IT Administrator Installation and Startup

A Windows wizard is provided to assist you in installing IT Administrator. The wizard will prompt you for the following information:

Destination location

specifies the path where the SAS Integration Technologies Administrator files will be installed. By default, the files are installed in C:\Program Files\SAS Institute\ITAdmin.

Java runtime environment (JRE)

specifies the path and file name of the JRE that IT Administrator should use. The Microsoft JRE (wjview) is used by default. If the JRE that is installed on your machine is older than the required version, you are asked if you want to install a new version on your machine. If you install a new version, you must then reboot your machine before you use the JRE and run the IT Administrator.

LDAP server type

defines the type of server that you are using for your LDAP directory. You can choose one of the following:

Netscape

Netscape directory server

IBM

IBM Secureway server

Other

A server type other than Netscape or IBM

LDAP server

specifies the fully qualified distinguished name of the machine that runs the LDAP server. For example, if your LDAP server is running on a machine that is called topgun, the value might read

   topgun.pc.x.com

LDAP server port

specifies the port number to use to connect to the LDAP server that is running on the specified LDAP host.

DN for SAS/Integration Technologies metadata

specifies the distinguished name for the context in LDAP that contains the Integration Technologies metadata. Typically, this is in the form o=COMPANY_NAME,c=COUNTRY. For more information, see Setting Up an LDAP Server .

Enter the distinguished name for accessing the LDAP information from the specified LDAP server. The distinguished name is the starting point of the publish/subscribe information that is maintained in the server.

For example, if the distinguished name in the LDAP server is o=Company X,c=US, you would enter

   o=Company X,c=US

in this field.

This value is dependent on how your LDAP directory server is configured. For more information, see Configuring the Server.

Authentication value

specifies the type of authentication to use, either simple or none.

If the value is set to none, the LDAP server performs no authentication, which allows a user to log in as an anonymous login.

If the value is set to simple, the LDAP server performs authentication and requires the user to enter a username and password in order to access the information that is stored in the LDAP server. The server will apply any access control information to the user and set their based on access level.

User DN

Specifies the distinguished name for the context in LDAP that contains user metadata. The administrator uses this value to determine the distinguished name of the user who is logging in. For example, if the user's person object password attribute is defined as cn=John Smith,o=Company X,c=US, you would enter

   o=Company X,c=US

in this field.

Group DN

specifies the distinguished name for the context in LDAP that contains group metadata. The administrator uses this value to find information on objects that define groups in the LDAP server.

Application metadata

Enter the distinguished name for the context in LDAP that contains metadata for specifying applications. The administrator application uses this value when determining where to locate stored processes and stored process paths. For example, if a typical application's entry is in the location cn=inventory,cn=Apps,o=ABCToysCompany,c=US you would enter

   cn=Apps,o=ABCToysCompany,c=US

in this field.

User objectclass

specifies the attribute that is used in the LDAP directory for identifying person entries. The default value is person. See Adding Person Entries to the Directory for information on person entries in the LDAP directory.

After you enter all the required information in the installation wizard, the SAS Integration Technologies Administrator program is installed in the directory you specified and a shortcut is added to the Windows Start menu.

To start the Administrator, select Start Programs The SAS System SAS Integration Technologies Administrator. The Login dialog box appears and prompts you for a user and password for logging into the LDAP directory server. To log in, you must use either a full distinguished name (for example, cn=Andrew Williams,ou=People,o=Alpine Airways,c=US) or a user ID (for example "awill").