2021 Priorities In Identity and Access Management
I won’t attempt to predict what 2021 will look, especially have the year that we just had. Instead I’d like to talk about several things that we’ll be focusing on and that I believe everyone in the identity space should be focused on. As we dive into 2021 we are seeing a wave of changes […]
ForgeRock dev environment (forgeops) – Cheat Sheet
A lot has changed in the ForgeRock DevOps space since I last wrote a blog post about setting up ForgeRock in Docker containers (way back in 2016). ForgeRock has since integrated with Kubernetes and has instructions for deploying to local development environments and to Google and Amazon cloud environments. Here’s a quick and dirty set […]
Deploying #OpenAM instances in #Docker
Deploying services with Docker has become pretty popular in the DevOps world (understatement). I want to demonstrate how to deploy an instance of ForgeRock’s OpenAM and OpenDJ using Docker. Essentially this is my ForgeRock Docker Cheat Sheet Setup: I am running this on a virtual Ubuntu instance in Virtualbox on my laptop. You can run […]
OpenAM v.13 – REST STS OpenAM Token Translation
A quick demo of OpenAM’s Token Translation Service According to Wikipedia: In a typical usage scenario, a client requests access to a secure software application, often called a relying party. Instead of the application authenticating the client, the client is redirected to an STS. The STS authenticates the client and issues a security token. Finally, […]
ForgeRock upgrades entire stack today! #OpenAM #OpenIDM #OpenDJ #OpenIG
ok guys … ForgeRock released updates across the board today: Access Management – AM 13 Identity Management – IDM 4 Directory Services – DJ 3 Identity Gateway – IG 4 I have only had a chance to go through the OpenAM release notes … and this is a big release for OpenAM. Clearly a ton […]
Implementing OAuth2 with OpenAM
As you probably know ForgeRock’s OpenAM Access Manager (AM) supports OAuth2 out of the box. Great but you may be asking, “what is OAuth2?”. OAuth2 is an authorization framework that can be used to allow a resource owner (typically the end user) to grant access (authorization) to a third-party (client). You’ve used OAuth when you logged into […]
Planning your #IDM architecture
Planning and designing your Identity & Access Management architecture can be pretty complex, depending on your use cases. Even when using a set of tools like ForgeRock’s Open Identity Suite … which is pretty easy to install. You need to understand which products are right for your use cases and requirements. Should you use OpenAM […]
Building OpenAM with Maven (Quick Note)
Just a quick note from my past self to my future self … Set up: Apple MacBook Pro (Late 2013) 2.3 Ghz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 Mhz java version “1.8.0_51” Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_51-b16) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.51-b03, mixed mode) mvn -version Apache Maven 3.3.3 Check out from […]