What is a Resource Object?

Resource objects define the capabilities and configuration of the resource you are managing in Identity Manager, including the information described in the following table.

Table 9–2 Information Defined by Resource Objects

Type of Information	Sample Attributes
Connection information	Host name Administrative account name Administrative account Password
User attributes	First name Last name Phone numbers
Identity Manager attributes	List of approvers Password policy for the resource How many times to repeat attempts when contacting the resource

You must define a resource object in Identity Manager for every resource that Identity Manager communicates with or manages.

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Note –

You can view resource objects from Identity Manager’s Debug pages:

http://host:port/idm/debug/

Where:

• host is the local server on which Identity Manager is running.

• port is the TCP port number on which the server is listening.

  The session.jsp page gives you the option of listing objects of type Resource. See Viewing and Editing a Resource Object for more information.

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