ForgeRock^® Identity Cloud Essentials

Description

This course is designed to provide students with a basic level of understanding of digital identity and the tools and techniques for managing access to digital resources in a ForgeRock Identity Cloud tenant. By the end of the course, students will learn the core features of Identity Cloud that will enable them to facilitate user access and productivity in a secure environment.

 

Target Audiences

The target audiences for this course include:

• ForgeRock Identity Cloud Administrators
• Technical users who work with Identity Cloud:
  • Evaluators
  • Integrators
  • Consultants
  • Architects
  • Administrators

 

Objectives

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

• Introduce the main features of Identity Cloud
• Describe the complete lifecycle of identities within Identity Cloud
• Describe how to synchronize identities in Identity Cloud
• Introduce the remote connector server (RCS) and describe the configuration in Identity Cloud
• Describe how to manage end user authentication and self-service through custom user journeys
• Describe how to integrate applications to enable authentication services with Identity Cloud
• Explain how to protect resources using ForgeRock^® Identity Gateway (Identity Gateway) or an agent

 

Prerequisites

The following are the prerequisites for successfully completing this course:

• Awareness of the role of digital identity
• Knowledge of identity and access management
• Understanding of the role of authorization and authentication

Duration

Approximately 1-2 hours

 

Course Contents

Welcome to ForgeRock^® Identity Cloud Essentials

• Course Introduction

Introducing Identity Cloud

Introduce the main features of Identity Cloud:

• Describe Identity Cloud
• Describe the business value and use cases
• Explain the environments
• Explain the Identity Cloud user roles
• Introduce the tenant admin UI
• Navigate the Identity Cloud Admin UI

Introducing User Identities

Describe the complete lifecycle of identities within Identity Cloud:

• Explain Identities
• Navigate the End User UI
• Explain and navigate realms
• Provision and manage identities
• Describe how to synchronize identities in Identity Cloud
• Introduce the RCS and describe the configuration in Identity Cloud
• Set up an RCS
• Connect to an RCS
• Configure a new synchronization mapping
• Explain the environments
• Explain the Identity Cloud user roles
• Introduce the tenant Admin UI
• Navigate the Identity Cloud Admin UI

Introducing User Journeys

Describe how to manage end user authentication and self-service through custom user journeys:

• Explain Identity Cloud user journeys
• Describe the preconfigured user journeys
• The preconfigured Login Journey
• Describe the self-service journeys
• The Registration journey
• Describe the role of authentication nodes and journeys within Identity Cloud
• The Forgotten Password Journey

Introducing Applications

Describe how to integrate applications to enable authentication services with Identity Cloud:

• Describe methods to integrate applications with Identity Cloud
• Describe supported application types
• Explain how to integrate ForgeRock SDKs
• Adding an Application

Introducing Gateways and Agents

Explain how to protect resources using Identity Gateway or an agent:

• Edge (Authentication) Clients
• Identity Gateway Outline
• Integrate Applications using Identity Gateway
• Integrate an application using Identity Gateway within Identity Cloud