Set up IDM
This procedure sets up IDM with an external MySQL repository. The procedure reflects the listed server settings for installing IDM.
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Follow the instructions in the IDM documentation to download, install, and run IDM.
Before running IDM, make sure you set the
JAVA_HOME
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Edit the
/path/to/openidm/resolver/boot.properties
file to set the hostname:openidm.host=openidm.example.com
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Configure your IDM repository. This procedure was tested with a MySQL repository. Follow the instructions in the IDM documentation to set up a MySQL repository.
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Configure social authentication.
In your project’s
conf/managed.json
file:-
Add an
aliasList
property to theuser
object:{ "objects": [ { "name": "user", ... "schema": { "properties": { ... "aliasList": { "title": "User Alias Names List", "description": "List of identity aliases used primarily to record social IdP subjects for this user", "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string", "title": "User Alias Names Items" }, "viewable": false, "searchable": false, "userEditable": true, "returnByDefault": false, "isVirtual": false } ... ] }
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Update the
password
property to ensure that users update their passwords through the self-service APIs, not directly:"userEditable" : false
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Change the authentication mechanism to
rsFilter
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Replace the default
conf/authentication.json
file with this authentication.json file. -
Check that the
clientSecret
matches theClient secret
that you set for theidm-resource-server
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Check that the
rsFilter
>subjectMapping
>propertyMapping
>sub
property is correctly configured.The
authentication.json
file aligns with the default AM configuration for subject claim uniqueness. AM refers to the subject by its unique identifier, and so IDM does, too.If AM has its advanced server property,
org.forgerock.security.oauth2.enforce.sub.claim.uniqueness
, set tofalse
, for example, because you upgraded from a previous release of AM, use this property mapping instead:"propertyMapping": { "sub": "userName" }
AM refers to the subject by its username in this case. For details, see the reference for the setting in the AM documentation.
For more information about authenticating using the
rsFilter
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Edit the IDM admin UI configuration so that you can still authenticate through the IDM admin UI:
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In your
conf/ui-configuration.json
file, insert aplatformSettings
object into theconfiguration
object:{ "configuration" : { ..., "platformSettings" : { "adminOauthClient" : "idm-admin-ui", "adminOauthClientScopes" : "fr:idm:*", "amUrl" : "http://am.example.com:8081/am", "loginUrl" : "" } } }
This object tells the IDM admin UI that it is operating in "platform mode" (that is, as an OAuth 2.0 client of AM).
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In your
conf/ui.context-admin.json
file, check thatX-Frame-Options
is set toSAMEORIGIN
:Sample ui.context-admin.json
{ "enabled" : true, "cacheEnabled" : true, "urlContextRoot" : "/admin", "defaultDir" : "&{idm.install.dir}/ui/admin/default", "extensionDir" : "&{idm.install.dir}/ui/admin/extension", "responseHeaders" : { "X-Frame-Options" : "SAMEORIGIN" } }
You should now be able to access the IDM admin UI at http://openidm.example.com:8080/admin. When you log in to the Admin UI, use the default AM administrative user (
amAdmin
), and notopenidm-admin
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Configure the CORS servlet filter.
Replace the default
conf/servletfilter-cors.json
file with this servletfilter-cors.json file. -
Configure synchronization between the IDM repository and the AM identity store.
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Add a configuration for the LDAP connector.
Create a configuration file named
provisioner.openicf-ldap.json
in the/path/to/openidm/conf
directory. Use this provisioner.openicf-ldap.json file as a template.Pay particular attention to the connection properties,
host
,port
,principal
, andcredentials
. These must match the configuration of the DS server that you set up as the identity store. -
Add a mapping between IDM managed user objects, and AM identities stored in DS.
Create a mapping file named
sync.json
in the/path/to/openidm/conf
directory. Use this sync.json file as a template.
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Secure the connection to the DS server.
This step assumes that you have set up the identity store, and exported the DS CA certificate from
identities.example.com
(as shown in Step 4 of Secure connections).Import the DS CA certificate into the IDM truststore:
keytool \ -importcert \ -alias identities-ca-cert \ -file /path/to/identities-ca-cert.pem \ -keystore /path/to/openidm/security/truststore \ -storepass:file /path/to/openidm/security/storepass Owner: CN=Deployment key, O=ForgeRock.com Issuer: CN=Deployment key, O=ForgeRock.com ... Trust this certificate? [no]: yes Certificate was added to keystore
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If you want to use the
PlatformForgottenUsername
orPlatformResetPassword
trees, configure outbound email.After you have installed the Platform UI, you can configure email through the UI at
http://openidm.example.com:8080/admin
.
IDM is now configured for this deployment. Move on to setting up the Platform UIs.