Creating A New Driver; Creating The Driver - Novell IDENTITY MANAGER DRIVER FOR ID PROVIDER 3.6.1 - IMPLEMENTATION Manual

Creating a New Driver

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After the ID Provider driver files are installed on the server where you want to run the driver (see
Chapter 2, "Installing Driver Files," on page
do so by importing the basic driver configuration file and then modifying the driver configuration to
suit your environment. The following sections provide instructions:
Section 3.1, "Creating the Driver," on page 17
Section 3.2, "Creating ID Policies," on page 20

3.1 Creating the Driver

You can run the driver as a native Java module or as an Identity Manager driver on any supported
platform.
You can create the driver through Designer or iManager. It is recommended to use Designer during
the planning and implementation phases of the Identity Manager deployment.
1 In Designer, drag and drop the ID Provider driver, from the Service folder, onto the Modeler.
2 Select the ID Provider driver from the list, then click Run.
3 Specify the following information:
Driver name: Specify the name of the driver object for your environment.
LDAP server: Specify the IP address of the LDAP server that contains the ID policies.
LDAP port: Specify the TCP port of the LDAP server. The default is 389 for non-SSL
and 636 for SSL.
Policy Container DN: Specify the DN of the policy container.
Authenication ID: Specify the LDAP DN of a user with read/write access to the ID
Policy container and its child objects.
Authenication Password: Specify the password of the user used in the Authenication ID
field.
4 Click Next.
5 Click Configure if you want to change additional settings on the driver, or click Close to create
the driver.
If you want to make additional changes to the driver, the following sections contain information
about the driver parameters.
"ID Policy Repository" on page 18
"Client Options" on page 18
"Server Options" on page 19
15), you can create the driver in the Identity Vault. You
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