Enterprise Identity Mapping concepts
Use this information learn about important EIM concepts that understand to implement EIM successfully.
A conceptual understanding of how Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) works is necessary to fully understand how you can use EIM in your enterprise. Although the configuration and implementation of EIM APIs can differ among server platforms, EIM concepts are common across IBM®
platforms.
Figure 1 provides an EIM implementation example in an enterprise. Three servers act as EIM clients and contain EIM-enabled applications that request EIM data using EIM lookup operations
. The domain controller
stores information about the EIM domain
, which includes an EIM identifier
, associations
between these EIM identifiers and user identities, and EIM registry definitions
. Figure 1. An EIM implementation example
Review the following information to learn more about these EIM
concepts:
- EIM domain controller
This information explains why you would want to use an Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) domain controller.
- EIM domain
This information explains how to use a domain to store all your identifiers.
- EIM identifier
This information explains how to create identifiers for a user or an entity within your enterprise.
- EIM registry definitions
This information explains how you can create a registry definition to hold all your user registries for a system.
- EIM associations
This information explains how you can use associating identities in different user registries.
- EIM lookup operations
This information explains the process for Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) mapping and view examples.
- EIM mapping policy support and enablement
This information explains how to enable and disable policy associations for a domain.
- EIM access control
This information explains how to allow a user access a LDAP user group to control a domain.
- LDAP concepts for EIM
This information explains how to use a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) with Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM).
- Enterprise Identity Mapping concepts
This information lists all the applications for Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM).
Parent topic:
Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM)
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LDAP concepts for EIM
Enterprise Identity Mapping concepts