Registering Identity Manager

Administrators are encouraged to register their installation of Identity Manager.

You must have a Sun Online Account and password to register. If you do not have a Sun Online Account, you can register for one by completing the form at this address:

https://reg.sun.com/register

Identity Manager can be registered from the console or by using the Administrator interface.

Registering from the console allows you to also create a local service tag, which can be used with Sun Service Tag software to track your inventory of Sun systems, software, and services. The service tags client package should be installed before you create a local service tag. This package can be downloaded by clicking the Download Service Tags button at the following address:

http://inventory.sun.com/inventory

To register Identity Manager, you must log on with an administrator account that allows you to configure Identity Manager objects. This account must have the Product Registration capability. For information about capabilities, see Assigning Capabilities to Users.

Java on your Identity Manager application servers must be properly configured for SSL for the product registration feature to work. All Jar files referenced in your java.security file (or equivalent) need to be present.

The rest of this section provides information and instructions to help you register Identity Manager. This information is organized into the following topics:

• Registering Identity Manager from the Console

• To Register Identity Manager from the Administrator Interface

Registering Identity Manager from the Console

This section contains information you need to register Identity Manager from the Console.

Using the register Command

You use the register command to register Identity Manager from the console. This section provides information about using this command.

register Command Usage

register -local
register -remote [-u <userid> [-p <password>]] [-prompt] -userSOA <userid> 
-passSOA <password> [-proxy <proxyHost> [-port <proxyPortNumber>]] 
register [-help | -?]

register Command Options

The following table describes the options you can use with the register command.

To Register Identity Manager from the Console

To register Identity Manager from the Console, you must create a local service tag or register with Sun over the Internet. Use the following instructions:

1. Start the Identity Manager console (command-line) interface.

   • From a Windows command line, type

     %WSHOME%\bin\lh

   • From a UNIX command line, type

     $WSHOME/bin/lh

2. Use the register command as follows:

   • To create a local service tag,

     register -local

   • To register Identity Manager over the Internet, use the following command:

     register -remote -u <userid> -p <password> -userSOA <soaUserid> -passSOA <soaPassword> -proxy <proxyHost> -port <proxyPortNumber>

     where:

     • userid is the Identity Manager userID of the Identity Manager administrator who is authorized to do the registration.

     • password is the Identity Manager password of the Identity Manager administrator who is authorized to do the registration.

     • soaUserid is the user ID of the Sun Online Account that will be used for registration.

     • soaPassword is the password of the Sun Online Account that will be used for registration.

     • proxyHost is the network proxy to use for access to the Sun online registration service. Only required if your network is configured to use a proxy to reach external Internet addresses.

     • proxyPortNumber is the port on the network proxy to use for access to the Sun online registration service. Only required if your network is configured to use a proxy to reach external Internet addresses.

To Register Identity Manager from the Administrator Interface

If you do not need to create a local service tag, register Identity Manager from the Administrator interface.

1. In the Administrator interface, click Configure.

2. In the secondary menu, click Product Registration.

   The Product Registration page opens.

3. Complete the form and click Register Now. Click the i-Helps for information about individual form fields.

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   Note –

   • If your application server is not configured to allow outgoing SSL connections, you might see the following error message:

     Failed to register on Sun Connection server due to invalid Sun Online Account user/password.

     To resolve this issue, add the appropriate trusted root certificates to your application server’s keystore. Consult your application server’s documentation for details.

   • If old versions of xml-apis.jar and xercesImpl.jar are present in your application server’s classpath, you might see the following error message:

     java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:org.w3c.dom.Node.getTextContent()Ljava/lang/String;

     To resolve this problem, modify the classpath so that only the most recent versions of xml-apis.jar and xercesImpl.jar are present.

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