1.5 System Requirements for Identity Manager

Novell Identity Manager contains components that can be installed within your environment on multiple systems and platforms. Depending on your system configuration, you might need to run the Identity Manager installation program several times to install Identity Manager components on the appropriate systems.

The following table lists the installation components of Identity Manager and requirements for each.

Table 1-3 Identity Manager System Components

System Component

System Requirements

Notes

Metadirectory Server

  • Metadirectory engine
  • Novell Audit agent
  • Service drivers
  • Identity Manager Drivers
  • NMAS™ methods and schema
  • Utilities (including the License Auditing Tool, Application Tools, and the Novell Audit Setup tool)

One of the following operating systems:

  • NetWare® 6.5 with the latest Support Pack
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) with the latest Support Pack
  • Windows* NT, 2000, or 2003 (32-bit) with the latest Service Pack (2003 64-bit is not supported)
  • Linux Red Hat* AS 3.0
  • SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 8 or 9
  • Solaris 8, 9, or 10
  • AIX 5.2L

One of the following versions of eDirectory.

  • eDirectory 8.7.3 with the latest Support Pack
  • eDirectory 8.8 with the latest Support Pack

OES, NetWare, Windows, and Linux platforms (Red Hat and SUSE) support all of the following processors:

  • Intel x86 32-bit
  • AMD x86 32-bit
  • Intel EM64T 32-bit mode
  • AMD Athlon64 and Opteron in 32-bit mode

eDirectory 8.8 supports these advanced features:

  • Multiple instances of eDirectory on the same server
  • Encrypted attributes

Although eDirectory 8.8 includes support for non-root user installations, you must install Identity Manager as the root user.

Web-based Administration Server

  • Identity Manager and Password Management
  • iManager plug-ins
  • Driver configurations

One of the following operating systems.

  • Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) with the latest Support Pack
  • NetWare 6.5 with the latest Support Pack
  • Windows 2000, XP Professional, or 2003 (32-bit) with the latest Service Pack (2003 64-bit is not supported)
  • Linux Red Hat AS 3.0

    (Glibc version 2.1.1 or later and kernel version 2.2.xx or later.)

  • Linux Red Hat 9
  • Solaris 9 or 10
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 or 9
  • SUSE Linux 9.1

The following software.

  • Novell iManager 2.5 or 2.6 (includes of Apache 2.0.52 or later and Tomcat 4.1.18 or later)

OES, NetWare, Windows, and Linux platforms (Red Hat and SUSE) support all of the following processors:

  • Intel x86 32-bit
  • AMD x86 32-bit
  • Intel EM64T 32-bit mode
  • AMD Athlon64 and Opteron in 32-bit mode
  • Browser support is determined by iManager 2.5. This list presently includes:
    • Internet Explorer 6, SP1 and above
    • Firefox 1.x and above
    • Mozilla 1.7 and above
  • You must go through the iManager Configuration Wizard or the Designer utility to install or deploy portal content into eDirectory.
  • If you install iManager 2.5 or 2.6 on the same server where eDirectory is installed, the version of eDirectory must be 8.7.3 or higher.
  • (Windows) The Novell Client™ 4.9 is available from Novell Software Downloads.
  • When logging into other trees with iManager to manage remote Identity Manager servers, you might encounter errors if you use the server name instead of the IP address for the remote server.

Secure Logging Service

  • The Secure Logging Server
  • The Platform Agent (client component)

For the Secure Logging Server, one of the following operating systems:

  • Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) with the latest Support Pack
  • NetWare 6.5 with the latest Support Pack, NetWare 6.0 with latest Support Pack
  • Windows 2000 Server with the latest Service Pack
  • Linux Red Hat AS 3.0, AS, and ES 2.1

    (Glibc version 2.1.1 or later and kernel version 2.2.xx or later.)

  • Solaris 8 or 9
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 or 9
  • Novell eDirectory 8.5 or later

For the Platform Agent, one of the following operating systems:

  • NetWare 5.1 and later (with the latest Support Pack)
  • Windows 2000 or 2000 Server, XP, or 2003 Server (32-bit) with the latest Service Pack (2003 64-bit is not supported)
  • Linux Red Hat 7.3, 8, AS, and ES 2.1
  • Solaris 8 or 9
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8

OES, NetWare, Windows, and Linux platforms (Red Hat and SUSE) support all of the following processors:

  • Intel x86 32-bit
  • AMD x86 32-bit
  • Intel EM64T 32-bit mode
  • AMD Athlon64 and Opteron in 32-bit mode

Minimum Secure Server requirements include:

  • A single processor, server-class PC with a Pentium* II 400 Mhz
  • A minimum of 40 MB disk space
  • 512 MB RAM

