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Create a Directory with an XML Configuration File

You can create or update an Identity Manager Directory by importing a completed directory.xml file in the Management Console.

Note: If you are creating a directory using a directory.xml file instead of using the Directory Configuration Wizard, you must modify a default configuration template. For more information, see the Configuration Guide.

To create an Identity Manager Directory with an XML Configuration File

1. Open the Management Console by typing the following URL in a browser:

   http://hostname:port/idmmanage

   • hostname

     Defines the fully qualified domain name of the server where CA Identity Manager is installed

   • port

     Defines the application server port number.

2. Click Directories.

   The Identity Manager Directories window appears.

3. Click Create or Update from XML.
4. Type the path and filename of the directory configuration XML file for creating the Identity Manager Directory, or browse for the file. Click Next.
5. Supply values for the fields in this window as follows:

   Note: The fields that appear in this window depend on the user store type and the information you provided in the directory configuration file in Step 4. If you provided values for any of these fields in the directory configuration file, CA Identity Manager does not prompt you to supply these values again.

   • Name

     Determines the name of the Identity Manager Directory that you are creating.

   • Description

     (Optional) Describes the Identity Manager Directory.

   • Connection Object Name

     Specifies the name of the user directory that the Identity Manager Directory describes. Enter one of the following:

     • If CA Identity Manager does not integrate with SiteMinder, specify any meaningful name for the object that CA Identity Manager uses to connect to the user store.
     • If CA Identity Manager integrates with SiteMinder and you want to create a new user directory connection object in SiteMinder, specify any meaningful name. Identity Manager creates the user directory connection object in SiteMinder with the name you specify.
     • If CA Identity Manager integrates with SiteMinder and you want to connect to an existing SiteMinder user directory, specify the name of the SiteMinder user directory connection object exactly as it appears in the Policy Server user interface.
   • JDBC Data Source JNDI Name (for relational directories only)

     Specifies the name of an existing JDBC data source that CA Identity Manager will use to connect to the database.

   • Host (for LDAP directories only)

     Specifies the host name or IP address of the system where the user directory is installed.

     For CA Directory user stores, use the full domain name of the host system. Do not use localhost.

     For Active Directory user stores, specify the domain name, not the IP address.

   • Port (for LDAP directories only)

     Specifies the port number of the user directory.

   • Provisioning Domain

     Provisioning Domain that CA Identity Manager manages.

     Note: The Provisioning Domain name is case-sensitive.

   • Username/User DN

     Specifies the user name for an account that can access the user store.

     For Provisioning user stores, the user account you specify must have the Domain Administrator profile, or an equivalent set of privileges for the Provisioning Domain.

   • Password

     Specifies the password for the user account that you specified in the Username (for Relational Databases) or User DN field (for LDAP directories).

   • Confirm Password

     Enter the password that you typed in the Password field again for confirmation.

   • Secure Connection (for LDAP directories only)

     Indicates whether CA Identity Manager uses a secure connection.

     Be sure to select this option for Active Directory user stores.

   Click Next.

6. Review the settings for the Identity Manager Directory. Click Finish to create the Identity Manager Directory with the current settings or click Previous to make changes.

   Status information is displayed in the Directory Configuration Output window.

7. Click Continue to exit.

   CA Identity Manager creates the directory.