Re: Creating a virtual schema type ->empty type list

2017-03-03 Thread Francesco Chicchiriccò

On 03/03/2017 08:49, Mikael Ekblom wrote:


Hi,

Sorry, I don't get this last point: FYI, Syncope can be deployed and 
run in Windows environments too.


I was referring to the fact that it might be that we will jump over to 
deploy Syncope on some Linux-distribution. But as you said, it is 
deployed already on a Windows server and works fine.


What we need to check is how to connect to office365 PowerShell and 
automatically assign licenses through the IDM if possible.


Synchronization with Azure AD should work out of the box through sync 
with AD ->  Azure AD connect , but assigning licenses is something 
else. This should also be role based. I must see what I can find for 
that or maybe write my own bundle




Now I understand, interesting.

FYI, verifying the connection with Office365 is on my (quite long ATM) 
TODO list, too :-)

Regards.


*From:*Francesco Chicchiriccò [mailto:ilgro...@apache.org]
*Sent:* keskiviikko 1. maaliskuuta 2017 16.30
*To:* user@syncope.apache.org
*Subject:* Re: Creating a virtual schema type ->empty type list

On 01/03/2017 08:29, Mikael Ekblom wrote:

Hi,

OK, so that was the logic behind it!  Now I start to have all the
dependencies clear.  Tested it and now everything makes sense.


That's great to hear.


Our deployment is pretty small though. Only 200 + personnel + some
2000 students. But I’ll check the postgress option. The core seems
to be configured by default towards the Postgress option.


Yes, it is :-)


I like the way you can augment Syncope if needed in a strongly
typed language. Maybe we’ll even be able to remove the existing
php-based “IDM”, which is more of a plain sync engine with no
editable business logic capabilities what so ever. Not my
production though…

It might be that we will end up with a *nix environment in the end.


Sorry, I don't get this last point: FYI, Syncope can be deployed and 
run in Windows environments too.


Regards.


*From:*Francesco Chicchiriccò [mailto:ilgro...@apache.org]
*Sent:* tiistai 28. helmikuuta 2017 17.54
*To:* user@syncope.apache.org <mailto:user@syncope.apache.org>
    *Subject:* Re: Creating a virtual schema type ->empty type list

On 28/02/2017 16:26, Mikael Ekblom wrote:

Hi,

We are currently evaluating Syncopy as a candidate for our
future IDM.


Hi,
glad to hear that :-)



We have some choices on the table and we are even considering
writing our own IDM from scratch, but that is something I
would like to avoid for practical reasons…J I think that would
be inventing the wheel again nowadays. Our neighbor Helsinki
University is implementing the same solution, so I thought
that I will join the community regarding this one.

Anyhow, I have a working Syncopy 2.0.2 running on a Windows
server 2012 R2 with mysql as the backbone. It is setup and
configured via Apache Maven and is running with Tomcat 8.5 as
the container.  Everything seems to be working.

I have managed to create the connector to our AD with the
built in/shipped connector. I have also assigned a resource to
that connector. Via that resource, we will pull information
from our AD as an initial test. The connector reports that it
works.


Very nice, indeed.

One note: while it is perfectly fine for evaluation, I would
personally prefer PostgreSQL over MySQL / MariaDB, as some of my
customers have been reporting complaints about search performances.
We have been constantly providing enhancements and fixes about
that, but there have been simply no issues in all the
PostgreSQL-based deployments - some of them being very large in
numbers.



One problem though. I have been able to create all schema
types but the virtual one. When I’m supposed to create a
virtual schema type for attributes that Syncope will not own
and set the ad-resource as the  de facto resource, the type
drop down list for the virtual schema is empty and just states
“Choose one”.

What am I missing here? Some schema definition topic missed
somewhere? This is not a panic question, as we are just
evaluating, but I figure that I might save some time to ask
via the mailing list first. I do have my own abstractions to
do for our own maybe to come IDM…J


I am assuming you are using the Admin UI here.
If so, you need first to select a Resource (among the ones
available) and then the Type combo will be populated with all the
provision rules defined for that Resource.
Finally, you will need to provide the external attribute to which
the new Virtual Schema's attributes will be linked.

More details available at:

https://syncope.apache.org/docs/reference-guide.html#virtual

HTH
Regards.


--
Francesco Chicchiriccò

RE: Creating a virtual schema type ->empty type list

2017-03-02 Thread Mikael Ekblom
Hi,

Sorry, I don't get this last point: FYI, Syncope can be deployed and run in 
Windows environments too.

