Overview of the Connectors Supported With OpenIDM 4.5

This chapter provides a high-level overview of the connectors supported with OpenIDM 4.5. Additional OpenICF connectors, not supported with OpenIDM, are available on the OpenICF download site, but are not described in this guide.

For instructions on building connector configurations interactively, see "Creating Default Connector Configurations" in the Integrator’s Guide.

This guide is still a work in progress and does not yet list all the connectors that are supported with OpenIDM.

Overview of the Connectors Supported With OpenIDM

OpenIDM provides a number of samples in the openidm/samples directory. This section describes the purpose of each sample, and corresponds to the list of samples described in the README, in the openidm/samples directory.

Generic LDAP Connector: The generic LDAP connector is based on JNDI, and can be used to connect to any LDAPv3-compliant directory server, such as OpenDJ, Active Directory, SunDS, Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition, IBM Security Directory Server, and OpenLDAP.

For information about installing and configuring the LDAP connector, see "Generic LDAP Connector".
CSV File Connector: The CSV file connector is useful when importing users, either for initial provisioning or for ongoing updates. When used continuously in production, a CSV file serves as a change log, often containing only user records that have changed.

For information about installing and configuring the CSV file connector, see "CSV File Connector".
Database Table Connector: The Database Table connector enables provisioning to a single table in a JDBC database.

For information about installing and configuring the Database Table connector, see "Database Table Connector".
PowerShell Connector: The scripted PowerShell Connector toolkit allows you to create a connector customized to communicate with Microsoft systems such as Azure AD and Active Directory.

For information about installing and configuring the PowerShell connector, see "PowerShell Connector Toolkit".
Groovy Connector: The scripted Groovy Connector toolkit enables you to run a Groovy script for any OpenICF operation, such as search, update, create, and others, on any external resource.

For information about installing and configuring the Groovy connector, see "Groovy Connector Toolkit".
Scripted SAP Connector: The scripted SAP connector is an implementation of the Scripted Groovy Connector Toolkit that connects to any SAP system using the SAP JCo Java libraries.

For information about installing and configuring the SAP connector, see "Scripted SAP Connector".
Google Apps Connector: The Google Apps connector enables you to interact with Google’s web applications.

For information about installing and configuring the Google Apps connector, see "Google Apps Connector".
Salesforce Connector: The Salesforce connector enables provisioning, reconciliation, and synchronization between Salesforce and the OpenIDM repository.

For information about installing and configuring the Salesforce connector, see "Salesforce Connector".
XML File Connector: The XML File connector is really useful only in a demonstration context and should not be used in the general provisioning of XML data stores.

For information about configuring the XML File connector, see "XML File Connector".
Active Directory Connector: The Active Directory connector is a legacy connector, written in C# for the .NET platform.

For information about installing and configuring the Active Directory connector, see "Active Directory Connector".