This book is all about midPoint. MidPoint is an open source identity management and governance system. It is comprehensive and quite complex system and it takes some time and skill to master it. This book is a guide through the wonderland of identity management and governance with midPoint.

This book is written by engineers for engineers. You will not find sales material or business presentations in this book. It is written by people that develop, maintain and support midPoint. The book starts with an introduction to Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts, provides overview of midPoint and then it dives down to technical topics.

The book is available in three formats:

• HTML
• PDF
• EPUB

The book is available under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Book Content

Chapter	Title	Content
	Introduction
1	Understanding Identity and Access Management	Introduction to Identity and Access Management world and fundamental concepts. Description of directory services, access management systems, identity and management and governance systems.
2	MidPoint Overview	Overview of midPoint functionality and its role in information infrastructure. Simple use case demonstrating how midPoint works from the user/administrator perspective.
3	Installation and Configuration Principles	Basic principles of midPoint configuration, installation and deployment. Basic structure of midPoint user interface, configuration objects and installation layout.
4	Resources and Mappings	Description of midPoint provisioning (fulfillment) capabilities. Connecting midPoint to target system by configuring midPoint resources.
5	Synchronization	Synchronization of data from source systems. Live synchronization, reconciliation and synchronization tasks.
6	Schema	MidPoint data model, structure of midPoint objects. Extending the schema with custom properties.
7	Role-Based Access Control	Using roles and role hierarchies to organize access control. Role assignments and meta-roles.
8	Archetypes	Using archetypes to specify object subtypes, give them character and behavior.
9	Focus Processing	Using object templates, automatic role assignment and other mechanisms to automatically compute object properties and automate identity management.
10	Organizational Structures	The usual divisions, department and sections, but also teams, projects and workgroups. Organizational structure synchronization.
11	Troubleshooting	How to find a problem when the configuration does not behave as expected. MidPoint diagnostic mechanisms.
12	MidPoint Development, Maintenance and Support	Overview of midPoint development and support practices.
13	Additional Information	Pointers to additional information about midPoint.
	To Be Continued	The book is still not finished. Description of chapters to write.
	Conclusion
	Glossary	Glossary of identity and access management terms.

Videos

The book is accompanied by a series of video tutorials. There is one video corresponding to each of the book chapters that deal with MidPoint configuration.

Video	Corresponding book chapter	Content
Deployment and Overview	Chapter 2	Overview of midPoint functionality and its role in information infrastructure. Simple use case demonstrating how midPoint works from the user/administrator perspective.
Resources and Mappings	Chapter 4	Description of midPoint provisioning (fulfillment) capabilities. Connecting midPoint to target system by configuring midPoint resources.
Synchronization	Chapter 5	Synchronization of data from source systems. Live synchronization, reconciliation and synchronization tasks.
Schema	Chapter 6	MidPoint data model, structure of midPoint objects. Extending the schema with custom properties.
Role-Based Access Control	Chapter 7	Using roles and role hierarchies to organize access control. Role assignments and meta-roles.
Object Templates	Chapter 9	Using object templates, automatic role assignment and other mechanisms to automatically compute object properties and automate identity management.