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21 Integrating with IBM Tivoli Directory Server

This chapter outlines the procedures for integrating Oracle Identity Management with IBM Tivoli Directory Server. It contains these topics:

Note:

Before continuing with this chapter, you should be familiar with the concepts presented in previous chapters. The following chapters in particular are important:

If you are configuring a demonstration of integration with IBM Tivoli Directory Server, then see the Oracle By Example series for Oracle Identity Management Release 11g Release 1 (11.1.1), available on Oracle Technology Network at http://www.oracle.com/technology/Opens a new window

21.1 Verifying Synchronization Requirements for IBM Tivoli Directory Server

Before configuring basic or advanced synchronization with IBM Tivoli Directory Server, ensure that your environment meets the necessary synchronization requirements by following the instructions in "Verifying Synchronization Requirements"Opens a new window. Before synchronizing with IBM Tivoli Directory Server, you must also perform the following steps:

  • When creating a user account in IBM Tivoli Directory Server with sufficient privileges to perform import and export operations, be sure to assign sufficient permissions to read the tombstone

  • Enable change logging on IBM Tivoli Directory Server

21.2 Configuring Basic Synchronization with IBM Tivoli Directory Server

You use the expressSyncSetup command to quickly establish synchronization between the Oracle back-end directory and IBM Tivoli Directory Server. The expressSyncSetup command uses default settings to automatically perform all required configurations, and also creates two synchronization profiles, one for import and one for export. To use the expressSyncSetup command to synchronize with IBM Tivoli Directory Server, refer to "Creating Import and Export Synchronization Profiles Using expressSyncSetup"Opens a new window.

21.3 Configuring Advanced Integration with IBM Tivoli Directory Server

When you install Oracle Directory Integration Platform, sample import and export synchronization profiles are automatically created for each of the supported third-party directories. The sample synchronization profiles created for IBM Tivoli Directory Server are:

  • TivoliImport—The profile for importing changes from IBM Tivoli Directory Server to the Oracle back-end directory.

  • TivoliExport—The profile for exporting changes from the Oracle back-end directory to IBM Tivoli Directory Server

You can also use the expressSyncSetup command to create additional synchronization profiles. The import and export synchronization profiles that you either created during the install process or with expressSyncSetup are only intended as a starting point for you to use when deploying your integration of the Oracle back-end directory and an IBM Tivoli Directory Server. Because the default synchronization profiles are created using predefined assumptions, you must further customize them for your environment by performing the following steps in the order listed:

21.3.1 Step 1: Plan Your Integration

Plan your integration by reading Chapter 16, "Connected Directory Integration Concepts and Considerations"Opens a new window, particularly "IBM Tivoli Directory Server Integration Concepts"Opens a new window. Be sure to create a new profile by copying the existing IBM Tivoli Directory Server template profile by following the instructions in "Creating Synchronization Profiles"Opens a new window.

21.3.2 Step 2: Configure the Realm

Configure the realm by following the instructions in "Configuring the Realm"Opens a new window.

21.3.3 Step 3: Customize the ACLs

Customize ACLs as described in "Customizing Access Control Lists"Opens a new window.

21.3.4 Step 4: Customize Attribute Mappings

When integrating with IBM Tivoli Directory Server, the following attribute-level mapping is mandatory for all objects:

targetdn: : :top:orclSourceObjectDN: :orclTDSObject:

Example 21-1 Attribute-Level Mapping for the User Object in IBM Tivoli Directory Server

Cn:1: :person: cn: :person:
sn: : :person: sn: :person:

Example 21-2 Attribute-Level Mapping for the Group Object in IBM Tivoli Directory Server

Cn:1: :groupofname: cn:groupofuniquenames

In the preceding examples, Cn and sn from IBM Tivoli Directory Server are mapped to cn and sn in the Oracle back-end directory.

If you specify anything other than the RDN attribute as a required attribute in the mapping file, those changes will not be synchronized. This is due to a limitation in IBM Tivoli Directory Server where changes do not appear as deletions in the changelog when tombstones are enabled.

Customize the attribute mappings by following the instructions in "Customizing Mapping Rules"Opens a new window.

21.3.5 Step 5: Customize the IBM Tivoli Directory Server Connector to Synchronize Deletions

If you want to synchronize deletions, you must ensure tombstones are not enabled in IBM Tivoli Directory Server. To check if tombstones are enabled, execute the following command:

ldapsearch -h connected_directory_host -p connected_directory_port \
-D binddn -q \
-b "cn=Directory, cn=RDBM Backends, cn=IBM 
Directory, cn=Schemas, cn=Configuration" -s base "objectclass=*" 
ibm-slapdTombstoneEnabled

Note:

You will be prompted for the password.

