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Hello World: Learn how to manage user accounts in an LDAP directory with Tivoli Identity Manager

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Wes Wardell , Staff Software Developer, IBM

13 Mar 2007

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Get an overview of Tivoli Identity Manager Express V4.6 in this basic tutorial, which includes demos and hello world exercises.

This tutorial offers an introduction to Tivoli® Identity Manager Express V4.6. It includes practical, hands-on exercises in which you will set up Tivoli Identity Manager Express to manage accounts in an LDAP user directory.

In this tutorial

In this tutorial, you'll use the ITIM Web interface to accomplish the following tasks:

  • Define an ITIM service for interacting with the LDAP directory

  • Manage LDAP accounts: retrieving existing LDAP accounts into ITIM, and deleting an LDAP entry

  • Add a user into ITIM

  • Configure the identity policy that governs how user IDs will be created in the LDAP directory

  • Map user attributes to LDAP attributes

  • Create an LDAP account for the new user

Prerequisites

You don't need to be familiar with Tivoli Identity Manager Express before you begin this tutorial; however, some basic knowledge of Tivoli Directory Server is recommended.


System requirements

To follow the examples in this tutorial, you need Tivoli Identity Manager, including Tivoli Directory Server.


To view the demos included in this tutorial, JavaScript must be enabled in your browser and Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher must be installed. You can download the latest Flash Player at http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer/.


Duration

1 hour


Formats

html, pdf


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