6.1 Driver Parameters and Global Configuration Values

You can control the operation of the i5/OS driver by modifying the properties described in the following sections.

IMPORTANT:Changing these values requires a restart of the driver.

To change import-only properties, you must re-import the driver configuration file i5os.xml over the existing driver. For details, see Section 3.6, Setting Up the Driver on the Metadirectory Server.

To edit the properties shown on the Driver Configuration page and the Global Configuration Values page:

  1. In iManager, select Identity Manager Overview from the Identity Manager task list on the left side of the window.

  2. Navigate to your Driver Set by searching the tree or by entering its name.

  3. Click the driver to open its overview.

  4. Click the driver icon.

  5. Select Driver Configuration or Global Config Values as appropriate.

  6. Edit the property values as desired, then click OK.

6.1.1 Properties That Can Be Set Only during Driver Import

Properties that you can set only during driver import are used to generate policies and other configuration details.

Table 6-1 Driver Import-Only Parameters

Property Name

Values or Format

Data Flow

  • Bidirectional
  • Application to Identity Vault
  • Identity Vault to Application

Enable Entitlements

  • Yes
  • No

Use SSL

  • Yes
  • No

Data Flow

  • Bidirectional: Identities are synchronized from both the Identity Vault and the connected system (application). After all pending events are processed, the Identity Vault and connected system mirror each other.

  • Application to Identity Vault: Identities are synchronized from the connected system (application) to the Identity Vault, but not vice versa. For example, an identity created in the Identity Vault is not created on the connected system unless explicitly migrated.

  • Identity Vault to Application: Identities are synchronized from the Identity Vault to the connected system (application), but not vice versa. For example, changes made to an i5/OS identity are not synchronized to the Identity Vault.

Enable Entitlements

Specifies whether the driver uses either Approval Flow or Role-Based Entitlements with the Entitlements Service driver.

Enable entitlements for the driver only if you plan to use the User Application or Role-Based Entitlements with the driver.

You can use Role-Based Entitlements to integrate the i5/OS driver with the Identity Manager User Application. For more information about the User Application, see the User Application guides on the Novell Identity Manager 3.6.1 Web site.

Use SSL

Specifies whether the driver uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to encrypt the connection between the Identity Vault and the application.

We strongly recommend that you use SSL. If you do not use SSL, identity data, including passwords, is sent across the network in clear text.

6.1.2 Driver Configuration Page

Table 6-2 Driver Configuration Page

Property Name

Values or Format

Driver Module

Connect to Remote Loader must be selected.

Driver Object Password

Text Value

Authentication ID

Not used by the i5/OS driver.

Authentication Context

Not used by the i5/OS driver.

Remote Loader Connection Parameters

Host name or IP address and port number of the driver shim on the connected system, and the RDN of the object with server certificate

Driver Cache Limit

The recommended value is 0 (zero).

Application Password

Not used by the i5/OS driver.

Remote Loader Password

Text Value

Startup Option

  • Auto start
  • Manual

Automatic Loopback Detection

  • Yes
  • No

Remove Owned Objects

  • Yes
  • No

Ignore Renames

  • Yes
  • No

Polling Interval

Number of seconds

Heartbeat Interval

Number of seconds

Publisher Disabled

  • Yes
  • No

Driver Object Password

The Driver object password is used by the driver shim (embedded Remote Loader) to authenticate itself to the Metadirectory engine. This must be the same password that is specified as the Driver object password on the connected system driver shim.

Remote Loader Connection Parameters

The Remote Loader Connection Parameters option specifies information that the driver uses for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) communication with the connected system.

Table 6-3 Remote Loader Connection Parameters

Parameter

Description

host=hostName

Connected system host name or IP address.

port=portNumber

Connected system TCP port number. The default is 8090.

kmo=objectRDN

The RDN of the object with the server certificate signed by the tree’s certificate authority. Enclose the RDN in double quotes (") if the name contains spaces.

The following is an example Remote Loader connection parameter string:

hostname=192.168.17.41 port=8090 kmo="SSL CertificateIP"

Remote Loader Password

The Remote Loader password is used to control access to the driver shim (embedded Remote Loader). This must be the same password that is specified as the Remote Loader password on the connected system driver shim.

Automatic Loopback Detection

Specifies whether the driver shim discards events that would cause loopback conditions. This function supplements the loopback detection provided by the Metadirectory engine.

Remove Owned Objects

Specifies whether the driver deletes any objects owned by a user profile when processing a delete command for that user profile.

You cannot delete a user profile that owns objects unless Remove Owned Objects is set to Yes.

Ignore Renames

Specifies whether rename commands are ignored. There is no rename facility in i5/OS. If you do not ignore rename events, the default CL programs process them by creating a profile with the new name and the attributes of the original profile, then deleting the original profile.

Polling Interval

Specifies the number of seconds that the Publisher shim waits after running the polling CL program and sending events from the change log to the Metadirectory engine. The default interval is 60 seconds.

Publisher Disabled

Specifies whether the Publisher shim is active.

Select Yes if you are using Identity Vault to Application (one-way) data flow. This saves processing time.

Heartbeat Interval

Specifies how often, in seconds, the driver shim contacts the Metadirectory engine to verify connectivity. Specify 0 to disable the heartbeat.

6.1.3 Global Configuration Values Page

To view and edit Password Management GCVs, select Show for Show Password Management Policy.

To view and edit User and Group Placement GCVs, select Show for Show User and Group Placements.

Connected System or Driver Name

Specifies the name of the driver. This value is used by the e-mail notification templates.

Synchronize Group Membership

Specifies whether the driver synchronizes group membership between the connected system and the Identity Vault.

The i5/OS Connected System Accepts Passwords from the Identity Vault

Specifies whether the driver allows passwords to flow from the Identity Vault to the connected i5/OS system.

The Identity Vault Accepts Passwords from the i5/OS Connected System

Specifies whether the driver allows passwords to flow from the connected i5/OS system to the Identity Vault.

Publish Passwords to NDS Password

Specifies whether the driver uses passwords from the connected i5/OS system to set non-reversible NDS® passwords in the Identity Vault.

Publish Passwords to Distribution Password

Specifies whether the driver uses passwords from the connected i5/OS system to set NMAS™ Distribution Passwords, which are used for Identity Manager password synchronization.

Require Password Policy Validation before Publishing Passwords

Specifies whether the driver applies NMAS password policies to published passwords. If so, a password is not written to the Identity Vault if it does not conform.

Reset User’s External System Password to the Identity Manager Password on Failure

Specifies whether, on a publish Distribution Password failure, the driver attempts to reset the password on the connected i5/OS system using the Distribution Password from the Identity Vault.

Notify the User of Password Synchronization Failure via E-Mail

Specifies whether the driver sends an e-mail to a user if the password cannot be synchronized.

User Base Container

Specifies the base container object in the Identity Vault for user synchronization. This container is used in the Subscriber channel Event Transformation policy to limit the Identity Vault objects being synchronized. This container is used in the Publisher channel Placement policy as the destination for adding objects to the Identity Vault. Use a value similar to the following:

users.myorg

Group Base Container

Specifies the base container object in the Identity Vault for group synchronization. This container is used in the Subscriber channel Event Transformation policy to limit the Identity Vault objects being synchronized. This container is used in the Publisher channel Placement policy as the destination when adding objects to the Identity Vault. Use a value similar to the following:

groups.myorg