Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Manage Users

  • Managing Database Users
    This section describes administration tasks for managing database users on Autonomous Database.
  • Manage User Profiles with Autonomous Database
    You can create and alter user profiles in Autonomous Database. After you create or alter a profile, you can specify the profile clause with CREATE USER or ALTER USER. You can also import existing user profiles from another environment with Oracle Data Pump Import.
  • Use Oracle Database Vault to Manage Database User Privileges
    Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure supports Oracle Database Vault, which you can use to implement powerful security controls within your database. These unique security controls restrict access to application data by privileged database users, reducing the risk of insider and outside threats and addressing common compliance requirements.
  • Use Identity and Access Management (IAM) Authentication with Autonomous Database
    You can configure Autonomous Database to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (IAM) authentication and authorization to allow IAM users to access an Autonomous Database with IAM credentials.
  • About Kerberos Authentication
    You can configure Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure to use Kerberos network authentication protocol to authenticate database users. Kerberos is a strong network authentication protocol. It uses secret-key cryptography to enable strong authentication by providing user-to-server authentication.
  • Authenticate and Authorize Microsoft Azure AD Users for Autonomous Database
    An Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure instance can be configured for Microsoft Azure AD users to connect using Azure OAuth2 access tokens.
  • Use Microsoft Active Directory with Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure
    You can configure Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure to authenticate and authorize Microsoft Active Directory users. This configuration allows Active Directory users to access an Autonomous Database using their Active Directory credentials.

Parent topic: Tasks