Creating an adapter service/target

After you import the adapter profile on the IBM® Security Identity server, create a service/target so that IBM Security Identity server can communicate with the managed resource.

Before you begin

Complete Importing the adapter profile.

About this task

You must create an administrative user account for the adapter on the managed resource. You can provide the account information such as administrator name and password when you create the adapter service. Ensure that the account has sufficient privileges to administer the users. For information about creating an administrative account, see the documentation for the managed resource.

To create or change a service, you must use the service form to provide information for the service. Service forms might vary depending on the adapter. The service name and description that you provide for each service are displayed on the console. Therefore, it is important to provide values that make sense to your users and administrators.

Procedure

  1. From the navigation tree, click Manage Services.
  2. On the Services table, click Create.
    The Create a Service wizard is displayed.
  3. On the Select the Type of Service page, click Search to locate a business unit.
    The Business Unit page is displayed.
  4. On the Business Unit page, complete these steps:
    1. Type information about the business unit in the Search information field.
    2. Select a business type from the Search by list, and then click Search.
      A list of business units that matches the search criteria is displayed.
      If the table contains multiple pages, you can do the following tasks:
      • Click the arrow to go to the next page.
      • Type the number of the page that you want to view and click Go.
    3. In the Business Units table, select business unit in which you want to create the service, and then click OK.
      The Select the Type of Service page is displayed, and the business unit that you specified is displayed in the Business unit field.
  5. On the Select the Type of Service page, select a service type, and then click Next.
  6. On the Service Information page, specify the appropriate values for the service instance.
    The content of the Service Information page depends on the type of service that you are creating.
  7. Click Finish.

Results

A message is displayed, indicating that you successfully created the service instance for a specific service type.