Sun Java™ System Federation Manager 7.0 is a server product that helps companies to quickly build federated identity and authentication services that work with existing federation hub technologies. It was released in September, 2005 for the SolarisTM operating system. This May, 2006 update expands the application to include support for the Linux application environment. This technical note describes the differences in an instance of Federation Manager when installed and used in the Linux application environment. It contains the following sections:
Federation Manager delivers a solution to establish trust relationships and share secure information for single sign-on across security domains. It allows an organization to:
Engage in relationships with cooperating business partners offering a variety of complementary services.
Integrate applications offered by different departments and divisions within an enterprise.
The documentation originally released with Federation Manager can be found at http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1321.1.
To run on the Linux application environment, Federation Manager requires Red HatTM Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0, or 4.0.
Federation Manager for Linux can be downloaded from http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=43348f86. Instructions for unzipping and installing the tarball can be found in Chapter 2, Installing and Deploying Federation Manager, in Sun Java System Federation Manager 7.0 User’s Guide in the Sun Java System Federation Manager 7.0 User’s Guide.
The instructions and procedures listed in the manuals referred to in Overview of Federation Manager work the same whether Federation Manager is deployed on the Solaris operating system or the Linux application environment. When following the documentation, be sure to change the defined Solaris paths to paths that reflect the Linux installation. The following table lists the directory and path differences for Federation Manager.
Table 1 Federation Manager Directory Paths
Federation Manager |
Solaris |
Linux |
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Default Base Directory |
/opt |
/opt/sun |
Product Directory |
/SUNWam/fm |
/identity/fm |