7.0 Integrating SSPR with Identity Manager

NetIQ Identity Manager (IDM) is a comprehensive Identity management solution that provides secure access to Web and enterprise applications. Identity Manager also provides seamless single sign-on across technical and organizational boundaries.

SSPR integrates with Identity Manager 4.5 to manage passwords for all the users who access the identity applications. This integration is possible if SSPR is installed with Identity Manager 4.5 by using Integrated Installer, or if SSPR is installed as a standalone product and configured with Identity Manager 4.5. When a user enters the credentials to access an identity application, the request is sent to SSPR and the user is allowed to access the webpages depending on the password policy that is defined for the user.

If you install SSPR by using Identity Manager 4.5 Integrated Installer, the configuration settings are defined automatically in the SSPR configuration file. For more information on installing SSPR with Identity Manager, see Installing Single Sign-on and Password Management for Identity Manager in the NetIQ Identity Manager Setup Guide. But, if you have installed SSPR as a standalone product and want to utilize the SSPR password management functionality for Identity applications then, you can provide the configurable values for the required settings by using the SSPR Configuration Editor page. The default location for the SSPRConfiguration file is <drive name>:\Program Files (x86)\NetIQ Self Service Password Reset\apache-tomcat-7.0.50\webapps\sspr\WEB-INF. If you make any changes in the settings by using the Configuration Editor, the configuration file gets updated with those changes.

To enable SSPR to integrate with Identity manager, you must update the SSPR configuration file by defining the default values for the SSPR settings that are applicable for Identity applications.