This course provides a high-level overview of PingDS (DS), formerly known as ForgeRock® Directory Services, in context with the Ping Identity Platform (Identity Platform), formerly known as 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 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 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 AM deployments
• Describe how DS is used in a PingIDM (IDM), formerly known as ForgeRock® Identity Management, deployment

Duration

3 hours

Course Contents

Module 1: Introducing DS Concepts

Understand where DS fits in the 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 backup 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