ForgeRock ® Directory Services Essentials (DS-100)

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.


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

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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