5.1 Prerequisites

Before you begin, verify that your environment supports the following:

Environment

Description

Identity Vault access

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.

IDM User Application storage

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

JBoss

RAM: The minimum recommended RAM for JBoss* when running the User Application is 512 MB.

Port: The computer where JBoss is installed should have port 8080 free. JBoss allows Tomcat to use port 8080 by default. It is recommended that you 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.

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.

Linux

runlevel: The User Application installer needs XServer (XWindows), so your Linux runlevel must be set to 5 or higher.

account: It is recommended that you run the install as a user without root privileges.

install directory: Make sure it 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.