Preface
The Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Deployment Planning
Guide provides planning and deployment solutions for Sun JavaTM System Access Manager based on the solution life cycle.
Access Manager is a component of the Sun Java Enterprise
System (Java ES), a set of software components that provide services needed
to support enterprise applications distributed across a network or Internet
environment.
Who Should Use This Book
This book is intended for deployment architects and business planners
responsible for the planning, analysis, and design of an Access Manager deployment.
This book might also be useful for system integrators who are responsible
for the design and implementation of the specific aspects of an Access Manager
deployment.
Before You Read This Book
Readers should be familiar with the following components and concepts:
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Access Manager technical concepts, as described in the Sun Java System Access Manager
7.1 Technical Overview
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Deployment platform: SolarisTM, Linux,
HP-UX, or Windows operating system
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Web container that will run Access Manager: Sun Java System
Application Server, Sun Java System Web Server, BEA WebLogic, or IBM WebSphere
Application Server
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Technical concepts: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
(LDAP), Java technology, JavaServer PagesTM (JSP)
technology, HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), HyperText Markup Language
(HTML), and eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
How This Book Is Organized
This guide is based on the solution life cycle, which describes the
various phases of deployment planning. Chapter 1, Introduction to Deployment Planning for Access Manager provides a
description of the solution life cycle.
Related Books
Related documentation is available as follows:
Access Manager 7.1 Documentation Set
The following table describes the Access Manager documentation set,
which is available on the following web site:
http://docs.sun.com/coll/1292.2
Table P–1 Access Manager 7.1 Documentation Set
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Title
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Description
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Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Documentation
Center
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Provides links to commonly referenced information in the Access Manager
7.1 documentation collection.
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Sun Java System Access
Manager 7.1 Release Notes
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Describes new features, problems fixed, installation notes, and known
issues and limitations. The Release Notes are updated periodically after the
initial release to describe any patches, new features, or problems.
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Sun Java System
Access Manager 7.1 Technical Overview
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Explains basic Access Manager concepts and terminology and provides
an overview of how Access Manager components work together to consolidate
access control functions and to protect enterprise assets and web-based applications.
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Sun Java System Access
Manager 7.1 Deployment Planning Guide
(this guide)
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Provides planning and deployment solutions for Access Manager based
on the solution life cycle.
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Sun Java System Access
Manager 7.1 Postinstallation Guide
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Provides information about configuring Access Manager after installation.
Usually, you perform postinstallation tasks only a few times. For example,
you might want to deploy an additional instance of Access Manager or configure
Access Manager for session failover.
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Sun Java System Access
Manager 7.1 Administration Guide
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Describes various administrative tasks such as realms management, policy
management, authentication, and directory management.
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Sun Java System Access
Manager 7.1 Administration Reference
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Provides reference information for the Access Manager command-line interface
(CLI), configuration attributes, AMConfig.properties attributes, serverconfig.xml file attributes, log files, and error codes.
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Sun Java System Access
Manager 7.1 Federation and SAML Administration Guide
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Provides information about Federation Manager based on the Liberty Alliance
Project specifications. It includes information on the integrated services
based on these specifications, instructions for enabling a Liberty-based environment,
and summaries of the application programming interface (API) for extending
the framework.
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Sun Java System Access
Manager 7.1 Developer’s Guide
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Provides information about customizing Access Manager and integrating
its functionality into an organization’s current technical infrastructure.
It also contains details about the programmatic aspects of the product and
its API.
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Sun Java System
Access Manager 7.1 C API Reference
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Provides summaries of data types, structures, and functions that make
up the Access Manager public C APIs.
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Sun Java System
Access Manager 7.1 Java API Reference
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Provides information about the implementation of Java packages in Access
Manager.
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Sun Java System Access
Manager 7.1 Performance Tuning Guide
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Provides information about how to tune Access Manager and its related
components for optimal performance.
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Sun Java System Access
Manager Policy Agent 2.2 User’s Guide
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Provides an overview of Policy Agent software, including the web agents
and J2EE agents that are currently available. To view the Access Manager Policy
Agent 2.2 documentation collection, see:
http://docs.sun.com/coll/1322.1
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Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Documentation
The following table provides links to documentation collections for
related Java ES products.
Table P–2 Related Sun Java Enterprise System
5 Documentation
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and Training
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Typographic
Conventions
The following table describes the typographic
conventions that are used in this book.
Table P–3 Typographic
Conventions
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Typeface
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Meaning
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Example
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AaBbCc123
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The names of commands, files, and directories,
and onscreen computer output
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Edit your .login file.
Use ls -a to
list all files.
machine_name% you have
mail.
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AaBbCc123
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What you type, contrasted with onscreen
computer output
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machine_name% su
Password:
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aabbcc123
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Placeholder: replace with a real name
or value
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The command to remove a file is rm filename.
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AaBbCc123
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Book titles, new terms, and terms to
be emphasized
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Read Chapter 6 in the User's
Guide.
A cache is a copy
that is stored locally.
Do not save the
file.
Note: Some
emphasized items appear bold online.
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Shell Prompts
in Command Examples
The following table shows the default UNIX® system
prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell,
Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P–4 Shell
Prompts
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Shell
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Prompt
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C shell
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machine_name%
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C shell for superuser
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machine_name#
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Bourne shell and Korn shell
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$
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Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser
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#
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