The eDirectory Instrumentation, which allows eDirectory events to be logged, supports the following versions of eDirectory:

  • NDS® 8.xeDirectory 8.6 (NetWare, Windows, Linux, and Solaris)
  • eDirectory 8.7 (NetWare, Windows, Linux, and Solaris)

The NetWare Instrumentation, which allows NetWare events to be logged, supports the following versions of NetWare:

  • NetWare 5.1 SP6
  • NetWare 6.0 SP3
  • NetWare 6.5 or NetWare 6.5 SP1
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) with the latest Support Pack

User Application and Workflow System Service

  • Identity Vault access
  • IDM User Application storage
  • Runs on Linux and Windows

SUSE Enterprise Server 9

Windows 2000 Server

Windows 2003 Server

SUSE ES supports all of the following processors:

  • Intel x86 32-bit
  • AMD x86 32-bit
  • Intel EM64T 32-bit mode
  • AMD Athlon64 and Opteron in 32-bit mode

The User Application requires credentials to log in to the Identity Vault. The credentials used to access the Identity Vault must:

  • Have full rights to the Identity Vault
  • Must exist in the Identity Vault before you install the Identity Manager 3 User Application.

You are prompted for these credentials during installation. This user is referred to as the User Application Administrator.

The computer where you install the User Application must have 320 MB of storage available.

For Linux:

  • Runlevel. The User Application installer needs X Server (X Windows), so your Linux runlevel must be set to 5 or higher.
  • It is recommended that you run the install as a user without root privileges.
  • Make sure the install directory is writable. The User Application is typically installed using the directory structure novell/idm in the user’s home directory, but you can change this default.

Database Server and Service

  • JBoss
  • MySQL

Included in the User Application product and works in both local and remote mode:

  • JBoss Application Server Version 4.0.2

Included in the User Application product and works in both local and remote mode:

  • MySQL Version 4.1.12

The following databases are not included, but can be used in Remote mode only:

  • Oracle 9i
  • Oracle 10g
  • MS SQL 2000

NOTE:If you want to implement clustering, you must download and install JBoss 4.0.3 SP1.

You can use the JBoss Application server to host the User Application and MySQL, or you can use another supported database. The User Application uses a database for various tasks, such as storing User Application configuration data and storing data for any in-progress workflow activities.

Both the secure logging service and the User Application and workflow provisioning require a database. You can set up one database to serve both applications, or you can set up independent databases for each one. The secure logging service does not include a specific database.

For JBoss:

  • The minimum recommended RAM for JBoss* when running the User Application is 512 MB.
  • The computer where JBoss is installed should have port 8080 free. JBoss allows Tomcat to use port 8080 by default. You should install JBoss on a machine that has this port free.
  • If the target machine also has an instance of iManager (or any other application that uses its own instance of Tomcat), you might end up with multiple Tomcat instances competing for the same port. You should either shut down other Tomcat instances or set the others to use a port other than 8080.

For MySQL:

  • The computer where MySQL is installed should have port 63306 free. The User Application installer installs MySQL at port number 63306 by default to avoid conflicts with any other MySQL server running on the machine.

Workstations

  • Designer
  • iManager web access

Designer has been tested on the following platforms:

Windows:

  • Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server
  • Windows XP Professional
  • Windows 2003 Server

Linux:

  • SUSE 9.2, 9.3, and 10
  • SLES 9 SP1, SP2
  • Red Hat Linux 9
  • Novell Linux Desktop
  • GNOME, KDE, Red Hat Fedora

Designer uses Eclipse as its development platform. Refer to the Eclipse Web site for platform specific information.

Designer minimum and recommended hardware requirements:

  • 1 GHz minimum; recommended 2 GHz or greater.
  • 512 MB RAM minimum; recommended 1 GB RAM or greater.
  • 1024 x 768 resolution minimum; recommended 1280 x 1024.

Prerequisite software:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
  • Mozilla 1.7
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4

Connected System Server (host on a separate server running Remote Loader)

  • Remote Loader
  • Remote Loader configuration tool (Windows only)
  • Novell Audit agent
  • Driver shim for the connected system
  • Tools for the connected system

Each driver requires that the connected system be available and the relevant APIs are provided.

Refer to the Identity Manager Driver documentation for operating system and connected system requirements that are specific to each system.

Each connected application requires individuals with application specific knowledge and responsibility.

Remote Loader System:

  • Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows 2003
  • Red Hat Linux AS 3.0
  • SUSE ES 8 or SUSE ES 9
  • Solaris 8, Solaris 9, or Solaris 10
  • AIX 5L v5.2

Java Remote Loader System:

  • HP-UX 11i
  • OS/400
  • zOS
  • Should be able to use on any system that has JVM 1.4.2 or higher