1.2 Understanding the Integrated Installation Process

The integrated installation process runs the installation programs for the various Identity Manager components. If you are installing in a distributed environment, you can specify which components to install on each computer.

When you begin the installation process, you can specify a password that the process will apply to all password parameters for the installed components. The installation applies default settings to configure the installed components. You can modify the default settings as part of the installation process or make the changes later. For example, when you initiate the process, you can specify the password that you want to apply to all password values.

NOTE:You cannot use the integrated installation process to upgrade an existing installation.

The following sections explain the components that you can install with this process and their default settings.

1.2.1 Identity Manager Server

This option installs the following Identity Manager components:

  • Identity Vault

  • Identity Manager engine

  • iManager plug-ins

  • Identity Manager drivers

  • Remote Loader

By default, the administrative account for the Identity Vault is admin. You can change that value when you configure the components. The installation process automatically creates the tree structure for the Identity Vault. For more information, see Section 1.3, Understanding the Default Identity Vault Structure.

1.2.2 Identity Applications

This option installs the following Identity Manager components and supporting software:

  • Catalog Administrator

  • Home and Provisioning Dashboard

  • Roles Based Provisioning Module (RBPM)

  • Role and Resource Service driver

  • User Application

  • User Application driver

  • One SSO Provider

  • PostgreSQL

  • Self Service Password Reset

  • Tomcat

The installation process provides an Oracle JRE, open source versions of Apache Tomcat Web Server, Apache ActiveMQ, and PostgreSQL database server as a basis for Identity Manager. This installer lets you install these components without downloading them separately. However, NetIQ does not provide enterprise support for these components.

NetIQ recommends using an enterprise application server for staging and production environments, and creating development environments by using this convenient installer. NetIQ does not provide support and updates for these components, or administration, configuration, or tuning. If you need support, go to the third-party provider of the component.

The installation process creates the following accounts and database:

Default item

Description

idmuserappdb

Database for the identity applications

idmadmin

Administrative user account for the idmuserappdb database

uaadmin

Administrative user account for the User Application

The installation process also creates and configures the User Application driver and the Role and Resource Service driver. To configure additional drivers, see the Identity Manager Drivers documentation website.

For more information about the identity applications, see Understanding the Components for Managing User Provisioning and Installing the Identity Applications in the NetIQ Identity Manager Setup Guide.

1.2.3 Identity Reporting

This option installs the following Identity Manager components:

  • Identity Reporting Module

  • Managed System Gateway driver (MSGW)

  • Driver for Data Collection Service (DCS)

Although you might have multiple types of event auditing systems, Identity Reporting can communicate with only one Event Auditing Service computer. To log events, Identity Reporting needs the SIEM database that gets installed with Event Auditing Service.

For more information about Identity Reporting, see Identity Reporting and Installing the Identity Reporting Components in the NetIQ Identity Manager Setup Guide.

1.2.4 Event Auditing Service

This option installs the following components:

  • NetIQ Event Auditing Service

  • SIEM database

IMPORTANT:The Event Auditing Service can be installed only on a Linux computer.

Event Auditing Service and Identity Reporting use the SIEM database for storing audit, log, and report events. The installation process creates the following user accounts in the database:

Default item

Description

dbauser

Administrative user for the database

idmrptsrv

User account for the owner of the database schemas and objects for reporting

idmrptuser

User account with read-only access to the reporting data

For more information about EAS, see Event Auditing Service and Installing the Event Auditing Servicein the NetIQ Identity Manager Setup Guide.

1.2.5 iManager

This option installs iManager and its workstation client. During the configuration process, you can modify the default ports that iManager uses for communication. For more information about iManager, see iManager and Installing iManagerin the NetIQ Identity Manager Setup Guide.

1.2.6 Designer

This option installs Designer on the local computer. Designer does not have any user-programmable parameters. For more information about Designer, see Designer for Identity Manager and Planning to Install Designer in the NetIQ Identity Manager Setup Guide.

1.2.7 Analyzer

This option installs Analyzer on the local computer. Analyzer does not have any user-programmable parameters. For more information about Analyzer, see Analyzer for Identity Manager and Installing Analyzer in the NetIQ Identity Manager Setup Guide.