to the way credentials are collected when submitting the login.

What is DCC and ECC?

Differences between DCC and ECC: Access Manager supports the embedded credential collector (ECC) by default and also enables you to configure the latest Webgate to use as a detached credential collector (DCC, also known as an Authenticating Webgate).

What is Oracle Access Manager used for?

Oracle Access Manager helps your enterprise facilitate delivery of corporate functions to extended groups of employees, customers, partners, and suppliers; maintain a high level of security across applications; enable users and business partners to access the information they need.

How do I start WebGate?

To start the installation wizard, perform the following steps:

  1. On UNIX. Extract the contents of the WebGate. zip file to a directory. By default, this directory is named WebGate .
  2. On Windows. Extract the contents of the WebGate. zip file to a directory. By default, this directory is named WebGate .

What does Oracle Access mean?

Oracle Access Management is a complete solution designed to securely enable business transformation with mobile and social networking technologies, hybrid on-premise and cloud applications deployment, and hybrid access management deployment while preserving a seamless user experience, centralized administration, and …

How do I set up WebGate?

How do I register WebGate with OAM?

All you need to do is to copy this zip file into a command place to be used by all webgate in your deployment.

  1. Copy RREG.
  2. Unzip and untar it.
  3. Set JAVA_HOME environment variable to JRE path.
  4. Prepare the input xml located in <>/input.
  5. Goto <>

What is OIM used for?

In computing, Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) enables enterprises to manage the entire user life-cycle across all enterprise resources both within and beyond a firewall. Within Oracle Identity Management it provides a mechanism for implementing the user-management aspects of a corporate policy.

What is webgate and how does it work?

WebGate is a web server plug-in that intercepts HTTP requests and forwards them to an existing Oracle Access Manager instance for authentication and authorization. General Prerequisites for Configuring Oracle HTTP Server WebGate

How do I log in to webgate without an EU login?

If you don’t have an EU Login account please use the following link EU Login uses cookies to allow you to log in to different applications without re-entering your e-mail address and password each time.

What is webgate in Fusion Middleware?

WebGate is a web server plug-in that intercepts HTTP requests and forwards them to an existing Oracle Access Manager instance for authentication and authorization. For Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c, the Oracle WebGate software is installed as part of the Oracle HTTP Server12csoftware installation.

How do I add a webgate to my Oracle HTTP Server?

Copies the apache_webgate.templatefile from the Oracle HTTP Server Oracle home to a new webgate.conffile in the Oracle HTTP Server configuration directory. Updates the httpd.conffile to add one line, so it includes the webgate.conf. Generates a WebGate configuration file.