OIM Plugins auto registration

In OIM, we register plugins for event handler, request data validator etc. We generally copy the plugin zip file contains the jar and plugin.xml, and then we register it manually.

OIM also provided a feature to register the plugin automatically after copying the OIM_HOME/server/plugin folder.

Here are the details of auto-registration process of plugin.


Export the oim-config.xml file.

1. login to weblogic EM console
2. Go to Identity and Access -> OIM -> oim(11.1.2.0.0)
3. Right click on it and click System MBean Browser.
4. Now go the below location

5. Click on the MDSAppRuntime.
6. provide toLocation as /tmp
7. provide docs as /db/oim-config.xml

8. once done click on Invoke

9. check on the /tmp location of the respective server (if select oim server1 then check on the oim1 unix server).

10. a directory named db created, under which you will find oim-config.xml

Modify the oim-config.xml

1. open the oim-config.xml in edit mode.
2. Search for the tag pluginConfig

3. Modify the the value of reloadEnabled and relodaInterval accordingly.
                    reloadEnabled=true means auto registration allowed.
                    reloadInterval=20 means auto registration will occured every 20 sec.

4. After changing the value save the change and close the editor.


Import the modified oim-config.xml

1. 1. login to weblogic EM console
2. Go to Identity and Access -> OIM -> oim(11.1.2.0.0)
3. Right click on it and click System MBean Browser.
4. Now go the same location as export.
5. Select importMetadata, and provide fromLocation and docs as below (same as export).

6. Once done click on Invoke.
7. Restart the oim managed servers.