Preface

The DirX Identity Integration Framework describes a set of services and interfaces that allow extending DirX Identity It consists of the following chapters:

Chapter 1 provides information about the Connector Integration Framework, which enables customers to build their own Java agents or connectors as well as C or C++-based connectors to connect additional (legacy) target systems.

Chapter 2 introduces the agent integration framework, which allows integrating existing executables or batch files to run under the control of the DirX Identity C++-based Server.

Chapter 3 introduces the Identity Web API. Use this interface to the DirX Identity Services to extend a Web Center application with additional functionality.

Chapter 4 introduces the DirX Identity SPML Provisioning Web Services, which offer a wide range of operations to provision users, privileges, target system objects and generic LDAP objects to a DirX Identity domain.

Chapter 5 provides information about DirX Identity Workflow Management Web Services for managing request workflow instances, which allow clients to create a workflow instance, read, change, suspend and resume it.

Chapter 6 introduces the DirX Identity REST Services, which provide a REST interface for reading and managing users, assigning privileges and approving privilege requests.

Chapter 7 describes how to set up Windows Kerberos authentication for the DirX Identity REST Services.