Onboarding the PeopleTools Application

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Provision users from Verify to On-Premises PeopleTools® adapter.

Before you begin

  1. Configure the identity agent for authentication in Verify. See, Configuring through the Verify user interface.
  2. Deploy and configure the IBM® Verify Identity Brokerage On-Premises component.

Procedure

  1. Log in as administrator on IBM Verify.
  2. Select Applications > Applications and click Add application.
  3. Search application type as the name set for the uploaded application profile from the menu and click Add application.
    For example, if the PeopleTools profile was uploaded with name PeopleTools, then the application is found with PeopleTools(custom).
  4. In the Add applications page, select the General tab, and specify the required details.
  5. Select the Account lifecycle tab.
  6. Specify the provisioning and deprovisioning policies.
    Parameters Description
    Provision accounts

    Provision accounts are Disabled by default, which means the account creation is performed outside of IBM Verify.

    Select the Enabled option to automatically provision an account when the entitlement is assigned to a user. Password generations and email notification features are available for the account that is created using IBM Verify.
    Deprovision accounts

    Deprovision accounts is Disabled by default, which means account removal is performed outside of IBM Verify.

    Select the Enabled option in to automatically deprovision an account when entitlement is removed from a user.
    Account password
    Sync user's Cloud Directory password
    This option is available if Password sync is enabled on the Cloud Directory. It uses the Cloud Directory password when a regular user is provisioned to the application. Federated users receive a generated password when provisioned to the application.
    Generate password
    This option generates a random password for the provisioned account. The password is based on the Cloud Directory password policy.
    None
    This option provisions the account without a password.
    Send email notification This option is available when you select the Generate password option. When you select the Send email notification option an email notification with the auto-generated password is sent to your email address after the account is provisioned successfully.
    Grace period (days) Set the grace period in days for which deprovisioned account is kept as suspended before deleting it permanently.
    Deprovision action Delete the account. This field is available only if the deprovision account field is enabled.
  7. In General section, select Application profile from the drop-down. If the profile does not exist you must create one. For more information see, Managing identity adapter application profiles.
  8. Specify the API authentication details.
    Parameters Description
    Tivoli® Directory Integrator location URL for the IBM VerifyDirectory Integrator instance. For example, rmi://<ip-address>:<port>/ITDIDispatcher, where ip-address is the IBM Verify Directory Integrator host and port is the port number for the RMI Dispatcher.
    APP Server name Specify the name or IP address of the PeopleTools Application Server to be managed.
    APP Server port Specify the port number used to connect to the PeopleTools Application Server. This number is the IP port number on which the PeopleTools Application Server listens for JOLT connections. This value is typically port 9000.
    PS APP ID Specify the name of the PeopleTools account created for the adapter.
    APP ID Password Specify a password of the PeopleTools account created for the adapter.
    JDBC driver

    Specify the database type 4 JDBC driver. For example, the JDBC driver for IBM DB2® database connectivity is: com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver. See JDBC type 4 driver JAR file for more information.
    JDBC URL Specify the Web address that is used to connect to the PeopleSoft tables. For example, the connectivity JDBC URL for IBM DB2 database is:
    jdbc:db2://10.77.68.37:50000/PTDB
	jdbc:db2://ip address:port/database name

    See JDBC type 4 driver JAR file for more information.
    Database user name Specify the administrator user name that is used to connect to the database.
    Database user password Specify the password for the database user.
    PeopleTools Domain password The Domain Connection Password. Specify the password for the PeopleTools domain if it is configured. The password is optional on the PeopleSoft resource.
    Database table owner Specify the name of the PeopleTools database table owner.
  9. Click Test Connection to test the connection to the PeopleTools on premises. The connection needs to be successful to provision or reconcile accounts on the PeopleTools application.
  10. Map the target PeopleTools attributes to the Verify attributes as required. Select the Keep updated check box for the attributes that need to be updated on the target.

  11. Select the Account sync tab.
  12. In the Adoption policy section, add one or more attribute pairs that need to match for the account sync process to assign PeopleTools accounts to their respective account owners on Verify.

  13. In the Remediation Policies section, choose a remediation policy to remediate non-compliant accounts automatically.
  14. Click Save.
  15. After the application is saved, specify the authorization policy on the Entitlements tab.