IDM Installation

The goal of this hands-on lab is to get you exposed to the Sun IDM environment for the first time in which you will learn your first login using the differents idm interfaces.

Expected duration: 60 minutes (excluding homework)

Prerequisites

This hands-on lab assumes you have minimum programming experience. 

Software Needed

Before you begin, you need to install the following software on your computer. 

• Java Standard Development Kit (JDK™) version 5.0 (download)
  
• If you already have installed JDK 5.0, you can skip this.
• The name of the installation file is as following (for JDK 5.0 update x)
• jdk-1_5_0_xx-windows-i586-p.exe (Windows)
• jdk-1_5_0_xx-linux-i586.bin (Linux)
• jdk-1_5_0_xx-solaris-i586.sh (Solaris x86)
• Do not use JDK 6 for now.
  
• Sun Java System Identity Manager 7.1 (download)
• Apache Tomcat (download)
• MySql (download)

OS platforms you can use

• Windows
• Solaris x86, Solaris Sparc (the installation process is not covered)
  
• Linux (the installation process is not covered)

Change Log

• Sep. 17th labs   completed

Lab Exercises

• Exercise 0: Install Sun Java System Identity Manager (30 minutes)
  
• Exercise 1: Login in the IDM Interfaces (10 minutes)
  
• Exercise 2: Changing password for the built-in Administrative accounts (10 minutes)
  
• Homework Exercise (for people who are taking  "Java IDM Programming online course")

Exercise 0: Install Sun Java System Identity Manager (IDM)

In this exercise, you are going to install IDM  7.1 into Tomcat and using MySql as repository. 

Note:
       For course purpose we are going to install the all  software requiered over the IDM folder in your root path. You can skip this convention if you have installed the software

• If you already have installed JDK 5.0, you can skip this.
• How to do it?
  

• If you already have installed MySql 5.0, you can skip this.

• If you already have installed Tomcat 6.0, you can skip this.

1.      Download Java Sun Identity Manager 7.1
   
2.      Unzip the Identity Manager installation zip file to access the Identity Manager installation files.
3.      Go to the folder  db_scripts and copy the script file create_waveset_tables.mysql to your  MySql folder
   
•  copy create_waveset_tables.mysql  c:\IDM\MySql\bin
• Execute the script
  

                                   

• Observe the you can use a GUI tool to proceed with the script execution
• The result after the script executions should be

4.      Enter the install command to launch the Identity Manager installer graphical user interface.

                                  

4. When the Welcome panel displays, click Next.

5. The installer displays the Install or Upgrade? panel.
6. Leave the New Installation option selected and click Next

7. The installer displays the Select Installation Directory panel.

8. If necessary, replace the displayed directory location with the location where you want to install Identity Manager.

• Unless you plan to create a new context (virtual directory) in Tomcat's server.xml directory, we recommend installing to %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\idm
• If the directory you entered does not yet exist, the installer prompts for confirmation, and then creates the directory

9. Enter (or click Browse to locate) a staging location or a specific folder, and then click Next.

                    Before continuing, if you plan to use an index database, you may need to copy one or more files to the idm\WEB-INF\lib directory.

• Download the MySql Driver (mysql-connector-java-5.0.5-bin.jar) and copy under C:\<idm>\<Tomcat>webapps\idm\WEB-INF\lib

                   m. Click Next on the Setup Wizard panel.

                    n. When the Locate the Repository panel displays, select the MySQL JDBC Driver index database from the menu.

• Accept all of the defaults (except for the database user password if you changed it )
• Click Next.

• If you  select Yes, you will have parameter to configure resources  and initialize the demo
• The configuration part will be present in the next section.
  

• To log in to the Identity Manager Administrator or User interfaces, enter your user ID and password, and then click Login.

1. Open a browser windows
2. Write the next URL
• htt://127.0.0.1:<port>/idm/.login.jsp


3. Enter the default user ID and password

Exercise 1: Login in the IDM Interfaces

                The goal of this exercise is to let you experience about how to login in the different IDM interfaces.

1. Login IDM Admin Interface
2. Login IDM User Interface
3. Login IDM Debug Interface

(0.1) Login  IDM Administrator  Interface

In this step, you are going to login into the The Identity Manager Administrator interface serves as the primary administrative view of the product. . Through this interface, Identity Manager administrators manage users, set up and assign resources, define rights and access levels, and audit compliance in the Identity Manager system.

               1. Open a Web browser and type the following address into the address bar:

• http://localhost:8080/idm/

• Depending on the options that you selected during the Tomcat installation, the port may be different.

2. Enter the User ID and Password

•  Use the Configuratior account 

3. Click Report tab
4. Select  the Run Reports Page
5. Select the Today´s Activity  checkbox button
   
• This report show you the activity and task executed in IDM
  
6. Click Run Button

7. After click Run Button the results should be like the screen below

8. Navigate over the other Navigation options just  let you familiar with the IDM product
• For the report options we are going to dedicate a week lesson to go more deeper in this functionality.
  

(0.2) Login IDM User Interface

In this step, you are going to login into The Identity Manager User interface presents a limited view of the Identity Manager system. This view is specifically tailored to users without administrative capabilities.

               1. Open a Web browser and type the following address into the address bar:

• http://localhost:8080/idm/user

• Depending on the options that you selected during the Tomcat installation, the port may be different.

2. Enter the User ID and Password

•  Use the Configuratior account 
  

3. Navigate over the other Navigation options just  let you familiar with the IDM product
• For the report options we are going to dedicate a week lesson to go more deeper in this functionality.
  

 

(0.3) Login IDM Debug Interface

In this step, you are going to login into the The Identity Manager Administrator interface serves as the primary administrative view of the product. . Through this interface, Identity Manager administrators manage users, set up and assign resources, define rights and access levels, and audit compliance in the Identity Manager system.

               1. Open a Web browser and type the following address into the address bar:

• http://localhost:8080/idm/debug

• Depending on the options that you selected during the Tomcat installation, the port may be different.

2. Enter the User ID and Password

•  Use the Configuratior account 
  

3. Click The User Count button
• This option shows you the number of users in IDM

4. The  page results should look like this

5. Navigate over the other Navigation options just  let you familiar with the IDM product
• For the Debug options we are going to dedicate a week lesson to go more deeper in this functionality.
  

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Exercise 2: Changing password for the built-in Administrative accounts

                The goal of this exercise is to let you experience about how to login in the different IDM interfaces.

1. Changing Password  trough the Admin  Interface
   

(0.1) Changing Password trough the User Interface

In this step, you are going to login into the  User interface  and change the Configurator and Admin password.

          1. Open a Web browser and type the following address into the address bar:

• http://localhost:8080/idm/user

• Depending on the options that you selected during the Tomcat installation, the port may be different.

          2. Enter the User ID and Password of Configurator  user.

          3. Click on the Password Tab and  click on the Change Password  Page

          4. Enter the Configurator  on the text field

          5. Click Find Button




          6.Enter the new Password under the Password and Confirm Password text field

          7. Click Change Password button




          8. The Change User Password Results page appers

          9. Click OK  to complete the change. Scroll down if you don't see the OK button.






  10. Repeat the step 3 to 9 to change the password for the Administrator Account

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