You create the Delimited Text driver by installing the driver packages and then modifying the configuration to suit your environment. After you create and configure the driver, you need to deploy it to the Identity Vault and start it.
The driver packages contain the items required to create a driver, such as policies, filters, and Schema Mapping policies. Packages are imported into the Package Catalog when you create a project, import a project, or convert a project, and you can update a package any time after it is imported. It is important to verify you have the latest packages in the Package Catalog before you install the driver.
To verify you have the latest packages in the Package Catalog:
Open Designer.
In the toolbar, click
> .Click
if there are no package updatesor
Click
to import the package updates.In the Outline view, right-click the Package Catalog.
Click
.Select the Delimited Text packages
or
Click
to import all of the packages displayed, then click .By default, only the base packages are displayed. Deselect
to display all packages.Click
to import the selected packages, then click in the successfully imported packages message.After the current packages are imported, continue with Section 3.2.2, Installing the Driver Packages.
After you have imported the current driver packages into the Package Catalog, you can install the driver packages to create a new driver.
In Designer, open your project.
In the Modeler, right-click the driver set where you want to create the driver, then select
> .Select
from the list of base packages, then click .Click
.Select the Delimited Text Password Synchronization package, if you want the driver to synchronize passwords.
Click
.(Conditional) If this is the first driver you have installed in the driver set, click
to install the Common Settings package dependency.(Conditional) Fill in the following fields on the Common Settings page:
The Common Settings page is displayed only if the Common Settings package is installed as a dependency.
User Container: Select the Identity Vault container where the users are added if they don’t already exist in the Identity Vault. This value becomes the default value for all drivers in the driver set.
If you want a unique location for this driver, set the value for all drivers on this page. After the driver is created, change the value on the driver’s Global Configuration Values page.
Group Container: Select the Identity Vault container where the groups are added if they don’t already exist in the Identity Vault. This value becomes the default value for all drivers in the driver set.
If you want a unique location for this driver, set the value for all drivers on this page. After the driver is created, change the value on the driver’s Global Configuration Values page.
On the Install Delimited Text Base page, fill in the following field for the driver information:
Driver Name: Specify a name for the driver that is unique within the driver set.
Click
.On the Install Delimited Text Base page, fill in the following fields:
Input File Path: Specify the path for the input file.
Output File Path: Specify the path for the output file.
Click
.On the Install Delimited Text Base page, fill in the following fields to configure the driver to connect through the Remote Loader:
Connect to Remote Loader: By default, the driver is configured to connect through the Remote Loader. If you want to run the driver locally, select
, then click . Otherwise, fill in the remaining fields to configure the driver to connect through the Remote Loader.Host Name: Specify the host name or IP address of the server where the driver’s Remote Loader service is running.
Port: Specify the port number where the Remote Loader is installed and is running for this driver. The default port number is 8090.
Remote Password: Specify the Remote Loader’s password (as defined on the Remote Loader). The Metadirectory server (or Remote Loader shim) requires this password to authenticate to the Remote Loader
Driver Password: Specify the driver object password that is defined in the Remote Loader service. The Remote Loader requires this password to authenticate to the Metadirectory server.
Click
.Review the summary of tasks that will be completed to create the driver, then click
to create the driver.Modify the configuration setting by continuing with the next section, Section 3.2.3, Configuring the Driver Settings.
or
If you do not need to configure the driver, continue with Section 3.2.4, Deploying the Driver.
There are many settings that can help you customize and optimize the driver. The settings are divided into categories such as Driver Configuration, Engine Control Values, and Global Configuration Values (GCVs). Although it is important for you to understand all of the settings, your first priority should be to review the Driver Parameters located on the Driver Configuration page. These settings let you control the format and content of the input and output files.
The driver configuration settings are explained in Section A.0, Driver Properties.
If you do not have the Driver Properties page displayed in Designer:
Open your project.
In the Modeler, right-click the driver icon or the driver line, then select
.After you have customized the driver for you environment, you must deploy the driver to the Identity Vault. Proceed to Section 3.2.4, Deploying the Driver.
After a driver is created in Designer, it must be deployed into the Identity Vault.
In Designer, open your project.
In the Modeler, right-click the driver icon or the driver line, then select
.If you are authenticated to the Identity Vault, skip to Step 5, otherwise, specify the following information:
Host: Specify the IP address or DNS name of the server hosting the Identity Vault.
Username: Specify the DN of the user object used to authenticate to the Identity Vault.
Password: Specify the user’s password.
Click
.Read through the deployment summary, then click
.Read the successful message, then click
.Click
to assign rights to the driver.The driver requires rights to objects within the Identity Vault and to the input and output directories on the server. The Admin user object is most often used to supply these rights. However, you might want to create a DriversUser (for example) and assign security equivalence to that user. Whatever rights that the driver needs to have on the server, the DriversUser object must have the same security rights.
Click
, then browse to and select the object with the correct rights.Click
twice.Click
to exclude users that should not be synchronized.You should exclude any administrative User objects (for example, Admin and DriversUser) from synchronization.
Click
.When a driver is created, it is stopped by default. To make the driver work, you must start the driver and cause events to occur. Identity Manager is an event-driven system, so after the driver is started, it won’t do anything until an event occurs.
To start the driver:
In Designer, open your project.
In the Modeler, right-click the driver icon or the driver line, then select
.For information about management tasks with the driver, see Section 9.0, Managing the Driver.