Novell Doc: Identity Manager Roles Based Provisioning Module 3.6.1 User Application: Administration Guide

1.5 What’s Next

Now that you have learned about the features and architecture of the Identity Manager User Application, you can start to customizing it as needed for your own business needs. Typically, you’ll be:

Customizing the user interface and identity self-service features. See Table 1-5.
Setting up the requests and approval features (if provisioning is installed). See Table 1-6.
Setting up your production environment. See Table 1-7.

Table 1-5 Customizing the User Interface and Identity Self-Service Features

To learn about	See
Setting up directory abstraction layer objects	Identity Manager User Application: Design Guide
Customizing the Identity Self-Service pages	Section IV, Portlet Reference
Adding new pages and setting page security	Section 6.0, Page Administration
Creating custom instances of the identity portlets	Section 7.0, Portlet Administration
Changing the User Application’s theme or branding	Section 5.1.6, Theme Administration
Localizing the User Application user interface	Section 2.8, Localizing and Customizing User Application Strings
Enabling password self-service	Section 5.3, Password Management Configuration

Table 1-6 Setting Up the Requests and Approvals Features

To learn about	See
Creating provisioning requests	Identity Manager User Application: Design Guide and Section 17.0, Configuring Provisioning Request Definitions
Customizing request and approval forms	Identity Manager User Application: Design Guide
Defining teams	Section 19.0, Configuring Provisioning Teams
Defining e-mail templates	Identity Manager User Application: Design Guide and Section 18.4, Working with E-Mail Templates

Table 1-7 Setting Up the User Application Production Environment

To learn about	See
Your production environment topology	Section 2.1, Topology
Setting up security	Section 2.2, Security
Setting up digital signature support	Section 2.3, Digital Signature Configuration
Performance tuning strategies	Section 2.6, Performance Tuning
Setting up a cluster	Section 2.7, Clustering
Setting up logging	Section 3.0, Setting Up Logging

Table 1-8 User Application Configuration for Guest Access

To learn about	See
Guest or anonymous accounts	Section 2.4, Enabling Anonymous or Guest Access to the User Application
Allowing anonymous users to self-register	Section 11.4, Configuring the Create Portlet for Self-Registration
Allowing anonymous access to the directory search	Section 15.3, Configuring Search List for Anonymous Access
Allowing anonymous access to the My profile or Organizational charts	Section 12.6, Setting up Detail for Anonymous Access and Section 13.3, Configuring Org Chart for Guest Access
Allowing anonymous access to a workflow	Section 14.0, Resource Request Portlet