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Installing IAM Console

Guide to install IAM Console using Docker. 

There is a public docker image at docker hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/soffid/iam-console/

Prerequisites

Video Tutorial

Installation

To configure IAM console, the following environment variables can be set:

Variable Description Example
DB_URL JDBC URL

jdbc:mariadb://dbcontainer/soffid

jdbc:oracle:thin:@HOST:PORT:SID
jdbc:oracle:thin:@//HOST:PORT/SERVICENAME

DB_USER Database user Soffid
DB_PASSWORD Database password 5uper5ecret
JAVA_OPT Java virtual machine options -Xmx4096m
SECURE (optional) Enables the Java Security Manager true
SOFFID_TRUSTED_SCRIPTS

(optional) Allows you to use insecure classes. 

Available since console version 3.5.6

true

false

HIDE_MENU

(optional) Allows you to hide the Console menu options. 

Available since console version 3.5.6

soffid.admin

You can choose the proper option from the Console.yaml file.

AUTH_METHODS

(optional) Allows to force the authentication mechanisms. This configuration overrides the one configured in the authentication option of the Soffid console.

Available since console version 3.5.6

Options

SAML

PASSWORD

SAML PASSWORD

EXTERNAL_URL

(optional) Allows to override host name configuration when there are two Consoles.

Available since console version 3.5.9.5

https://soffid.lab.internal.com

Additional parameters to configure the database connections. Allows you to establish the min and the max of database connections: 

Variable Description Example
DBPOOL_MIN_IDLE The minimum number of connections should be kept in the pool at all times. 1 or 2
DBPOOL_MAX_IDLE The maximum number of connections should be kept in the pool at all times. between 10 and 15
DBPOOL_INITIAL The connection number will be established when the connection pool is started. 3 or 4
DBPOOL_MAX

The maximum number of active connections that can be allocated. If no value is indicated, the default value is 30.

The transaction fails if the maximum connections are reached within 30 seconds and no connection is released.

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The following volumes are defined by default:

Volume Usage
/opt/soffid/iam-console-3/logs Console log files
/opt/soffid/iam-console-3/docs Text search engine index files. It can be erased at any time. The engine will regenerate the search engine 
/opt/soffid/iam-console-3/conf Configuration files, including server.xml and tomee.xml files

Here you have a sample command to start a docker container running IAM console, in this case the docker will be in a docker network, previously created. MariaDB docker is at the same network.

docker run -d \
   -e DB_URL=jdbc:mariadb://mariadb-service/soffid \
   -e DB_USER=soffid \
   -e DB_PASSWORD=soffid \
   --name=iam-console \
   --publish=8080:8080 \
   --network=soffidnet \
   soffid/iam-console

To see console log files, execute:

docker logs -f iam-console
By default, the 8080 port will be exposed. When the TLS connection is going to be configured, add the tag --publish=443:443 to publish the TLS port.

When the console is created, the password for the user admin will be changeit and it will be valid for 24 hours.

Now you can connect the Soffid Console http://localhost:8080/soffid The first thing you must do is to change the admin user password. 

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