Environment
Novell Identity Manager User Application 3.0.1
Novell Identity Manager Identity Manager 3.0.1
Situation
How can you allow
anonymous users to self register themselves in the 3.0.1 User
Application Portal
Resolution
1) Log into
the User Application with a user who has administrative
rights.
2) In
Administration > Portlet Admin, register a new instance of the
CreatePortlet (for example: "Self Registration").
3) Select
the new Self Registration portlet instance, go to the Settings tab.
Set Requires Authentication to false and click Save
Settings.
4) Go to the
Preferences tab and modify the preferences as required (for
example, you may want to View/Edit Custom Preference and remove all
entities but the User and then modify the User attributes to limit
the attributes displayed).
5) In Administration > Page Administration complete the following tasks:
-Create a new page and add the new Self Registration portlet to it(add it to the Guest Pages category, plus any other category if you want logged in user
to see it).
- Under 'Page Tasks' click on 'Add Permissions' icon and uncheck "View Permissions set to Admin Only". Then click on the 'Save' button and then the'Close'
button.
-Under 'Page Tasks' click on 'Select Content' icon. Add the new instance of the Create Portlet to this Guest page. (for example: If you named the new
5) In Administration > Page Administration complete the following tasks:
-Create a new page and add the new Self Registration portlet to it(add it to the Guest Pages category, plus any other category if you want logged in user
to see it).
- Under 'Page Tasks' click on 'Add Permissions' icon and uncheck "View Permissions set to Admin Only". Then click on the 'Save' button and then the'Close'
button.
-Under 'Page Tasks' click on 'Select Content' icon. Add the new instance of the Create Portlet to this Guest page. (for example: If you named the new
Create
Portlet instance "Self Registration", Add "Self Registration" to
Guest page.) After selecting the Portlet click on 'Save
Contents',
-Under 'Page
Properties' click on 'Save Page' icon.
Anonymous users should now see the Self Registration page appear under Guest Pages when they go to the User Application Portal. When they click on this page, they will then see the Self Registration portlet displayed, where they will be able to create a new account that will grant themaccess to the Portal.