To install the One Identity Visual Studio Code extension
-
Start the Visual Studio Code program.
-
In Visual Studio Code, click Extensions in the left navigation.
-
In Extensions, click ... | Install from VSIX.
-
In the file browser, select the file vcode-extension.vsix in the One Identity Manager installation folder and click Install.
-
Restart Visual Studio Code.
-
In Visual Studio Code, click Explorer in the left navigation.
-
In the Explorer, navigate to One Identity | Configuration.
-
Next to Imx client, click One Identity Manager: edit imx client path.
-
In the file browser, select the file ImxClient.exe in the One Identity Manager installation folder and click Open.
In this section, you will learn how to use the One Identity Visual Studio Code extension to set up your working environment. After setup, you will be able to use the Visual Studio Code extension and its functions without any issues.
Related topics
Many of the functions available to you in the Visual Studio Code extension require a connection to the One Identity Manager database.
To connect to the One Identity Manager database
-
In Visual Studio Code, click Explorer in the left navigation.
-
In Explorer, navigate to One Identity | Workspace.
-
Next to Database, click One Identity Manager: connect to database.
The dialog to select the database connection is opened.
-
In the dialog, perform one of the following actions:
-
to use an existing connection to the One Identity Manager database, select it in the Select a database connection menu.
- OR -
-
to create a new connection to the One Identity Manager database, click Add new connection and enter a new connection.
-
Select the authentication method and, under Authentication method, enter the login data for the database.
-
Click Log in.
You must perform the following actions to create a development folder:
-
Download the HTML application folders from the database and save them as sub-folders in the development folder.
-
Download the libraries from the database and save them in the sub-folder imx-modules in the development folder.
-
The newest libraries are downloaded to the sub-folder imx-modules in the development folder. Skip this step if a connection to the database has not been established (also see Connecting to the One Identity Manager database).
To set up a One Identity Manager development folder
-
On the hard drive, create a folder that you want to use as a development folder.
NOTE: The path to this folder and the folder itself, can only contain UTF-8 characters.
-
In Visual Studio Code, click File | Open folder in the toolbar.
-
In the file browser, select the folder that you created previously to use as the development folder.
-
In Visual Studio Code, click Explorer in the left navigation.
-
In Explorer, navigate to One Identity | Workspace.
-
Next to Development folder, click One Identity Manager: set up development folder.
-
Confirm this prompt with Continue setup.
