Who Can Benefit
The course is aimed at system administrators, integrators, consultants, architects and developers installing, configuring, administering and maintaining ForgeRock OpenDJ.
- System Administrators
- System Integrators
- System Consultants
- System Architects
- Developers
Prerequisites
- Have basic knowledge of Unix commands
- Have a basic knowledge of how to use Virtual Machines (The labs are provided with virtual machines)
- Have a basic understanding of how LDAP works
- A basic knowledge of Java will be a benefit, although programming experience not required
Course Content
Introduction
- Directory Server Concepts
- LDAP protocol overview
- Introduction to OpenDJ
Architecture
- OpenDJ Prerequisites
- Considerations for installing OpenDJ
- Starting with a fresh directory
OpenDJ Installation
- Deployment components
- Supported platforms
- Hardware requirements
- Installation process
- Deployment scenarios: Single instance, Distributed Authentication, High availability
- Lab: Installation
OpenDJ concepts
- OpenDJ vs. other Directory Servers
- OpenDJ security aspects
- Java considerations
- H/A considerations
- Lab: SSL
Managing Data
- Import and updates
- Managing indexes
- Controlling access to data
- Administrative accounts and privileges
- Password Policies
- Managing user’s account
- Defining and managing groups
OpenDJ replication concepts
- Basic OpenDJ replication deployments
- Advanced features: assured replication, fractional replication
- Deployments in multiple data centers
- Read only replicas (not yet avail nor tested)
- Monitoring / Tuning replication
- Lab: Replication
OpenDJ tools and tasks
- OpenDJ fine tuning
- Data import and exchange
- OpenDJ monitoring
- OpenDJ backup
- Log management
- Lab: OpenDJ Tools
OpenDJ Integration
- Schema management
- Retrieving Changes applied to the Directory
- Integration with other parts of our stack
- 3rd party apps we integrate with
- OpenDJ performance testing
- Lab: Integration