3.3 Installing the Identity Server on Windows

3.3.1 Installation Requirements on Windows

  • 4 GB RAM

  • Dual CPU or Core (3.0 Ghz or comparable chip)

  • 100 GB hard disk

    This amount is recommended to ensure ample space for logging in a production environment. This disk space must be local and not remote.

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (physical or virtual), 64-bit operating system, in either Standard or Enterprise Edition, with the latest patches applied

  • Static IP address

IMPORTANT:No LDAP software, such as eDirectory or OpenLDAP, can be installed. (A default installation of SLES installs and enables OpenLDAP)

For information about network requirements, see Network Requirements.

3.3.2 Installation Procedure

Installation time: about 10 minutes.

What you need to know to install the Identity Server

  • Username and password of the administrator.

  • (Conditional) IP address of the Administration Console if it is installed on a separate machine.

  1. Verify that the machine meets the minimum requirements. See Installation Requirements on Windows.

    Ensure that you have read and implemented prerequisites specified in Prerequisites.

  2. Close any running applications and disable any virus scanning programs.

  3. (Conditional) If you have installed the Administration Console on this server, ensure that you have restarted the server before installing the Identity Server.

  4. Download software and run it.

    For software download instructions, see the release-specific Readme.

  5. Read the introduction, then click Next.

  6. Accept the license agreement, then click Next.

  7. Select Access Manager Identity Provider, then click Next.

    A warning is displayed: If NAT is present between this machine and Administration Console, the NAT configuration needs to be done in Administration Console.

  8. Specify the IP address, user ID, and password for the primary Administration Console.

  9. (Optional) Specify the Identity Server Local NAT IP address, if the device is behind NAT.

  10. Click Next, review the summary, and click Install.

  11. (Conditional) If you are installing the Identity Server on a machine that contains a previous installation of the Administration Console, you are asked whether the program should overwrite an existing file in the \Program Files\Novell directory. Specify yes.

  12. Continue with one of the following:

NOTE:After you install an Identity Server, you must create a cluster configuration. See Identity Servers Cluster in the NetIQ Access Manager 4.2 Administration Guide .