Sun Java System Access Manager Config and Customization (Self-Study Course)

 

Who should attend

  • Technical consultants

Prerequisites

  • Install the Sun Java Enterprise System
  • Proficiency with XML and interpret Document Type Definition (DTD) files
  • Proficiency with the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS)

Course Objectives

  • Define the role of the Access Manager and list the features and functions of the Access Manager that address key business challenges
  • Configure the Access Manager and Policy Agents
  • Configure and customize authentication and single sign-on (SSO)
  • Configure, administer, personalize, and customize authorization
  • Describe the Security Assertions Markup Language (SAML) and federated identity, and their implementation in Access Manager
  • Implement advanced deployment scenarios, including cross-domain single sign-on (CDSSO) and high availability

Product Description

  • Sun Java System Access Manager
    • Describe identity management
    • Describe network identity implementation
    • Describe the Sun Java System identity management framework
    • Identify Access Manager components
    • Describe Policy Agent software
    • Examine a case study
  • Configuring and Deploying the Access Manager
    • Identify deployment components
    • List basic deployment scenarios
    • Start and stop Access Manager and Policy Agent instances
    • Describe Access Manager configuration
    • Configure Policy Agent instances
    • Configure secure sockets layer (SSL) with the Access Manager
  • Access Manager Realms
    • Describe the types of data the Access Manager uses
    • Describe Access Manager realms
    • Describe realm and legacy modes
    • Describe identity repository types
    • Configure identity repositories
    • Describe Access Manager management tools
    • Create and configure realms
    • Delegate administration
  • Service Configuration
    • Describe Access Manager services
    • Configure Access Manager services using the console
    • Configure Access Manager services using the command-line interface (CLI)
    • Describe service configuration for new realms
  • Logging and Debugging
    • Describe the Access Manager Logging Service
    • Describe debug files
    • Describe Policy Agent logging
  • Authentication and Single Sign-On
    • Describe Access Manager authentication
    • Describe the Access Manager authentication architecture
    • Describe the mechanism for non-programmatic and programmatic authentication
    • Configure Access Manager authentication
    • Describe the authentication process
    • Describe Access Manager sessions
    • Describe SSO
    • Constrain user sessions
  • Customizing Authentication
    • Describe the Access Manager authentication interface and its architecture
    • Configure a customized authentication interface
    • Describe authentication interface JSP templates
    • Customize an authentication interface
  • Policy Configuration
    • Describe policy
    • Describe the policy architecture
    • Describe policy components
    • Describe policy storage
    • Administer policy
    • Configure policies using the console
  • Policy Evaluation
    • Describe policy evaluation principles
    • Examine a policy evaluation example
    • Describe policy interoperability
  • Security Assertion Markup Language
    • Describe SAML
    • Describe SSO system flow using SAML
    • Configure SAML support on the Access Manager
  • Federated Identity
    • Describe the Liberty Alliance project
    • Describe the Liberty specification
    • Identify Liberty web services
    • Describe the identity federation process and user experience
    • Describe Liberty process flow
  • Advanced Deployment
    • Describe cross-domain single sign-on (CDSSO)
    • Describe and configure distributed authentication
    • Run Access Manager from a user account other than the root account
    • Describe and configure high availability
    • Describe and configure persistent searches
    • Describe and configure session caching options

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