I was referring to the fact that it might be that we will jump over to deploy 
Syncope on some Linux-distribution. But as you said, it is deployed already on 
a Windows server and works fine.

What we need to check is how to connect to office365 PowerShell and 
automatically assign licenses through the IDM if possible.

Synchronization with Azure AD should work out of the box through sync with AD 
->  Azure AD connect , but assigning licenses is something else. This should 
also be role based. I must see what I can find for that or maybe write my own 
bundle.

Regards,

Mikael


From: Francesco Chicchiriccò [mailto:ilgro...@apache.org]
Sent: keskiviikko 1. maaliskuuta 2017 16.30
To: user@syncope.apache.org
Subject: Re: Creating a virtual schema type ->empty type list

On 01/03/2017 08:29, Mikael Ekblom wrote:
Hi,

OK, so that was the logic behind it!  Now I start to have all the dependencies 
clear.  Tested it and now everything makes sense.

That's great to hear.


Our deployment is pretty small though. Only 200 + personnel + some 2000 
students. But I’ll check the postgress option. The core seems to be configured 
by default towards the Postgress option.

Yes, it is :-)


I like the way you can augment Syncope if needed in a strongly typed language. 
Maybe we’ll even be able to remove the existing php-based “IDM”, which is more 
of a plain sync engine with no editable business logic capabilities what so 
ever. Not my production though…

It might be that we will end up with a *nix environment in the end.

Sorry, I don't get this last point: FYI, Syncope can be deployed and run in 
Windows environments too.

Regards.


From: Francesco Chicchiriccò [mailto:ilgro...@apache.org]
Sent: tiistai 28. helmikuuta 2017 17.54
To: user@syncope.apache.org<mailto:user@syncope.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Creating a virtual schema type ->empty type list

On 28/02/2017 16:26, Mikael Ekblom wrote:
Hi,

We are currently evaluating Syncopy as a candidate for our future IDM.

Hi,
glad to hear that :-)



We have some choices on the table and we are even considering writing our own 
IDM from scratch, but that is something I would like to avoid for practical 
reasons…☺ I think that would be inventing the wheel again nowadays. Our 
neighbor Helsinki University is implementing the same solution, so I thought 
that I will join the community regarding this one.

Anyhow, I have a working Syncopy 2.0.2 running on a Windows server 2012 R2 with 
mysql as the backbone. It is setup and configured via Apache Maven and is 
running with Tomcat 8.5 as the container.  Everything seems to be working.

I have managed to create the connector to our AD with the built in/shipped 
connector. I have also assigned a resource to that connector. Via that 
resource, we will pull information from our AD as an initial test. The 
connector reports that it works.

Very nice, indeed.

One note: while it is perfectly fine for evaluation, I would personally prefer 
PostgreSQL over MySQL / MariaDB, as some of my customers have been reporting 
complaints about search performances.
We have been constantly providing enhancements and fixes about that, but there 
have been simply no issues in all the PostgreSQL-based deployments - some of 
them being very large in numbers.



One problem though. I have been able to create all schema types but the virtual 
one. When I’m supposed to create a virtual schema type for attributes that 
Syncope will not own and set the ad-resource as the  de facto resource, the 
type drop down list for the virtual schema is empty and just states “Choose 
one”.

What am I missing here? Some schema definition topic missed somewhere? This is 
not a panic question, as we are just evaluating, but I figure that I might save 
some time to ask via the mailing list first. I do have my own abstractions to 
do for our own maybe to come IDM…☺


I am assuming you are using the Admin UI here.
If so, you need first to select a Resource (among the ones available) and then 
the Type combo will be populated with all the provision rules defined for that 
Resource.
Finally, you will need to provide the external attribute to which the new 
Virtual Schema's attributes will be linked.

More details available at:

https://syncope.apache.org/docs/reference-guide.html#virtual

HTH
Regards.


--

Francesco Chicchiriccò



Tirasa - Open Source Excellence

http://www.tirasa.net/



Member at The Apache Software Foundation

Syncope, Cocoon, Olingo, CXF, OpenJPA, PonyMail

http://home.apache.org/~ilgrosso/


Re: Creating a virtual schema type ->empty type list

2017-03-01 Thread Francesco Chicchiriccò

On 01/03/2017 08:29, Mikael Ekblom wrote:


Hi,

OK, so that was the logic behind it!  Now I start to have all the 
dependencies clear.  Tested it and now everything makes sense.




