ForgeRock Directory Services Essentials

DS-100-OD Rev A (Free Online Course)

Description

This course provides a high-level overview of ForgeRock^® Directory Services (DS) in context with the ForgeRock^® Identity Platform, so you can get started with the fundamentals of DS.

Note: Revision A of this course is based on version 7 of ForgeRock Directory Services.

Target Audiences

The following are the target audiences for this course:

Evaluators
System Integrators
System Consultants
System Architects
System Administrators

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

Understand where DS fits in the ForgeRock Identity Platform
Understand how to access, manage, and protect directory data
Explain how DS provides high availability of directory data
Describe how Directory Proxy server load balances directory server operations
Explain how to install external data stores for production ForgeRock^® Access Management (AM) deployments
Describe how DS is used in a ForgeRock^® Identity Management (IDM) deployment

Duration

Approximately 3 hours

Course Contents

Module 1: Introducing Directory Service Concepts

Understand where DS fits in the ForgeRock Identity Platform, introduce the REST API, high availability, security, and backup capabilities:

Introduce DS
Understand the installation process
Demonstrate how to manage entries using LDAP
Introduce the REST API
Demonstrate how to manage entries using the REST API
Explore high availability for DS deployments
Demonstrate replication
Explore security capabilities
Demonstrate password policy assignment
Demonstrate delegated administration
Explore back up capabilities
Demonstrate backing up DS to the cloud

Module 2: Introducing Directory Proxy Server

Understand how the directory proxy server load balances LDAP operations:

Understand directory proxy server load balancing
Demonstrate load balancing

Module 3: Using Directory Servers in an AM Deployment

Describe AM data store installation options, and introduce Core Token Service (CTS) data distribution:

Understand AM data store installation options
Explore data store configurations

Module 4: Using Directory Servers in an IDM Deployment

Understand how to install DS in an IDM deployment, and describe how DS is used during provisioning:

Explain how DS is used in an IDM deployment
Explore IDM objects