IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, Version 6.2.2

Deploying User Self Care

Tivoli® Federated Identity Manager automatically installs User Self Care as part of the runtime. You are not required to install any additional software, unless you plan to use Tivoli Access Manager as the target user registry.

Administrations who want to deploy User Self Care must be familiar with the administration of:

Administrations who want to use Tivoli Access Manager as the target user registry or WebSEAL as the point of contact serve must be familiar with Tivoli Access Manager for e-business administration.

The following list summarizes the tasks for deploying User Self Care and the order in which to perform them. Before you start a task, ensure that you have finished any prerequisite tasks.

  1. Configure a Tivoli Federated Identity Manager domain. The configuration steps include configuring the runtime management.

    The steps for this task are identical for all Tivoli Federated Identity Manager scenarios. There are no tasks in this topic that are unique to User Self Care. The task links point you to common task topics in the Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Configuration Guide.

    Configuring a Tivoli Federated Identity Manager domain

  2. Integrate User Self Care with the user registry for your deployment. User Self Care supports Tivoli Directory Server and Tivoli Access Manager registries. You are directed to the instructions that match your registry type.

    Configuring a user registry

  3. User Self Care configuration relies on values obtained from a response file. In this task, you populate a response file with values applicable to your deployment.

    Configuring a response file

  4. Use the response file created in the previous task to configure your User Self Care deployment. This step describes how to view pre-configured trust chains from the administration interface. This step also describes how to use the Tivoli Federated Identity Manager command-line interface to deploy your User Self Care environment. Optionally, you can configure the Captcha demonstration.

    Configuring User Self Care

  5. When your deployment includes Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL server as a point of contact server, you must integrate some User Self Care features with WebSEAL. These tasks instruct you on how to accomplish the integration.

    Integrating User Self Care with WebSEAL



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