Set up the server
What You Need Before Starting
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For an up-to-date list of requirements, refer to Before you install.
Download and start the server
This procedure assumes that you are starting IDM as a regular (not administrative) user named user.
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Download IDM from Backstage. Releases on Backstage are thoroughly validated for ForgeRock customers who run the software in production deployments, and for those who want to try or test a given release.
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Extract the contents of the IDM binary file to your user’s
Downloadsdirectory. The process should unpack the contents to theDownloads/openidmsubdirectory. -
Navigate to the
Downloads/openidmsubdirectory:-
In Microsoft Windows, use Windows Explorer to navigate to the
C:\Users\user\Downloads\openidmdirectory.Double-click the
getting-started(.bat)file. Do not select thegetting-started.shfile, as that is intended for use on UNIX/Linux systems. -
In Linux/UNIX, open a command-line interface and run the following command:
/home/user/Downloads/openidm/getting-started.sh
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The following message should display:
-> OpenIDM ready
When the server is ready, you can administer it from a web browser. To do so, navigate to http://localhost:8080/admin or https://localhost:8443/admin. If you have installed the server on a remote system, substitute that hostname or IP.
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In production, you should connect to IDM via a secure port and import a CA-signed certificate into the truststore, as discussed in the Security. Until you install that certificate, a warning displays in your browser the first time you access IDM over a secure port. |
The default username and password for the IDM Administrator is openidm-admin and openidm-admin.
When you log in to IDM at a URL with the /admin endpoint, you are logging into the Administrative User Interface, also known as the admin UI.
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The default password for the administrative user, |