1.1 Checklist for Installing Identity Governance

Before beginning the installation process, review the following steps and read the linked information. Understanding the various components and how they fit in the overall environment helps you make decisions during installation and troubleshoot issues following installation.

	Checklist Items
	Learn about the relationship between the LDAP authentication server and the OSP and Access Manager authentication services. For more information, see Section 1.2, Understanding Authentication for Identity Governance.
	Learn about the databases for Identity Governance and the options for installing the product with your database platform. For more information, see Understanding the Identity Governance Databases.
	Decide which servers to use for your Identity Governance components. For more information, see the following sections: Section 1.7, Recommended Installation Scenarios and Server Setup Section 1.9, Hardware and Software Requirements
	(Conditional) To add Identity Governance to an existing Identity Manager environment, review the scenarios. For more information, see Section 1.7.4, Identity Governance and Identity Manager.
	Decide whether you want to run the authentication service, ActiveMQ, or Identity Governance in a clustered environment. For more information, see Section 1.7.5, Ensuring High Availability for Identity Governance.
	Review the sample installation scripts and decide whether you want to use them. For more information, see the sample scripts posted on the Identity Governance documentation page.
	Install the Tomcat application server: To review the prerequisites for Tomcat, see Section 2.2, Prerequisites for the Tomcat Application Server. The Tomcat server has the same server requirements as the Identity Governance server. For more information, see Section 1.9.1, Identity Governance Server System Requirements.
	Install an authentication service: To review the prerequisites, see Section 1.8.1, General Prerequisites for Identity Governance. To install the OSP server, see Section 3.0, Installing an Authentication Service. The OSP server has the same requirements as the Identity Governance server. For more information, see Section 1.9.1, Identity Governance Server System Requirements. To install Access Manager, see the Access Manager documentation.
	Install or configure the Identity Governance databases: To learn about the databases, see Section 1.3, Understanding the Identity Governance Databases. To review the prerequisites for the databases, see Section 2.3, Prerequisites for the Identity Governance Databases. To review the server requirements for the databases, see Section 1.9.2, Database Server System Requirements. Select one of the following databases as the database platform: Microsoft SQL Server. For more information, see Section 4.2, Preparing an MS SQL Server Database for Identity Governance. Oracle. For more information, see Section 4.3, Preparing an Oracle Database for Identity Governance. PostgreSQL. For more information, see Section 4.4, Preparing a PostgreSQL Database for Identity Governance.
	Decide whether to use an auditing server with Identity Governance. For more information, see Understanding Auditing.
	Install Identity Governance: To review the prerequisites, see Section 1.8.1, General Prerequisites for Identity Governance. To review the server requirements, see Section 1.9.1, Identity Governance Server System Requirements. To install the Identity Governance server, see Section 4.0, Installing Identity Governance.
	(Conditional) Complete the database configuration if you chose Generate SQL for later during installation. For more information, see Section 6.1, Configuring the Databases after Installation.
	(Conditional) Complete the configuration of the Tomcat cluster: Section 6.3.1, Configuring the Nodes in the Tomcat Cluster Section 6.3.2, Configuring ActiveMQ Failover in the Tomcat Cluster
	(Optional) Install Identity Reporting if you did not install it as part of the Identity Governance installation: To learn about reporting, see Section 1.4, Understanding Identity Reporting. To review the prerequisites, see Section 1.8.2, Prerequisites for Identity Reporting. To review the server requirements, see Section 1.9.3, Identity Reporting Server System Requirements. To install Identity Reporting, see Section 5.0, Installing Identity Reporting.
	(Optional) Configure auditing if you did not configure it as part of the Identity Governance installation. For more information, see Enabling Auditing.
	If you did not add the license during the installation, add a valid license key to continue using Identity Governance after the 90-day trial period. For more information, see Updating the License Key.