That's great to hear.

Our deployment is pretty small though. Only 200 + personnel + some 
2000 students. But I’ll check the postgress option. The core seems to 
be configured by default towards the Postgress option.




Yes, it is :-)

I like the way you can augment Syncope if needed in a strongly typed 
language. Maybe we’ll even be able to remove the existing php-based 
“IDM”, which is more of a plain sync engine with no editable business 
logic capabilities what so ever. Not my production though…


It might be that we will end up with a *nix environment in the end.



Sorry, I don't get this last point: FYI, Syncope can be deployed and run 
in Windows environments too.


Regards.


*From:*Francesco Chicchiriccò [mailto:ilgro...@apache.org]
*Sent:* tiistai 28. helmikuuta 2017 17.54
*To:* user@syncope.apache.org
*Subject:* Re: Creating a virtual schema type ->empty type list

On 28/02/2017 16:26, Mikael Ekblom wrote:

Hi,

We are currently evaluating Syncopy as a candidate for our future IDM.


Hi,
glad to hear that :-)


We have some choices on the table and we are even considering
writing our own IDM from scratch, but that is something I would
like to avoid for practical reasons…J I think that would be
inventing the wheel again nowadays. Our neighbor Helsinki
University is implementing the same solution, so I thought that I
will join the community regarding this one.

Anyhow, I have a working Syncopy 2.0.2 running on a Windows server
2012 R2 with mysql as the backbone. It is setup and configured via
Apache Maven and is running with Tomcat 8.5 as the container.
 Everything seems to be working.

I have managed to create the connector to our AD with the built
in/shipped connector. I have also assigned a resource to that
connector. Via that resource, we will pull information from our AD
as an initial test. The connector reports that it works.


Very nice, indeed.

One note: while it is perfectly fine for evaluation, I would 
personally prefer PostgreSQL over MySQL / MariaDB, as some of my 
customers have been reporting complaints about search performances.
We have been constantly providing enhancements and fixes about that, 
but there have been simply no issues in all the PostgreSQL-based 
deployments - some of them being very large in numbers.



One problem though. I have been able to create all schema types
but the virtual one. When I’m supposed to create a virtual schema
type for attributes that Syncope will not own and set the
ad-resource as the  de facto resource, the type drop down list for
the virtual schema is empty and just states “Choose one”.

What am I missing here? Some schema definition topic missed
somewhere? This is not a panic question, as we are just
evaluating, but I figure that I might save some time to ask via
the mailing list first. I do have my own abstractions to do for
our own maybe to come IDM…J


I am assuming you are using the Admin UI here.
If so, you need first to select a Resource (among the ones available) 
and then the Type combo will be populated with all the provision rules 
defined for that Resource.
Finally, you will need to provide the external attribute to which the 
new Virtual Schema's attributes will be linked.


More details available at:

https://syncope.apache.org/docs/reference-guide.html#virtual

HTH
Regards.


--
Francesco Chicchiriccò

Tirasa - Open Source Excellence
http://www.tirasa.net/

Member at The Apache Software Foundation
Syncope, Cocoon, Olingo, CXF, OpenJPA, PonyMail
http://home.apache.org/~ilgrosso/



RE: Creating a virtual schema type ->empty type list

2017-02-28 Thread Mikael Ekblom
Hi,

OK, so that was the logic behind it!  Now I start to have all the dependencies 
clear.  Tested it and now everything makes sense.

Our deployment is pretty small though. Only 200 + personnel + some 2000 
students. But I’ll check the postgress option. The core seems to be configured 
by default towards the Postgress option.

I like the way you can augment Syncope if needed in a strongly typed language. 
Maybe we’ll even be able to remove the existing php-based “IDM”, which is more 
of a plain sync engine with no editable business logic capabilities what so 
ever. Not my production though…

It might be that we will end up with a *nix environment in the end.

Thanks a lot!

Regards,

   Mikael


From: Francesco Chicchiriccò [mailto:ilgro...@apache.org]
Sent: tiistai 28. helmikuuta 2017 17.54
To: user@syncope.apache.org
Subject: Re: Creating a virtual schema type ->empty type list

On 28/02/2017 16:26, Mikael Ekblom wrote:
Hi,

We are currently evaluating Syncopy as a candidate for our future IDM.

Hi,
glad to hear that :-)


We have some choices on the table and we are even considering writing our own 
IDM from scratch, but that is something I would like to avoid for practical 
reasons…☺ I think that would be inventing the wheel again nowadays. Our 
neighbor Helsinki University is implementing the same solution, so I thought 
that I will join the community regarding this one.

