Identity Manager 8.1 - Configuration Guide

Configuring the SPML test front-end

This configuration setting provides the specific URL of the SPML web service for use in the SPML test front-end.

1. Copy the VI.SPMLTestFrontend.exe file from the installation medium, directory QBM\dvd\AddOn\SPML\Testfrontend, to your chosen directory.
2. To declare the configured web service to the test front-end:
   1. Create a VI.SPMLTestFrontend.exe.config configuration file containing the following.

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

      <configuration>

      <configSections>

      <sectionGroup name="applicationSettings" type="System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGroup, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >

      <section name="VI.SPML.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />

      </sectionGroup>

      </configSections>

      <applicationSettings>

      <VI.SPML.Properties.Settings>

      <setting name="SPMLTestFrontend_SPMLService_AESPMLService" serializeAs="String">

      <value>http://<Servername>:<Port>/<web service name>/AESPMLService.asmx</value>

      </setting>

      </VI.SPML.Properties.Settings>

      </applicationSettings>

      </configuration>

   1. Store the VI.SPMLTestFrontend.exe.config file in the VI.SPMLTestFrontend.exe directory.
3. You can then start the VI.SPMLTestFrontend.exe file.

Using the SPML test front-end

It is possible with the SPML test front-end to test and analyze SPML web service functionality. The front-end is used exclusively to analyze the SPML web service and test the functionality.

To test the SPML web service functions

1. Start the SPML test front-end using the VI.SPMLTestFrontend.exefile.
2. Select the SPML web service function to test from the Choose Request list.

   The corresponding XML queries are displayed in the SPML Request (XML) text field.

   You can edit the XML request before sending it to the SPML web service. Always check the predefined section of the XML request and modify the schema defined in the target system for SPML support. The predefined sections are supposed to provide help for formulating SPML compliant requests.

3. Set the option Increment request IDs automatically, if the request ID passed to the XML queries should be incremented. This option is disabled by default and the given request ID is used.
4. Send the query to the SPML web service using the Access button.

   The result is displayed in the text field SPML Response (XML).

If a new object is added in the target system, its key is added to the Known Objects list. An iterator is returned if a search is carried out with a limited result set and the result list cannot be returned in its entirety. This iterator is added to the list of known iterators (Known Iterators). The search can be continued with this iterator.

You will find detailed error messages in the log file. This is stored in the directory that you specified in the LogDirectory option in the SPML web service configuration file.

Related Topics

• Configuring the SPML web service

Processing DBQueue tasks

The tasks queued in the DBQueue are the result of triggering, modifications to configuration parameters (for example, changes to a configuration parameter concerning inheritance) or executing scheduled tasks. The DBQueue Processor processes tasks in the DBQueue. The DBQueue Processor uses several slots for executing tasks in parallel.

Detailed information about this topic

• Configuring the DBQueue Processor for test and development environments
• Initializing the DBQueue Processor
• Reinitialization of DBQueue Processor
• Controlling processing of DBQueue Processor tasks
• Processing DBQueue Processor tasks
• Reactivating DBQueue Processor tasks
• Bulk processing in DBQueue Processor
• How the central dispatcher communicates with individual slots

Configuring the DBQueue Processor for test and development environments

You use the staging level of the One Identity Manager database to specify whether the database is a test database, development database or a live database. A number of DBQueue Processor configuration settings are controlled by the staging level. If you modify the database staging level, the configuration settings are changed.

The DBQueue Processor configuration settings are configured for normal operations and must not be modified normally. The configuration settings are reduced for test environments and development environments because several databases may be located on a server.

If it is necessary to change the settings for testing or development environments for reasons of performance, you must modify the following configuration parameter settings in the Designer.

Related Topics

• Changing the database staging level