Getting Started
Welcome!
You are reading an introductory document that is aimed at easing your life as an OpenIAM Engineer. This guide introduces you to OpenAIM IAM platform and its possibilities for you to be able to use it in your own setting and configure it to the common use cases.
After reading this section, you will be able to address common issues arising when starting to work with the platform, e.g.:
- Be able to perform a typical Proof of Concept (PoC) where OpenIAM is integrated with 1 or more target application and has 1 source system;
- Automate provisioning and de-provisioning;
- Request workflows;
- Access certification;
- Use SSO to standards based applications.
The guide has been organized into common architectural patterns that we have seen across customer deployments. The objective is to aid new users in implementing a proof of concept (POC). Hence, the following sections are included to the document:
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| What is OpenIAM? | Overview of what is OpenIAM and how it assist help customers. |
| Installing OpenIAM | Describes how to install OpenIAM using various deployment options available. |
| Authentication | Section provides an introduction into Authentication functionality found in OpenIAM and how common types of authentication can be configured. |
| Application On-Boarding | Section provides the steps/process of adding an application to OpenIAM such that the application can participate in the set of processes). |
| Workflow Based Access Request | The section describes how to create approval workflows (aka Approver associations) on entitlements existing in OpenAIM. |
| Configuring SSO | Describes how to configure single sign-on and a service provider to OpenIAM's IDP. |
Note: This is an introductory document, thus, it addresses only common use cases. This is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to the platform, nor is it intended to serve as a reference document for production use where factors such as high availability, scalability, environment hardening, OS optimization, etc. must be taken into account.
However, this Getting Started Guide might become your desk book for implementing out a PoC with OpenIAM.