SiPass2Ident_Validation

Workflow for validation between SiPass and Identity Store

A validation workflow compares the content of the connected system with the state that DirX Identity holds for the corresponding target system. It runs in one of two modes, controlled by the mode parameter of the workflow:

  • InitialLoad - exports all accounts and groups and their relationships from the connected system and imports them into the target system subtree of the Identity Store in replace mode. Use this mode when you take a target system into operation.

  • Validation - detects deviations between the state known in DirX Identity and the state in the connected system, for example accounts or groups that were created or deleted outside of DirX Identity, and writes a message about each deviation into the "to do" field (dxrToDo) of the affected target system object.

Both modes update the dxrTSState attribute and the group member attributes of the affected target system objects.

SiPass2Ident_Validation validates a Siemens SiPass access control system against the corresponding target system subtree in the Identity Store. For both object types, SiPassAgent exports the data from SiPass and MetaCP imports it for validation in DirX Identity.

The workflow processes groups first and accounts second during the validation run.

The workflows in this reference are delivered as factory data and are loaded into the Connectivity configuration database during the initial configuration. They are samples: use the Identity Manager to copy a workflow into your own scenario and adapt the copy. Do not change the delivered objects, because a product update can replace them.

At a Glance

Name

SiPass2Ident_Validation

Category

Target Scheduled / SiPass

Technology

Tcl-based scheduled workflow

LDAP object class

dxmWorkflow

Workflow type

Validation

Connected system / controller type

-

Configuration wizard

SiPass-LDAP

Active in the factory data

not set

Factory data version

7.0

Factory data path

Workflows/Default/Target Scheduled/SiPass/SiPass2Ident_Validation

Prerequisites

  • Configure SiPassAgent so that it can connect to the Siemens SiPass system.

  • Configure MetaCP for the corresponding target system subtree in the Identity Store.

Workflow and Activities

Step Activity Description Agent Runs after

1

SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_SiPassAgent

Full export from SiPass for group validation

SiPassAgent

start activity

2

SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_MetaCP

Import of groups

MetaCP

SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_SiPassAgent

3

SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_SiPassAgent

Full export from SiPass for account validation

SiPassAgent

SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_MetaCP

4

SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_MetaCP

Import of accounts

MetaCP

SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_SiPassAgent

Jobs and Agents

Activity Job Agent Operation Input channel Output channel

SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_SiPassAgent

SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_SiPassAgent

SiPassAgent

Full Export

SiPass2Ident_ValGroup

OutData

SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_MetaCP

SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_MetaCP

MetaCP

Delta Import

InData

SiPass2Ident_ValGroup

SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_SiPassAgent

SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_SiPassAgent

SiPassAgent

Full Export

SiPass2Ident_ValAccount

OutData

SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_MetaCP

SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_MetaCP

MetaCP

Delta Import

InData

SiPass2Ident_ValAccount

Configuration Parameters

Table 1. Workflow parameters of SiPass2Ident_Validation
Parameter Default value

mode

InitialLoad
Table 2. Parameters of job SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_SiPassAgent
Parameter Default value

controller_tracelevel

1

exportdate

m/d/y
Table 3. Parameters of job SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_MetaCP
Parameter Default value

debug_trace

0

delta_mode

full

delta_on

0

exact_action

FALSE

init_mode

REAL

max_trace_entries

10

min_source_entries

0

notify_not_ok

0

statistics

TRUE

test_mapping_only

FALSE

trace_level

1

trace_recordcount

0
Table 4. Parameters of job SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_SiPassAgent
Parameter Default value

controller_tracelevel

1

exportdate

m/d/y
Table 5. Parameters of job SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_MetaCP
Parameter Default value

debug_trace

0

delta_mode

full

delta_on

0

exact_action

FALSE

init_mode

REAL

max_trace_entries

10

min_source_entries

0

notify_not_ok

0

statistics

TRUE

test_mapping_only

FALSE

trace_level

1

trace_recordcount

0

A Tcl-based workflow runs scheduled in the C++-based Server (IdS-C). Its activities run in the order defined by the dxmPredecessorActivity-DN chain, and each activity starts a job that runs one agent with one input and one output channel. Agents exchange their data through files or directly through the meta controller, so a typical workflow consists of an export activity that writes the data of the connected system and an import activity that maps and loads that data into the Identity Store.

You start these workflows manually from the Identity Manager or attach them to a schedule.

In this workflow, the C++-based Server runs these activities in sequence:

  1. SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_SiPassAgent exports group data from SiPass.

  2. SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_MetaCP imports that group data into the Identity Store validation flow.

  3. SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_SiPassAgent exports account data from SiPass.

  4. SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_MetaCP imports that account data into the Identity Store validation flow.

If one activity fails, the workflow stops at that point and the remaining activities do not run.

Operation

  1. Start SiPass2Ident_Validation manually or on a schedule.

  2. The workflow exports group data from SiPass with SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_SiPassAgent and imports it with SiPass2Ident_ValGroup_MetaCP.

  3. After the group pass finishes, the workflow exports account data with SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_SiPassAgent and imports it with SiPass2Ident_ValAccount_MetaCP.

  4. Depending on the selected mode, the run either refreshes the target system subtree from SiPass or records deviations between the SiPass system and the Identity Store on the affected target system objects.

  5. When the workflow finishes successfully, DirX Identity has processed both group and account data for the connected SiPass target system.