Anyhow, I have a working Syncopy 2.0.2 running on a Windows server 2012 R2 with 
mysql as the backbone. It is setup and configured via Apache Maven and is 
running with Tomcat 8.5 as the container.  Everything seems to be working.

I have managed to create the connector to our AD with the built in/shipped 
connector. I have also assigned a resource to that connector. Via that 
resource, we will pull information from our AD as an initial test. The 
connector reports that it works.

Very nice, indeed.

One note: while it is perfectly fine for evaluation, I would personally prefer 
PostgreSQL over MySQL / MariaDB, as some of my customers have been reporting 
complaints about search performances.
We have been constantly providing enhancements and fixes about that, but there 
have been simply no issues in all the PostgreSQL-based deployments - some of 
them being very large in numbers.


One problem though. I have been able to create all schema types but the virtual 
one. When I’m supposed to create a virtual schema type for attributes that 
Syncope will not own and set the ad-resource as the  de facto resource, the 
type drop down list for the virtual schema is empty and just states “Choose 
one”.

What am I missing here? Some schema definition topic missed somewhere? This is 
not a panic question, as we are just evaluating, but I figure that I might save 
some time to ask via the mailing list first. I do have my own abstractions to 
do for our own maybe to come IDM…☺


I am assuming you are using the Admin UI here.
If so, you need first to select a Resource (among the ones available) and then 
the Type combo will be populated with all the provision rules defined for that 
Resource.
Finally, you will need to provide the external attribute to which the new 
Virtual Schema's attributes will be linked.

More details available at:

https://syncope.apache.org/docs/reference-guide.html#virtual

HTH
Regards.


--

Francesco Chicchiriccò



Tirasa - Open Source Excellence

http://www.tirasa.net/



Member at The Apache Software Foundation

Syncope, Cocoon, Olingo, CXF, OpenJPA, PonyMail

http://home.apache.org/~ilgrosso/


Re: Creating a virtual schema type ->empty type list

2017-02-28 Thread Francesco Chicchiriccò

On 28/02/2017 16:26, Mikael Ekblom wrote:


Hi,

We are currently evaluating Syncopy as a candidate for our future IDM.



Hi,
glad to hear that :-)

We have some choices on the table and we are even considering writing 
our own IDM from scratch, but that is something I would like to avoid 
for practical reasons…J I think that would be inventing the wheel 
again nowadays. Our neighbor Helsinki University is implementing the 
same solution, so I thought that I will join the community regarding 
this one.


Anyhow, I have a working Syncopy 2.0.2 running on a Windows server 
2012 R2 with mysql as the backbone. It is setup and configured via 
Apache Maven and is running with Tomcat 8.5 as the container. 
 Everything seems to be working.


I have managed to create the connector to our AD with the built 
in/shipped connector. I have also assigned a resource to that 
connector. Via that resource, we will pull information from our AD as 
an initial test. The connector reports that it works.




Very nice, indeed.

One note: while it is perfectly fine for evaluation, I would personally 
prefer PostgreSQL over MySQL / MariaDB, as some of my customers have 
been reporting complaints about search performances.
We have been constantly providing enhancements and fixes about that, but 
there have been simply no issues in all the PostgreSQL-based deployments 
- some of them being very large in numbers.


One problem though. I have been able to create all schema types but 
the virtual one. When I’m supposed to create a virtual schema type for 
attributes that Syncope will not own and set the ad-resource as the 
 de facto resource, the type drop down list for the virtual schema is 
empty and just states “Choose one”.


What am I missing here? Some schema definition topic missed somewhere? 
This is not a panic question, as we are just evaluating, but I figure 
that I might save some time to ask via the mailing list first. I do 
have my own abstractions to do for our own maybe to come IDM…J




I am assuming you are using the Admin UI here.
If so, you need first to select a Resource (among the ones available) 
and then the Type combo will be populated with all the provision rules 
defined for that Resource.
Finally, you will need to provide the external attribute to which the 
new Virtual Schema's attributes will be linked.


More details available at:

https://syncope.apache.org/docs/reference-guide.html#virtual

HTH
Regards.

--
Francesco Chicchiriccò

Tirasa - Open Source Excellence
http://www.tirasa.net/

Member at The Apache Software Foundation
Syncope, Cocoon, Olingo, CXF, OpenJPA, PonyMail
http://home.apache.org/~ilgrosso/