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Preface

1.  Introduction

2.  Case Study: Deploying in a Multimaster Replication Environment

3.  Case Study: Deploying in a High-Availability Environment Over a Wide Area Network Using SSL

A.  Pluggable Authentication Modules

B.  Identity Manager and Identity Synchronization for Windows Cohabitation

C.  Logging and Debugging

Glossary

Index

Preface

This guide describes how to plan and implement an Identity Synchronization for Windows system.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is meant for system administrators who manage user identities on various directory resources. You must understand directory technologies and be familiar with directory servers, databases, and the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

Once you understand the concepts described in this guide, you will be ready to plan and deploy an Identity Synchronization for Windows solution for your particular environment.

Before You Read This Book

Before trying to deploy Identity Synchronization for Windows, read the following publications:

Directory Server Enterprise Edition Documentation Set

This Directory Server Enterprise Edition documentation set explains how to use Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition to evaluate, design, deploy, and administer directory services. In addition, it shows how to develop client applications for Directory Server Enterprise Edition. The Directory Server Enterprise Edition documentation set is available at http://docs.sun.com/coll/1224.4.

For an introduction to Directory Server Enterprise Edition, review the following documents in the order in which they are listed.

Table P-1 Directory Server Enterprise Edition Documentation

Document Title
Contents
Contains the latest information about Directory Server Enterprise Edition, including known problems.
Contains links to key areas of the documentation set that help you to quickly locate the key information.
Introduces the key features of this release. Demonstrates how these features work and what they offer in the context of a deployment that you can implement on a single system.
Explains how to plan and design highly available, highly scalable directory services based on Directory Server Enterprise Edition. Presents the basic concepts and principles of deployment planning and design. Discusses the solution life cycle, and provides high-level examples and strategies to use when planning solutions based on Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
Explains how to install the Directory Server Enterprise Edition software. Shows how to configure the installed software and verify the configured software.
Provides upgrade instructions to upgrade the version 6 installation and migration instructions to migrate version 5.2 installations.
Provides command-line instructions for administering Directory Server Enterprise Edition.

For hints and instructions about using the Directory Service Control Center, DSCC, to administer Directory Server Enterprise Edition, see the online help provided in DSCC.

Shows how to develop directory client applications with the tools and APIs that are provided as part of Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
Introduces technical and conceptual foundations of Directory Server Enterprise Edition. Describes its components, architecture, processes, and features.
Describes the command-line tools, schema objects, and other public interfaces that are available through Directory Server Enterprise Edition. Individual sections of this document can be installed as online manual pages.
Provides information for defining the scope of the problem, gathering data, and troubleshooting the problem areas by using various tools.
Provides general guidelines and best practices for planning and deploying Identity Synchronization for Windows.
Describes how to install and configure Identity Synchronization for Windows.
Provides additional installation instructions in context of Directory Server Enterprise Edition 11.1.1.

Related Reading

The SLAMD Distributed Load Generation Engine is a Java application that is designed to stress test and analyze the performance of network-based applications. It was originally developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. to benchmark and analyze the performance of LDAP directory servers. SLAMD is available as an open source application under the Sun Public License, an OSI-approved open source license. To obtain information about SLAMD, go to http://www.slamd.com/. SLAMD is also available as a java.net project. See https://slamd.dev.java.net/.

Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) technology supports accessing the Directory Server using LDAP and DSML v2 from Java applications. For information about JNDI, see http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/. The JNDI Tutorial contains detailed descriptions and examples of how to use JNDI. This tutorial is at http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/.

Directory Server Enterprise Edition can be licensed as a standalone product, as a component of Sun Java Enterprise System, as part of a suite of Sun products, such as the Sun Java Identity Management Suite, or as an add-on package to other software products from Sun. Java Enterprise System is a software infrastructure that supports enterprise applications distributed across a network or Internet environment. If Directory Server Enterprise Edition was licensed as a component of Java Enterprise System, you should be familiar with the system documentation at http://docs.sun.com/coll/1286.3.

Identity Synchronization for Windows uses Message Queue with a restricted license. Message Queue documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com/coll/1307.2.

Identity Synchronization for Windows works with Microsoft Windows password policies.

Redistributable Files

Directory Server Enterprise Edition does not provide any files that you can redistribute.

Default Paths and Command Locations

This section explains the default paths used in the documentation, and gives the locations of commands on different operating systems and deployment types.

Default Paths

The table in this section describes the default paths that are used in this document. For complete descriptions of the files installed, see the following product documentation.

Table P-2 Default Paths

Placeholder
Description
Default Value
install-path
Represents the base installation directory for Directory Server Enterprise Edition software.

The software is installed in directories below this base install-path. For example, Directory Server software is installed in install-path/ds6/.

When you install from a zip distribution using dsee_deploy(1M), the default install-path is the current directory. You can set the install-path using the -i option of the dsee_deploy command.

When you install from a native package distribution, such as you would using the Java Enterprise System installer, the default install-path is one of the following locations:

  • Solaris systems - /opt/SUNWdsee/.

  • Red Hat systems - /opt/sun/.

  • Windows systems - C:\Program Files\Sun\JavaES5\DSEE.

instance-path
Represents the full path to an instance of Directory Server or Directory Proxy Server.

