Preparing to install Navigator

Before you deploy your application containers, you must prepare your environment for Navigator. These preparation items include creating or designating LDAP users and groups, preparing databases for the application data and managed content, and configuring storage for the applications.

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As part of the deployment process, you supply numerous values for the required configuration parameters that define your environment. These prerequisite steps provide details that help you collect your input for configuration and deployment.

Keep in mind the following planning consideration:
Planning for SSO
You can deploy Navigator to work in a single sign-on (SSO) environment. The enablement for this deployment type is included in a separate image. If you want to use SSO with Navigator, use the SSO image when you upload your containers, for example, navigator-sso:3.0.x.

For Navigator, partial SSO support (Navigator web client features only) is available. SAML is the only supported SSO provider.

See Configuring SSO log out between Business Automation Navigator and Platform UI (Zen) for instructions.

For a more focused YAML file that contains the default value for each Navigator parameter, see the fncm_ban_sample_cr.yaml file. You can use this shorter sample resource file to compile all the values you need for your Navigator environment, then copy the sections into the ibm_cp4a_cr_template.yaml file before you deploy.

For a full list and more information about the parameters that you provide for the configuration tool, see Navigator parameters.