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CA Identity Manager Connectors run as part of the wider Provisioning Server architecture and communicate with the systems managed in your environment. A connector acts as a gateway to a native endpoint type system technology. For example, to manage computers running Active Directory Services (ADS) you must install the ADS connector on a Connector Server with which the Provisioning Server can communicate. Connectors manage the objects that reside on the systems. Managed objects include accounts, groups, and optionally, endpoint type specific objects.
Connectors are installed on the Connector Server and some components are installed on the Provisioning Server (for example, server plug-in) or Provisioning Manager (user interface plug-ins).
Some connectors require an agent on the systems they manage in order to complete the communication cycle; in which case, they can be installed using the Provisioning Installer. There are two categories of agents:
Certain components now work on UNIX and Windows, including these C++ Connector Server-based options:
Note: The UNIX ACC connector can manage only UNIX ACC endpoints. The Windows ACC connector is required to manage the Windows ACC endpoints but can also manage UNIX ACC endpoints.
Note: The C++ Connector Server on Solaris only manages Solaris UNIX ETC endpoints and ACC on Solaris endpoint. The rest get managed by C++ on Windows so you must install the C++ Connector Server on Windows and register it with Provisioning Server (Solaris) and state that it is your default C++ Connector Server during installation.
You can access the other C++ Connector server-based connectors from the Solaris Provisioning Server by using on the Connector Server Framework (CSF). The CSF allows a Provisioning Server on Solaris to communicate with connectors running on Windows.
Note: The CSF must run on Windows to use these connectors.
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