#ForgeRock: Using #OpenIDM to sync Account Lockout Status #IDM

Use Case:

In an enterprise setup you would likely want to know when a user has locked their account (e.g. too many failed password attempts) and more than likely want to distribute that information to other systems in your environment. One solution would be to enable OpenIDM to monitor the user identity repository for changes to the user’s status.

This post will demonstrate one possible configuration for this use case.

Starting out with a typical ForgeRock set up … OpenIDM to provision and synchronize users, OpenAM to manage access and OpenDJ and the configuraton and user data store.

Assumptions:

• OpenDJ is already Installed ( or you plan to use the OpenAM’s embedded directory store )
• OpenAM is already configured to use OpenDJ as it’s configuration store and user identity store
• OpenIDM is already installed (and using OrientDB as the repo DB)
• The OrientDB console has been installed (not part of the ForgeRock software stack)

Steps to Configure:

OpenDJ:

• Modify the Default Password Policy (using OpenDJ’s dsconfig tool)
  • Set the # of Password Failures before Lockout

 

• Enable Change Logs (by enabling replication)
  • Using OpenDJ’s ./dsconfig tool
    • Create a replication server
    • Create a replication domain

 

OpenIDM

• Create a connector to OpenDJ

 

• Create an OpenIDM to OpenDJ Mapping

 

 

 

• Create an OpenDJ to OpenIDM Mapping

 

Testing

First Lock the Account by failing the login. I am using the REST API but this can be done via the OpenAM UI as well.

 

Once the account is locked, verify that the attribute (pwdAccountLockedTime) now has a date time stamp as a value.

 

Now, verify that the OpenIDM repostitory has been updated with the same value.

 

Unlocking the Account

Unlocking the account is as simple as changing the password in OpenAM. Once you change the password you should be able to repeat the Testing steps to ensure that the pwdAccountLockedTime attribute has been returned to null.

Next Steps

Now that the pwdAccountLockedTime attribute is syncing between OpenDJ and OpenIDM you can take the next steps and have OpenIDM syncronize the changed value out to other systems as well.

Give us a call if you need help implementing this use case or any other similar use cases.

Disclaimers:

• OrientDB is not supported by ForgeRock for production installs
• Whether you use the embedded OpenDJ as part of your architecture would depend on your performance and scalability requirements.
• This particular architecture is for demo purposes and may not be suitable for your specific requirements.  Give us a call if you need assistance in designing an appropriate architecture for your specific requirements.