IBM : Virtual Member Manager (VMM) Presented by : Ankita Nanwani (VMM Developer) (ankita.nanwani@in.ibm.com)
Agenda VMM - Usage Scenarios Business Use Case What is “Federated Repository” ? WAS User Registry Options VMM - Features VMM - Benefits VMM - Functional Overview References
VMM – Usage Scenarios What is the problem which Federated Repository (VMM) is trying to solve ? Merge Distributed data across companies Combining data across companies Bank Mergers, company acquisitions Company divisions, Business Partners Federated Identity Management and Security And Many more…
Virtual Member Manager Bank of Tivoli Bank of Cognos Bank of Tivoli and Cognos User repository LDAP A User repository LDAP B User repository LDAP A User repository LDAP B merger User A authentication User B authentication Virtual Member Manager Bank of Tivoli and Cognos Portal Bill Payment Utility Customer A Customer B
What is “Federated Repository?” Integrated with WebSphere Application Server (WAS 6.1 and above) security As a user registry option “Federated repositories” To Support authentication using JAAS and access control using JACC Federation Capabilities provided by the Virtual Member Manager (VMM) component Administrative utilities to manage (existing) users and groups through Administrative console Command Line Utilities Public APIs
WAS User Registry Options
VMM - Features Ability to use multiple repositories simultaneously for user registry Provides a single model for user/organizational information Repository-independent schema and API for managing users and groups Federation creates a single name space for identities Supports the logical joining of entries across multiple user registries Support for a property extension repository
VMM - Benefits A single user/org/group identity, profile and relationship management component Repository SPI allows using already existing customer (populated) repositories as well as new emerging technologies Facilitates sharing of identities, profiles and relationships by applications.
VMM – Functional Overview
References http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.wim.doc.en/welcome.html http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/topic/com.ibm.websphere.wim.doc.en/overview.html http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0701_ilechko/0701_ilechko.html
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