3.2 Staging

You should ensure that all the applications and Identity Manager systems are up and running in the next stage before moving the configurations.

  1. Back up the current stage project to reuse it in the next stage:

    1. In Designer, go to Windows >Show View > Project.

    2. Right-click the current stage project and select Copy Project.

    3. Enter the name for the next stage project, then click OK.

    4. Click Finish.

  2. To use the first stage project in the subsequent stages, you should rename it.

    1. In the project view, right-click the first stage project and select Rename.

    2. In Designer, click File >Import to import the project exported in Step 1.

    3. In the Import window, select Designer for Identity Manager > Project (From the Filesystem), then click Next.

  3. Import the project exported in Step 1.

    1. In the Import window, select Designer for Identity Manager > Project (From the Filesystem), then click Next.

    2. In the Import Existing Projects page, select the root directory or archive file and browse to the first stage project.

    3. Click Finish.

  4. Change the configuration of one of the Identity Vaults in your project.

    1. In the Outline view or the Modeler, double-click the ID Vault.

    2. In the Configuration page, change the Hostname, Admin Username, and Admin Password.

    3. Click Test Connection for checking the connectivity.

    4. Under each Identity Vault, double-click the servers and change the name and context of the servers.

    5. Add more servers and associate them to the driver set, if necessary.

  5. Change the configuration of all the connected systems of this Identity Vault.

    1. In the Modeler, double-click a driver or a driver line.

    2. In the Driver properties page, change the authentication information in the Authentication tab.

    3. In the Driver properties page, change the driver related information in the Driver Parameters tab.

    4. The driver parameters depend on the servers on which the drivers reside. Ensure that you change the driver parameters on multiple servers if you have multiple servers running a driver.

  6. Change the GCVs for all drivers and driver sets of this Identity Vault.

    GCVs should be the only changes that you make on the drivers and the driver set along with the configuration. Your policies won’t change if they are properly designed.

    1. Monitor all the GCVs that should be changed with the movement of projects.

    2. Change all the GCVs that change with the environment.

    3. Move or add new GCVs to the new servers added in Step 4.e.

  7. Run the project checker to ensure integrity of your project. To deploy the schema, right-click ID Vault > Live > Schema > Deploy.

  8. To deploy additional objects gathered in the Prerequisites, right-click ID Vault > Live > Deploy Additional Objects.

  9. To deploy the Identity Vault, right-click ID Vault > Live > Deploy.

  10. Deploy the appropriate Security Equivalences and Exclude Admin Roles objects for each driver. See Section 2.5, Rights for more information.

  11. Repeat Step 4 through Step 10 for each Identity Vault in your project.