1. In Designer, open your project.

2. In the Modeler, right-click the driver set where you want to create the driver, then select New > Driver to display the Driver Configuration Wizard.

3. In the Driver Configuration list, select Active Directory, then click Run.

4. On the Import Information Requested page, fill in the following fields:

   Driver Name: Specify a name that is unique within the driver set.

   Connected System or Driver Name: Specify the name of the connected system or Identity Manager driver.

   Domain DNS Name: Specify the DNS name of the Active Directory domain managed by this driver.

   Active Directory User Container: Specify the container where user objects reside in Active Directory.

   User Container: Select the Identity Vault container where Active Directory users will be added if they don’t already exist in the vault. This value becomes the default for all drivers in the driver set. If you don’t want to change this value for all drivers, leave this field unchanged and change the value on the driver’s Global Configuration Values page after you’ve finished importing the driver.

   Driver is Local/Remote: Select Local if this driver will run on the Metadirectory server without using the Remote Loader service. Select Remote if you want the driver to use the Remote Loader service, either locally on the Metadirectory server or remotely on another server.

   Authentication ID: Specify an Active Directory account with administrative privileges to be used by Identity Manager. The form of the name used depends on the selected authentication mechanism.

   For Negotiate, provide the name form required by your Active Directory authentication mechanism. For example:

   • Administrator: AD Logon Name

   • Domain/Administrator: Domain qualified AD Logon Name

   For Simple, provide an LDAP ID. For example:

   • cn=DirXML,cn=Users,DC=domain,dc=com

   Authentication Password: Provide the password for the specified Active Directory account.

   Authentication Context: Specify the name of the Active Directory domain controller to use for synchronization.

   For example, for the Negotiate authentication method, use the DNS name (for example, mycontroller.domain.com). For the Simple authentication method, you can use the IP address of your server (for example, 10.10.128.23 or the DNS name).

   If no value is specified, localhost is used.

   NOTE:DNS alias name is not supported.

5. (Conditional) If you chose to run the driver remotely, click Next, then fill in the fields listed below. Otherwise, skip to Step 6.

   Remote Host Name and Port: Specify the host name or IP address of the server where the driver’s Remote Loader service is running.

   Driver Password: Specify the driver object password that is defined in the Remote Loader service. The Remote Loader requires this password to authenticate to the Metadirectory server.

   Remote Password: Specify the Remote Loader’s password (as defined on the Remote Loader service). The Metadirectory engine (or Remote Loader shim) requires this password to authenticate to the Remote Loader

6. Click Next to import the driver configuration.

   At this point, the driver is created from the basic configuration file. To ensure that the driver works the way you want it to for your environment, you must review and modify (if necessary) the driver’s default configuration settings.

7. To review or modify the default configuration settings, click Configure, then continue with the next section, Configuring the Driver.

   or

   To skip the configuration settings at this time, click Close. When you are ready to configure the settings, continue with Configuring the Driver.

If you do not have the Driver Properties page displayed in Designer:

1. Open your project.

2. In the Modeler, right-click the driver icon or the driver line, then select Properties.

1. In Designer, open your project.

2. In the Modeler, right-click the driver icon or the driver line, then select Live > Deploy.

3. If you are authenticated to the Identity Vault, skip to Step 5; otherwise, specify the following information:

   • Host: Specify the IP address or DNS name of the server hosting the Identity Vault.

   • Username: Specify the DN of the user object used to authenticate to the Identity Vault.

   • Password: Specify the user’s password.

4. Click OK.

5. Read through the deployment summary, then click Deploy.

6. Read the successful message, then click OK.

7. Click Define Security Equivalence to assign rights to the driver.

   The driver requires rights to objects within the Identity Vault. The Admin user object is most often used to supply these rights. However, you might want to create a DriversUser (for example) and assign security equivalence to that user. Whatever rights that the driver needs to have on the server, the DriversUser object must have the same security rights.

   1. Click Add, then browse to and select the object with the correct rights.

   2. Click OK twice.

8. Click Exclude Administrative Roles to exclude users that should not be synchronized.

   You should exclude any administrative User objects (for example, Admin and DriversUser) from synchronization.

   1. Click Add, then browse to and select the user object you want to exclude.

   2. Click OK.

   3. Repeat Step 8.a and Step 8.b for each object you want to exclude.

   4. Click OK.

9. Click OK.

1. In Designer, open your project.

2. In the Modeler, right-click the driver icon or the driver line, then select Live > Start Driver.