Adding the attributes to the Identity Management Service

The Identity Management Service uses a predefined set of common attributes . If you want to use additional attributes from your identity provider (IdP) to create dynamic user groups, you must add the attributes to the Identity Management Service.

Who needs to complete this task?

To complete this task, you must have the Administer platform permission on IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

When do you need to complete this task?

Complete this task if you want to use additional attributes from your IdP to create dynamic user groups.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Identify the attributes in your LDAP server that you want to use in the Identity Management Service.
  2. Use the IBM Cloud Pak foundational services /v2/scim/attributes API to add the attributes to the Identity Management Service.
    For more information, see Adding custom SCIM attributes in the IBM Cloud Pak foundational services documentation:

    You can add the attributes for users or groups.