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Sun Java[tm] System Identity Manager 6.0 Quick Start Guide for Evaluators 2005Q4M3  

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Before You Install

This chapter describes the prerequisites for installing the Identity Install Pack, including:


Required Privileges

You must have administrator privileges on the resource you are going to manage (Active Directory, LDAP, Red Hat Linux, or Solaris) for the product demonstration.


Memory Requirements

Determine your memory requirements and set values in your Apache Tomcat application server's JVM by adding maximum and minimum heap size to the Java command line. For example:

java -Xmx512M -Xms512M

You can specify these values in Tomcat by setting the JAVA_OPTS environment variable as follows:


Prerequisite Tasks

Before installing the Identity Install Pack software, you must:

Decide Where to Store Index Repository Files

You must create the directory where you will store application files before launching the installation program. You can store application files in a staging folder, or you can install into your application server's Web application directory.


Note  This guide assumes you are using MySQL 5.0.

Using a Staging Directory

Because the applications are based on J2EE Web, you can store them in a staging folder. This staging folder is used to deploy the application into your specific application server. Typically, a Web Application Archive (.war) file is created for use in the deployment steps.

Using a Web Application Directory

You can choose to install directly into Tomcat's Web application directory. In this case, you will specify the Web application directory during installation. The installation program will place the Identity Install Pack files in folder named idm in that location by default.

Set Up a Java Virtual Machine and Java Compiler

The application requires a Java compiler and a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to run the Java classes that perform actions within Identity Install Pack. Both of these can be found in a Java SDK. (The JRE packages do not include a Java compiler.)


Notes

Set Up an Index Database

To set up an index database, you can


Software Requirements

Before you install Identity Manager, you must install the following software:

Setting Up MySQL

Follow these steps to set up MySQL for use with Identity Manager.

  1. Install the MySQL software and start the MySQL process (if it does not start automatically).
  2. Create the database. To do this:
    1. Copy the create_waveset_tables.mysql script from the db_scripts directory on the installation CD (or from the idm\sample directory if you have already installed) to a temporary location.
    2. Modify the following three lines in the create_waveset_tables.mysql script to change the database user password. Replace the waveset in single quotes with the password:
    3. GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on waveset.* TO waveset IDENTIFIED BY 'waveset';

      GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on waveset.* TO waveset@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'waveset';

      GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on waveset.* TO waveset@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'waveset';

    4. Use one of the following commands to create the new tables:
      • On Windows, type
      • <MYSQL_HOME>\bin\mysql -u root [-p] < create_waveset_tables.mysql

      • On UNIX, type
      • $MYSQL/bin/mysql -u root [-p] < create_waveset_tables.mysql


        Note  For additional information about setting up and configuring MySQL, which database server versions are supported, and for download or product locations see the Sun Java™ System Identity Install Pack Installation Guide.

Installing Tomcat 5.0 Software

Install the Tomcat software according to the instructions provided by the application server provider. You will find helpful information at the Jakarta Project site, located at http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/.

Installing on Windows

If you are installing from the Tomcat installer:

  1. Specify the Tomcat installation location.
  2. Select to start Tomcat as a service, and then specify the port on which to run.
  3. The default port is 8080.

  4. Add the Java mail.jar and activiation.jar files to the following directory:
  5. ./tomcat/common/lib

    The mail and activation jar files can be found at these locations:

    http://java.sun.com/products/javamail http://java.sun.com/products/beans/glasgow/jaf.html

Installing on UNIX

After downloading and unpacking the Tomcat 5.0 installation bundle, modify the Tomcat start-up script by adding these lines to the top of the setclasspath.sh file in the $TOMCAT_HOME/bin directory:

JAVA_HOME=Location of a JDK
BASEDIR=Location of your unpacked Tomcat
export JAVA_HOME BASEDIR

After downloading and installing all of the prerequisite software, you can install and configure Identity Manager. Continue to the next chapter for instructions.



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