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Manage CA IAM Connector Server with Connector Xpress

If you have installed CA IAM Connector Server with CCS, you can use Connector Xpress to manage a Connector Server. You can add, edit, and remove Connector Servers.

Configuring a Connector Server allows you to manage connectors accessed through CA IAM Connector Server.

Follow these steps:

1. In the Provisioning Servers tree, right-click the Connector Servers node, then click Add Connector Server.

   The Connector Sever Details dialog appears.

2. Complete the following fields on the Connector Sever Details dialog, then click OK.

   Host Name

   Defines the name of the host where the Connector Server is located.

   Port

   Defines the port used to connect to the CA IAM Connector Server

   Bind DN

   Defines the user name used to connect to the Connector Server in DN format.

   Use TLS

   Specifies that a secure TLS connection to the Connector Server is established. This means that the connector does not transmit the password in clear text. If not selected, the connector transmits the password in clear text.

   Default: Selected

   Key

   Defines the name of the configuration option that the connector uses to connect to the Connector Server. For example, com.ca.iam.server.class=com.ca.iam.model.impl.JCSServer and com.ca.iam.server.superagent=true.

   Value

   Defines the value of the configuration option.

   Key column

   Displays the full list of configuration options that the connector uses to connect to the Connector Server.

   Value column

   Displays the corresponding values for the configuration options displayed in the Key column.

   Connector Xpress displays the Connector Server tree expanded with the list of known connector servers.

Configure a Connector Server

You can use Connector Xpress to configure a Connector Server that manages connectors accessed through a CA IAM Connector Server. To configure a CA IAM Connector Server, verify that a Connector Server is installed and running.

Follow these steps:

1. In the Provisioning Servers tree, right-click the Connector Servers Node, then click Add Connector Server.

   The Connector Sever Details dialog appears.

2. Complete the following fields on the Connector Server Details dialog, then click OK.

   Host Name

   Defines the name of the host where the Connector Server is located.

   Port

   Defines the port used to connect to the CA IAM Connector Server

   Bind DN

   Defines the user name used to connect to the Connector Server in DN format.

   Use TLS

   Specifies that a secure TLS connection to the Connector Server is established. This means that the connector does not transmit the password in clear text. If not selected, the connector transmits the password in clear text.

   Default: Selected

   Key

   Defines the name of the configuration option that the connector uses to connect to the Connector Server. For example, com.ca.iam.server.class=com.ca.iam.model.impl.JCSServer and com.ca.iam.server.superagent=true.

   Value

   Defines the value of the configuration option.

   Key column

   Displays the full list of configuration options that the connector uses to connect to the Connector Server.

   Value column

   Displays the corresponding values for the configuration options displayed in the Key column.

   Connector Xpress displays the Connector Server tree expanded with the list of known Connector Server.

Connect to a Connector Server

You can use Connector Xpress to connect to a Connector Server and display and manage the endpoints that the Connector Server manages.

Follow these steps:

1. In the Provisioning tree, click the Connector Server you want to connect to.
2. When prompted, enter the password for the Connector Server you want to connect to, then click ok.

   Connector Xpress connects to the Connector Server and queries whether it is a stand-alone connector server.

   The Connector Server responds with confirmation that it is a stand-alone Connector Server.

   Connector Xpress displays the End Points node under the Connector Servers node.

3. Select the End Points Type node in the Provisioning tree under the Connector Server you want to connect to.

   Connector Xpress displays the CA IAM Connector Server, CSS endpoint types, endpoints, and the dynamic endpoint types that the selected Connector Server manages.

Edit Connector Server Details

If the details of your Connector Server change, for example, when you upgrade your hardware, edit the details of your Connector Server if necessary.

Follow these steps:

1. In the Provisioning Servers tree, under the Connector Servers node, right-click the Connector Server whose details you want to edit, then click Edit Server.

   The Connector Server Details dialog appears.

2. Complete the fields in the dialog, then click OK.

   Connector Xpress changes the details of the Connector Server.

More information:

Connector Server Details Dialog

Create an Endpoint Type Managed by a Connector Server

You can create an endpoint type and manage it with a specific Connector Server.

Note: You can only create an endpoint type when a Connector Xpress project is open.

Follow these steps:

1. Open an existing project.
2. In the Provisioning Servers tree, under the Connector Servers Node, right-click the Endpoint Types node, then click Create New Endpoint Type.

   The Create New Endpoint Type dialog appears.

3. Complete the fields on the dialog, then click OK.

   You have defined the name of your new endpoint type and added the endpoint type to the Endpoint Types node of the Connector Server you specified.

Delete an Endpoint Type Managed by a Connector Server

You can remove a connector managed by a Connector Server using Connector Xpress when you no longer want to manage that connector in the Provisioning Manager.

Important! We strongly recommend that you only use Connector Xpress to remove endpoints associated with dynamic connectors, to help ensure successful deletion.

Follow these steps:

1. Expand the Endpoints node in the Provisioning Servers tree under the Connector Server node.
2. Right-click the endpoint you want to delete, then click Delete Endpoint.
3. When prompted, confirm that you want to delete the endpoint.

Connector Xpress deletes the connector, and removes the endpoint and associated account templates, but the data on the endpoint is unchanged.