You create the Entitlements Service driver by importing the driver’s basic configuration file and then modifying the configuration to suit your environment. After you’ve created and configured the driver, you need to start it.
In iManager, click to display the Identity Manager Administration page.
In the Administration list, click
to launch the Import Configuration Wizard.Follow the wizard prompts, filling in the requested information (described below) until you reach the Summary page.
When you finish providing the information required by the wizard, a Summary page similar to the following is displayed.
At this point, the driver is created from the basic configuration file and will run. As with all Identity Manager drivers, the Entitlements Service driver includes configuration settings you can use to customize and optimize the driver for you environment.
To modify the default configuration settings, click the linked driver name, then continue with the next section, Configuring the Driver Settings.
or
To skip the configuration settings at this time, click Configuring the Driver Settings.
. When you are ready to configure the settings, continue with the next section,After you import the driver configuration file, the Entitlements Service driver will run. However, there are many configuration settings that you can use to customize and optimize the driver. The settings are divided into categories such as Driver Configuration, Engine Control Values, and Global Configuration Values (GCVs).
To configure the settings:
Make sure the Modify Object page for the Entitlements Service driver is displayed in iManager. If it is not:
In iManager, click to display the Identity Manager Administration page.
Click
.Browse to and select the driver set object that contains the new driver.
Click the driver set name to access the Driver Set Overview page.
Click the upper right corner of the driver, then click
.Review the settings on the various pages and modify them as needed for your environment. The configuration settings are explained in Section A.0, Driver Properties.
After modifying the settings, click
to save the settings and close the Modify Object page.(Conditional) If the Entitlement driver’s Summary page for the Import Configuration wizard is still displayed, click
.WARNING:Do not click
on the Summary page. This removes the driver from the Identity Vault and results in the loss of your work.When a driver is created, it is stopped by default. To make the driver work, you must start the driver and cause events to occur. Identity Manager is an event-driven system, so after the driver is started, it won’t do anything until an event occurs.
To start the driver:
In iManager, click to display the Identity Manager Administration page.
Click
.Browse to and select the driver set object that contains the driver you want to start.
Click the driver set name to access the Driver Set Overview page.
Click the upper right corner of the driver to display the
menu, then click .For information about management tasks with the driver, see Section 7.0, Managing the Driver.