15.4. Setting up Active Directory for Synchronization

On the Windows server, it is necessary to create the user that the IdM server will use to connect to the Active Directory domain.

The process for creating a user in Active Directory is covered in the Windows server documentation at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732336.aspx. The new user account must have the proper permissions:

The Identity Management server connects to the Active Directory server using a secure connection. This requires that the Active Directory server have an available CA certificate or CA certificate chain available, which can be imported into the Identity Management security databases, so that the Windows server is a trusted peer.

While this could technically be done with an external (to Active Directory) CA, most deployments should use the Certificate Services available with Active Directory.

The procedure for setting up and configuring certificate services on Active Directory is covered in the Microsoft documentation at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772393(v=WS.10).aspx.