Access Manager Core Documentation

The Access Manager core documentation set contains the following titles:

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Release Notes will be available online after the product is released. It gathers an assortment of last-minute information, including a description of what is new in this current release, known problems and limitations, installation notes, and how to report issues with the software or the documentation.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Technical Overview provides an overview of how Access Manager components work together to consolidate access control functions, and to protect enterprise assets and web-based applications. It also explains basic Access Manager concepts and terminology.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Deployment Planning Guide provides planning and deployment solutions for Sun Java System Access Manager based on the solution life cycle

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Performance Tuning Guide provides information on how to tune Access Manager and its related components for optimal performance.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Administration Guide describes how to use the Access Manager console as well as manage user and service data via the command line interface.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Federation and SAML Administration Guide (this guide) provides information about the Federation module based on the Liberty Alliance Project specifications. It includes information on the integrated services based on these specifications, instructions for enabling a Liberty-based environment, and summaries of the application programming interface (API) for extending the framework.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Developer’s Guide offers information on how to customize Access Manager and integrate its functionality into an organization’s current technical infrastructure. It also contains details about the programmatic aspects of the product and its API.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 C API Reference provides summaries of data types, structures, and functions that make up the public Access Manager C APIs.

• The Java API Reference (part number 819-2141) provides information about the implementation of Java packages in Access Manager.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 User’s Guide provides an overview of the policy functionality and the policy agents available for Access Manager.

Updates to the Release Notes and links to modifications of the core documentation can be found on the Access Manager page at the Sun Java Enterprise System documentation web site. Updated documents will be marked with a revision date.