Groups
The managed group object is an optional managed object type, and is defined in managed.json like any other managed object type. Users are made members of groups through the relationships mechanism. You should understand how relationships work before you read about IDM groups.
Add groups as a managed object
To add groups as a managed object type, update managed.json and repo.ds.json in your IDM conf/ directory:
managed.json:-
Add
groupsto theorderproperty in theusermanaged object:... "stateProvince", "roles", "groups", "manager", ... -
Add a
groupsproperty to theusermanaged object type:"groups" : { "description" : "Groups", "title" : "Group", "id" : "urn:jsonschema:org:forgerock:openidm:managed:api:User:groups", "viewable" : true, "userEditable" : false, "returnByDefault" : false, "usageDescription" : "", "isPersonal" : false, "type" : "array", "relationshipGrantTemporalConstraintsEnforced" : false, "items" : { "type" : "relationship", "id" : "urn:jsonschema:org:forgerock:openidm:managed:api:User:groups:items", "title" : "Groups Items", "reverseRelationship" : true, "reversePropertyName" : "members", "notifySelf" : true, "validate" : true, "properties" : { "_ref" : { "description" : "References a relationship from a managed object", "type" : "string" }, "_refProperties" : { "description" : "Supports metadata within the relationship", "type" : "object", "title" : "Groups Items _refProperties", "properties" : { "_id" : { "description" : "_refProperties object ID", "type" : "string" }, "_grantType" : { "description" : "Grant Type", "type" : "string", "label" : "Grant Type" } } } }, "resourceCollection" : [ { "path" : "managed/group", "label" : "Group", "conditionalAssociationField" : "condition", "query" : { "queryFilter" : "true", "fields" : [ ] } } ] } }, -
Add the
groupmanaged object type:{ "name" : "group", "schema" : { "id" : "urn:jsonschema:org:forgerock:openidm:managed:api:Group", "title" : "Group", "icon" : "fa-group", "mat-icon" : "group", "viewable" : true, "$schema" : "http://json-schema.org/draft-03/schema", "order" : [ "_id", "description", "condition", "members" ], "properties" : { "_id" : { "description" : "Group ID", "type" : "string", "viewable" : false, "searchable" : false, "userEditable" : false, "usageDescription" : "", "isPersonal" : false }, "description" : { "title" : "Description", "description" : "Group Description", "type" : "string", "viewable" : true, "searchable" : true, "userEditable" : false }, "condition" : { "description" : "A filter for conditionally assigned members", "title" : "Condition", "viewable" : false, "searchable" : false, "isConditional" : true, "type" : "string" }, "members" : { "description" : "Group Members", "title" : "Members", "viewable" : true, "searchable" : false, "userEditable" : false, "policies" : [ ], "returnByDefault" : false, "type" : "array", "items" : { "type" : "relationship", "id" : "urn:jsonschema:org:forgerock:openidm:managed:api:Group:members:items", "title" : "Group Members Items", "reverseRelationship" : true, "reversePropertyName" : "groups", "validate" : true, "properties" : { "_ref" : { "description" : "References a relationship from a managed object", "type" : "string" }, "_refProperties" : { "description" : "Supports metadata within the relationship", "type" : "object", "title" : "Group Members Items _refProperties", "properties" : { "_id" : { "description" : "_refProperties object ID", "type" : "string" }, "_grantType" : { "description" : "Grant Type", "type" : "string", "label" : "Grant Type" } } } }, "resourceCollection" : [ { "notify" : true, "conditionalAssociation" : true, "path" : "managed/user", "label" : "User", "query" : { "queryFilter" : "true", "fields" : [ "userName", "givenName", "sn" ] } } ] } } } } }
repo.ds.json:-
Add groups as a property for
managed/user:"managed/user" : { "dnTemplate" : "ou=user,ou=managed,dc=openidm,dc=forgerock,dc=com", ... "properties" : { ... "groups" : { "type" : "reference", "ldapAttribute" : "fr-idm-managed-user-groups", "primaryKey" : "cn", "resourcePath" : "managed/group", "isMultiValued" : true }, ... -
Add the
managed/groupobject type:"managed/group" : { "dnTemplate" : "ou=groups,ou=identities", "namingStrategy" : { "type" : "clientDnNaming", "dnAttribute" : "cn" }, "nativeId" : false, "objectClasses" : [ "top", "groupOfURLs", "fr-idm-managed-group" ], "jsonAttribute" : "fr-idm-managed-group-json", "jsonQueryEqualityMatchingRule" : "caseIgnoreJsonQueryMatch", "properties" : { "_id" : { "primaryKey" : true, "type" : "simple", "ldapAttribute" : "cn", "writability" : "createOnly" }, "_rev" : { "type" : "simple", "ldapAttribute" : "etag" }, "description" : { "type" : "simple", "ldapAttribute" : "description" }, "condition" : { "type" : "simple", "ldapAttribute" : "fr-idm-managed-group-condition" }, "memberURL" : { "type" : "simple", "ldapAttribute" : "memberURL", "isMultiValued" : true, "writability" : "createOnly" }, "members" : { "type" : "reverseReference", "resourcePath" : "managed/user", "propertyName" : "groups", "isMultiValued" : true } } },
User group attributes in use
A group can be assigned to a user manually, as a static value of the user’s groups attribute, or dynamically, as a result of a condition or script. For example, a user might be assigned to a group such as sales dynamically, if that user is in the sales organization.
A user’s groups attribute takes an array of references as a value, where the references point to the managed groups. For example, if user bjensen has been assigned to two groups (employees and supervisors), the value of bjensen’s groups attribute would look something like the following:
"groups": [
{
"_ref": "managed/group/supervisors",
"_refResourceCollection": "managed/group",
"_refResourceId": "supervisors",
"_refProperties": {
"_id": "61315165-9269-4944-8db9-98f681c6b0a9",
"_rev": "00000000586a94fd"
}
},
{
"_ref": "managed/group/employees",
"_refResourceCollection": "managed/group",
"_refResourceId": "employees",
"_refProperties": {
"_id": "2a965519-5788-428c-92d1-19fac497db8f",
"_rev": "000000001e1793bc"
}
}
]The _refResourceCollection is the container that holds the group. The _refResourceId is the ID of the group. The _ref property is a resource path that is derived from the _refResourceCollection and the URL-encoded _refResourceId. _refProperties provides more information about the relationship.
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Some of the examples in this documentation use client-assigned IDs (such as |