I don’t often have to create ACL’s (Access Control List) and as such whenever I do I have to have a bit of a search to find out how to do so. Unfortunately for me, it always seems to provide the old way for creating ACL’s in Oracle. So this is a record for myself (and others) that this is how to create a basic ACL in Oracle 12C and above.
BEGIN
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.APPEND_HOST_ACE(
host => 'rosshenderson.dev',
lower_port => 80,
upper_port => 80,
ace => xs$ace_type(privilege_list => xs$name_list('http'),
principal_name => 'RossHenderson',
principal_type => xs_acl.ptype_db));
end;
If there is not a pre-existing ACL, this code block will create an ACL. If there is a pre-existing ACL for this host, it will append a new user to that ace.
- Host: The domain you need the ACL for. *required
- Lower Port: Lowest port number in the range.
- Upper Port: Highest port number in the range.
- Privilege List: A list of privileges you want to give to the ace (i.e. ‘http’, ‘resolve’, ‘connect’). *required
- Principal Name: Database user. *required
- Principal Type: The user/role type. I believe this will always be the same. *required