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Create a Directory with an XML Configuration File

You can create or update a CA IdentityMinder 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, make sure that you have modified the default configuration template. For more information, see the Configuration Guide.

Follow these steps:

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

   http://hostname:port/iam/immanage

   hostname

   Defines the fully qualified domain name of the server where CA IdentityMinder is installed.

   port

   Defines the application server port number.

2. Click Directories.

   The CA IdentityMinder 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 CA IdentityMinder 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 IdentityMinder does not prompt you to supply these values again.

   Name

   Determines the name of the CA IdentityMinder Directory that you are creating.

   Description

   (Optional) Describes the CA IdentityMinder Directory.

   Connection Object Name

   Specifies the name of the user directory that the CA IdentityMinder Directory describes. Enter one of the following details:

   • If CA IdentityMinder does not integrate with SiteMinder, specify any meaningful name for the object that CA IdentityMinder uses to connect to the user store.
   • If CA IdentityMinder integrates with SiteMinder and you want to create a user directory connection object in SiteMinder, specify any meaningful name. CA IdentityMinder creates the user directory connection object in SiteMinder with the name you specify.
   • If CA IdentityMinder 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 IdentityMinder uses 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 IdentityMinder 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 IdentityMinder uses a secure connection.

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

   Click Next.

6. Review the settings for the CA IdentityMinder Directory. Click Finish to create the CA IdentityMinder Directory with the current settings or click Previous to modify.

   Status information is displayed in the Directory Configuration Output window.

7. Click Continue to exit.

   CA IdentityMinder creates the directory.