Users interact with the identity applications through a Web browser, based on Java applications and a Tomcat application server. The underlying framework for the identity applications provide container services, such as managing window state, persistence, caching, theming, logging, and acts as a security gatekeeper. The application server on which the applications run provides various services to the application as a whole, such as scalability through clustering, database access via JDBC, and support for certificate-based security.
NOTE:Support for the portal functionality in the User Application was removed in Identity Manager 4.5.