And probably, together with Instant Client all the OCI and auxiliar libs must be present, too - see them all on the Instant Client 12c for macOS download page.
The note speak about Windows, but maybe similar configs could be done in macOS - try and see. It is supported and can be installed on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, iPad, and Android. The Oracle Virtual Desktop Client application runs on an ordinary PC or tablet and provides a Sun Ray session in a desktop window.
Instant Client provides only libraries and sqlplus utility, the oklist and okdstry utilities are not available so it is not possible to manually request a ticket with okinit. An Oracle Virtual Desktop Client is a software version of a Sun Ray Client. SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES=(KERBEROS5PRE) The sqlnet.ora settings are the same as for a thick client:
Tnsnames.ora and sqlnet.ora are not provided with Instant client so one needs to set a TNS_ADMIN variable pointing to a directory with sqlnet.ora and tnsnames.ora. We really were unable to use Kerberos (or any other ASO-related options/features) with Instant Client 11g (see MOS note 'Kerberos Troubleshooting Guide' (Doc ID 185897.1 for refs), but this changed in 12c : MOS note 'How To Configure Kerberos Authentication In A 12c Database' (Doc ID 1996329.1) textually says :Īs of 12c one can uses Instant Client to authenticate with Kerberos using Windows Internal cache.