The documentation uses /local/ds/ for Directory Server and /local/dps/ for Directory Proxy Server.

No default path exists. Instance paths must nevertheless always be found on a local file system.

The following directories are recommended:

/var on Solaris systems

/global if you are using Sun Cluster

serverroot
Represents the parent directory of the Identity Synchronization for Windows installation location
Depends on your installation. Note the concept of a serverroot no longer exists for Directory Server.
isw-hostname
Represents the Identity Synchronization for Windows instance directory
Depends on your installation
/path/to/cert8.db
Represents the default path and file name of the client’s certificate database for Identity Synchronization for Windows
current-working-dir/cert8.db
serverroot/isw-hostname/logs/
Represents the default path to the Identity Synchronization for Windows local logs for the System Manager, each connector, and the Central Logger
Depends on your installation
serverroot/isw-hostname/logs/central/
Represents the default path to the Identity Synchronization for Windows central logs
Depends on your installation

Command Locations

The table in this section provides locations for commands that are used in Directory Server Enterprise Edition documentation. To learn more about each of the commands, see the relevant man pages.

Table P-3 Command Locations

Command
Java ES, Native Package Distribution
Zip Distribution
cacaoadm
Solaris -

/usr/sbin/cacaoadm

Solaris -

install-path/dsee6/cacao_2/usr/sbin/cacaoadm

Red Hat -

/opt/sun/cacao/bin/cacaoadm

Red Hat, HP-UX -

install-path/dsee6/cacao_2/cacao/bin/cacaoadm

Windows -

install-path\share\cacao_2\bin\cacaoadm.bat

Windows -

install-path\dsee6\cacao_2\bin\cacaoadm.bat

certutil
Solaris -

/usr/sfw/bin/certutil

install-path/dsee6/bin/certutil
Red Hat -

/opt/sun/private/bin/certutil

install-path/dps6/bin/dpadm
install-path/dps6/bin/dpadm
install-path/dps6/bin/dpconf
install-path/dps6/bin/dpconf
install-path/ds6/bin/dsadm
install-path/ds6/bin/dsadm
install-path/dscc6/bin/dsccmon
install-path/dscc6/bin/dsccmon
install-path/dscc6/bin/dsccreg
install-path/dscc6/bin/dsccreg
install-path/dscc6/bin/dsccsetup
install-path/dscc6/bin/dsccsetup
install-path/ds6/bin/dsconf
install-path/ds6/bin/dsconf
Not provided
install-path/dsee6/bin/dsee_deploy
install-path/ds6/bin/dsmig
install-path/ds6/bin/dsmig
install-path/ds6/bin/entrycmp
install-path/ds6/bin/entrycmp
install-path/ds6/bin/fildif
install-path/ds6/bin/fildif
Not provided
At the root of the unzipped zip distribution
install-path/ds6/bin/insync
install-path/ds6/bin/insync
install-path/ds6/bin/ns-accountstatus
install-path/ds6/bin/ns-accountstatus
install-path/ds6/bin/ns-activate
install-path/ds6/bin/ns-activate
install-path/ds6/bin/ns-inactivate
install-path/ds6/bin/ns-inactivate
install-path/ds6/bin/repldisc
install-path/ds6/bin/repldisc
install-path/ds6/bin/schema_push
install-path/ds6/bin/schema_push
smcwebserver
Solaris, Linux -

/usr/sbin/smcwebserver

This command pertains only to DSCC when it is installed using native packages distribution.
Windows -

install-path\share\webconsole\bin\smcwebserver

wcadmin
Solaris, Linux -

/usr/sbin/wcadmin

This command pertains only to DSCC when it is installed using native packages distribution.
Windows -

install-path\share\webconsole\bin\wcadmin

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P-4 Typographic Conventions

Typeface
Meaning
Example
AaBbCc123
The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output
Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123
What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output
machine_name% su

Password:

AaBbCc123
A placeholder to be replaced with a real name or value
The command to remove a file is rm filename.
AaBbCc123
Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized (note that some emphasized items appear bold online)
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

A cache is a copy that is stored locally.

Do not save the file.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows default system prompts and superuser prompts.

Table P-5 Shell Prompts

Shell
Prompt
C shell on UNIX and Linux systems
machine_name%
C shell superuser on UNIX and Linux systems
machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell on UNIX and Linux systems
$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser on UNIX and Linux systems
#
Microsoft Windows command line
C:\

Symbol Conventions

The following table explains symbols that might be used in this book.

Table P-6 Symbol Conventions

Symbol
Description
Example
Meaning
[ ]
Contains optional arguments and command options.
ls [-l]
The -l option is not required.
{ | }
Contains a set of choices for a required command option.
-d {y|n}
The -d option requires that you use either the y argument or the n argument.
${ }
Indicates a variable reference.
${com.sun.javaRoot}
References the value of the com.sun.javaRoot variable.
-
Joins simultaneous multiple keystrokes.
Control-A
Press the Control key while you press the A key.
+
Joins consecutive multiple keystrokes.
Ctrl+A+N
Press the Control key, release it, and then press the subsequent keys.
->
Indicates menu item selection in a graphical user interface.
File -> New -> Templates
From the File menu, choose New. From the New submenu, choose Templates.

Documentation, Support, and Training

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