This command returns information on all deleted entries.

See Also:

IBM Tivoli Directory Server documentation for details about configuring tombstones.

21.3.6 Step 6: Synchronize Passwords

The Oracle back-end directory and IBM Tivoli Directory Server support the same set of password hashing techniques. To synchronize passwords from IBM Tivoli Directory Server to the Oracle back-end directory, ensure that SSL server authentication mode is configured for both directories and that the following mapping rule exists in the mapping file:

Userpassword: : :person:userpassword: :person

Two-way password synchronization is not supported from an Oracle Unified Directory back-end directory or an Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition back-end directory. Two-way password synchronization is only supported if the back-end directory is Oracle Internet Directory.

21.3.7 Step 7: Synchronize in SSL Mode

Configure IBM Tivoli Directory Server for synchronization in SSL mode by following the instructions in "Configuring the Connected Directory Connector for Synchronization in SSL Mode"Opens a new window.

21.3.8 Step 8: Configure the IBM Tivoli Directory Server External Authentication Plug-in

Perform the following steps to configure an IBM Tivoli Directory Server external authentication plug-in:

  1. Add the configuration entries for the external authentication plug-in for IBM Tivoli Directory Server to the Oracle back-end directory by performing the following steps:

    Note:

    The wallet referred to in the configuration entries for the external authentication plug-in for IBM Tivoli Directory Server is ORACLE wallet. Accordingly, use Oracle wallet commands to add and remove certificates from the wallet. JKS commands are used only for the certificates that Oracle Directory Integration Platform uses.

    1. Copy the following entries to an LDIF file, for example, input.ldif:

      dn: cn=oidexplg_compare_tivoli,cn=plugin,cn=subconfigsubentry
cn: oidexplg_compare_tivoli
objectclass: orclPluginConfig
objectclass: top
orclpluginname: oidexplg
orclplugintype: operational
orclpluginkind: Java
orclplugintiming: when
orclpluginldapoperation: ldapcompare
orclpluginsecuredflexfield;walletpwd: password
orclpluginsecuredflexfield;walletpwd2: password
orclpluginversion: 1.0.1
orclpluginisreplace: 1
orclpluginattributelist: userpassword
orclpluginentryproperties: (!(&(objectclass=orclTDSobject)(objectclass=orcluserv2)))
orclpluginflexfield;host2: host.domain.com
orclpluginflexfield;port2: 636
orclpluginflexfield;isssl2: 1
orclpluginflexfield;host: host.domain.com
orclpluginflexfield;walletloc2: /location/wallet
orclpluginflexfield;port: 389
orclpluginflexfield;walletloc: /tmp
orclpluginflexfield;isssl: 0
orclpluginflexfield;isfailover: 0
orclpluginclassreloadenabled: 0
orclpluginenable: 0
orclpluginsubscriberdnlist: cn=users,dc=us,dc=oracle,dc=com
 
dn: cn=oidexplg_bind_tivoli,cn=plugin,cn=subconfigsubentry
cn: oidexplg_bind_tivoli
objectclass: orclPluginConfigobjectclass: top
orclpluginname: oidexplg
orclplugintype: operational
orclpluginkind: Java
orclplugintiming: when
orclpluginldapoperation: ldapbind
orclpluginversion: 1.0.1
orclpluginisreplace: 1
orclpluginentryproperties: (!(&(objectclass=orclTDSobject)(objectclass=orcluserv2)))
orclpluginclassreloadenabled: 0
orclpluginflexfield;walletloc2: /location/wallet
orclpluginflexfield;port: 389
orclpluginflexfield;walletloc: /tmp
orclpluginflexfield;isssl: 0
orclpluginflexfield;isfailover: 0
orclpluginflexfield;host2: host.domain.com
orclpluginflexfield;port2: 636
orclpluginflexfield;isssl2: 1
orclpluginflexfield;host: host.domain.com
orclpluginenable: 0
orclpluginsecuredflexfield;walletpwd: password
orclpluginsecuredflexfield;walletpwd2: password
orclpluginsubscriberdnlist:
cn=users,dc=us,dc=oracle,dc=com

    2. Copy the entries in the LDIF file to the Oracle back-end directory using a command similar to the following:

      ldapadd -h HOST -p PORT -D binddn -q -v -f input.ldif

      Note:

      You will be prompted for the password.

  2. Use the instructions in "Configuring External Authentication Plug-ins"Opens a new window to configure the plug-in.

21.3.9 Step 9: Perform Post-Configuration and Administrative Tasks

Read Chapter 23, "Managing Integration with a Connected Directory"Opens a new window for information on post-configuration and ongoing administration tasks.