A.1 Driver Configuration

In iManager:

  1. Click to display the Identity Manager Administration page.

  2. Open the driver set that contains the driver whose properties you want to edit:

    1. In the Administration list, click Identity Manager Overview.

    2. If the driver set is not listed on the Driver Sets tab, use the Search In field to search for and display the driver set.

    3. Click the driver set to open the Driver Set Overview page.

  3. Locate the driver icon, then click the upper right corner of the driver icon to display the Actions menu.

  4. Click Edit Properties to display the driver’s properties page.

    By default, the Driver Configuration page is displayed.

In Designer:

  1. Open a project in the Modeler.

  2. Right-click the driver icon or line, then select click Properties > Driver Configuration.

The Driver Configuration options are divided into the following sections:

A.1.1 Driver Module

The driver module changes the driver from running locally to running remotely or the reverse.

Java/Native: This option is not used with the SharePoint driver.

Connect to Remote Loader: This option should be used for SharePoint driver when the driver is connecting remotely to the connected system. Designer includes two suboptions:

  • Driver Object Password: Specifies a password for the Driver object. If you are using the Remote Loader, you must enter a password on this page. Otherwise, the remote driver does not run. The Remote Loader uses this password to authenticate itself to the remote driver shim.

  • Remote Loader Client Configuration for Documentation: : Includes information on the Remote Loader client configuration when Designer generates documentation for the driver.

A.1.2 Driver Object Password (iManager Only)

Driver Object Password: Use this option to set a password for the driver object. If you are using the Remote Loader, you must enter a password on this page or the remote driver does not run. This password is used by the Remote Loader to authenticate itself to the remote driver shim.

A.1.3 Authentication

The Authentication section stores the information required to authenticate to the connected system.

Authentication ID: Specify a user application ID. This ID is used to pass Identity Vault subscription information to the application.

Example: Administrator

Authentication Context: Specify the IP address or name of the server the application shim should communicate with.

Remote Loader Connection Parameters: Used only if the driver is connecting to the application through the Remote Loader. The parameter to enter is hostname=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port=xxxx kmo=certificatename, when the hostname is the IP address of the application server running the Remote Loader server and the port is the port the Remote Loader is listening on. The default port for the Remote Loader is 8090.

The kmo entry is optional. It is only used when there is an SSL connection between the Remote Loader and the Metadirectory engine.

Example: hostname=10.0.0.1 port=8090 kmo=IDMCertificate

Cache limit (KB): Specify the maximum event cache file size (in KB). If it is set to zero, the file size is unlimited. Click Unlimited to set the file size to unlimited in Designer.

Application Password: Specify the password for the user object listed in the Authentication ID field.

Remote Loader Password: Used only if the driver is connecting to the application through the Remote Loader. The password is used to control access to the Remote Loader instance. It must be the same password specified during the configuration of the Remote Loader on the connected system.

A.1.4 Startup Option

The Startup Option section allows you to set the driver state when the Identity Manager server is started.

Auto start: The driver starts every time the Identity Manager server is started.

Manual: The driver does not start when the Identity Manager server is started. The driver must be started through Designer or iManager.

Disabled: The driver has a cache file that stores all of the events. When the driver is set to Disabled, this file is deleted and no new events are stored in the file until the driver state is changed to Manual or Auto Start.

Do not automatically synchronize the driver: This option only applies if the driver is deployed and was previously disabled. If this is not selected, the driver re-synchronizes the next time it is started.

A.1.5 Driver Parameters

The Driver Parameters section lets you configure the driver-specific parameters. When you change driver parameters, you tune driver behavior to align with your network environment.

The parameters are divided into different categories:

Driver Options

User name: The name of the SharePoint user that the shim can use to access the SharePoint site. (For example, AD-DOMAIN\username)

User password: The password of the SharePoint user that the shim can use to access the SharePoint site. If you want to use Password Synchronization, select Negotiate.

Site Collection URL: The URL of the top-level SharePoint site collection with which the shim can interact.

Publisher Options

Working directory: Specify the full path to a directory on the local file system where Publisher state information for the driver can be stored. The driver process must have write access to the directory.

Domain name: Specify the Active Directory domain name that the SharePoint site collection is a part of. On most systems, NETBIOS name is the domain name. The Publisher channel synchronizes objects only from this domain. To synchronize all the objects found in the SharePoint site collection that match the Publisher filter, leave the Domain Name blank.

Polling Interval: Specify the number of seconds the Publisher channel should wait after polling SharePoint for new changes before polling again.