Customizing the adapter

The adapters can be customized or extended or both. The type and method of this customization varies depending on the adapter.

Customizing and extending adapters requires a number of skills. The developer must be familiar with the following concepts and skills:

IBM® Security Identity Governance and Intelligence administration
IBM Security Directory Integrator management
Security Directory Integrator Assembly Line development
LDAP schema management
Working knowledge of Java™ scripting language
Working knowledge of LDAP object classes and attributes
Working knowledge of XML document structure

Note: If the customization requires a new Security Directory Integrator connector, the developer must also be familiar with Security Directory Integrator connector development and working knowledge of Java programming language.

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence resources

See the “Learn” section of the IBM Security Identity Manager Support website for links to training, publications, and demonstrations.

Security Directory Integrator resources

See the “Learn” section of the Security Directory Integrator Support website for links to training, publications, and demonstrations.

IBM Security Identity Manager adapter development resources

Adapter Development Tool: The Adapter Development Tool (ADT) is a tool that is used by IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence customers and consultants to create custom adapters. It reduces adapter delivery time and it helps in the development of custom adapters. The ADT is available from the IBM Open Process Automation Library (OPAL) website.

Support for customized adapters

The integration to the IBM Security Identity server server, the adapter framework, is supported. However, IBM does not support the customizations, scripts, or other modifications. You might experience a problem with a customized adapter. In this case, IBM Support might require the problem to be demonstrated on the GA version of the adapter before a PMR is opened.