IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence, Version 5.2.1

Creating targets

Create an instance of a target from a target type, such as the Linux profile or another adapter profile that you installed.

Before you begin

Depending on how your system administrator customized your system, you might not have access to this task. To obtain access to this task or to have someone complete it for you, contact your system administrator.

Before you can create a target in IBM® Security Identity Governance and Intelligence, you must create a target type. Alternatively, use one of the target types that were automatically created when you installed Identity Governance and Intelligence. You can create a target type by importing the adapter profile. Alternatively, you can add new schema classes and attributes for the target to your LDAP directory. Before you can create a target for an adapter, the adapter must be installed, and the adapter profile must be created.

About this task

The target name and description that you provide for each target are displayed on the console. Therefore, it is important to provide values that make sense to your users and administrators.

To create a target instance, complete these steps:

Procedure

  1. On the Appliance Dashboard, select Identity Governance and Intelligence Administration Console from the Quick Links widget. The Administration Console is displayed.
  2. From the Administration Console, select Target Administration. The Target Administration Console is displayed.
  3. From the navigation tree, click Manage Targets. The Select a Target page is displayed.
  4. On the Select a Target page, click Create. The Create a Target wizard is displayed.
  5. On the Select the Type of Target page, select a target type and click Next.
    If the table contains multiple pages, you can do the following tasks:
    • Click the arrow to go to the next page.
    • Type the number of the page that you want to view and click Go.
  6. On General Information page, specify the values for the target instance. The content of the General Information page depends on the type of target that you are creating. The creation of some targets might require more steps. It is specific to the profile (adapter). See the adapter's Installation and Configuration Guide for the more information.
  7. On the Users and Groups page, which is displayed only for LDAP targets, complete the required fields.
  8. On the Authentication page, which does not display for every target type, complete the required fields.
  9. On the Dispatcher Attributes page, specify information about the dispatcher attributes and click Next or OK. The Dispatcher Attributes page is displayed only for IBM Security Directory Integrator based targets.
  10. On the Status and Information page, view information about the adapter and managed resource and click Next or Finish. The adapter must be running to obtain the information.
  11. Optional: On the Application Information page, type a name and description for the application, and then click Finish.
  12. Optional: Click Test Connection to validate that the data in the fields is correct, and then click Next or Finish. If the connection fails, contact the analyst who is responsible for the computer on which the managed resource runs.

Results

A message is displayed, indicating that you successfully created the target instance for a specific target type.

What to do next

Specify the account defaults for the target attributes. The required attributes are indicated by an asterisk (*). Provisioning fails for required attributes that are not defined. For example, LDAP requires the attributes Full name and Last name. For more information, see Account defaults on a target.

Select another target task, or click Close. When the Select a Target page is displayed, click Refresh to refresh the Targets table and display the new target instance.