Initial configuration

Several initial configuration tasks are required for your IBM Security Access Manager environment.

After you complete the Getting started tasks, including activating the product, continue with these steps:

1. Manage application interfaces.
2. Configure your environment based on your needs:

   Stand-alone Web Reverse Proxy

   1. Configure the runtime environment.
   2. Configure Web Reverse Proxy instances.

   Member of a cluster of appliances

   Primary master in a cluster:

   1. Manage cluster configuration and specify an appliance to be the primary master.
   2. Configure the runtime environment.
   3. Configure Web Reverse Proxy instances.

   Member of a cluster:

   1. Manage cluster configuration and join the current appliance to the cluster.
   2. Configure Web Reverse Proxy instances.

   Front-end load balancer:

   1. Configure the front-end load balancer.

   Set up communication between appliances

   Complete the following task if you have one appliance with Advanced Access Control activated and one without it: Adding runtime listening interfaces.

   Configure the Administrative User Registry:

   If you want to enforce password policies for the administrative users, configure an external user registry that implements the desired password policies as the administrative user registry. See Configuring management authentication.

Proceed with additional configuration tasks as your environment requires.