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Application Tier

This layer constitutes AuthMinder Server, your application that uses AuthMinder SDKs, and the application servers where the Administration Console and the User Data Service (UDS) reside.

Note: All components in this layer can be installed on one system or can be distributed across multiple systems.

• AuthMinder Server

  Server component that processes issuance and authentication requests from your application through AuthMinder SDKs.

• Administration Console

  Web-based console for configuring server instances, communication mode between AuthMinder components, authentication policies, credential profiles, managing credentials, and for managing organizations, administrators, and users.

• User Data Service

  The abstraction layer that provides access to user- and organization-related data from different types of user repositories, such as Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMSs) and directory servers (LDAPs).

• Authentication API

  Java APIs that can be invoked by your application to forward authentication requests to AuthMinder Server.

• Credential Management API

  Java APIs that can be invoked by your application to forward issuance requests to AuthMinder Server for creating and managing user credentials in AuthMinder.

• User Management API

  The Web Services client that can be invoked by your application to forward issuance requests to User Data Service for creating and managing users in AuthMinder.

• Sample Application

  Sample Application demonstrates the usage of AuthMinder Java APIs and how your application can be integrated with AuthMinder. The Sample Application can also be used to verify if AuthMinder was installed successfully, and if it is able to perform issuance and authentication operations.