Wonders of OpenAM

Here is my first blog about the various servers I work . Lets start with the latest one I was working, OpenAM  the Single sign on server. With the help of OpenAM, a secure login with the corporate servers are made easy . It ensures that the user can login various applications accounts with the same user name and password. The user details irrespective of the applications are verified in the corporate servers and validated with the token .The OpenAM can also be configured with  the LDAP for the data services.

Installing & Configuring OpenAM
pre-requirements

1. Apache HTTP server  http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
2. Apache Tomcat server  http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi
3. Reverse proxy the Apache tomcat application (OpenAM works only with a proper domain name. To access the OpenAM we need the access it via domain name i.e.it wont work with localhost:8080/openam. It works only with example.com/openam

Configuring the openAM

1. Download the OpenAM  http://www.forgerock.org/openam.html
2. Retrieve the WAR file from it  and place it in the webapps folder of the apache tomcat.
3. Start the Apache server
4. Open the browser and log into the local domain and connect to OpenAM via application server
5. http://127.0.1.1:8080/OpenAM

Click on the default config

Enter the password for the admin. Note : Default password should be different from policy agent password

configuration complete

Login to OpenAm with the default password.