FAQ for finding information about the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle application

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000035383

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RSA Product Set: RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle
RSA Version/Condition: 6.9, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.1

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The RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle community already contains product and security advisories, documentation, downloads, training guides and a knowledge base.  This article is intended for customers who need a starting point that combines just the documentation, online help files and knowledge base, in one place.  It also contains links to the Product Certification Matrix.

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A Quick Note about RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle's Product Name Evolution

From time to time, you may see references to different names for the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle product.  The different names reflect the history of the product, as over time RSA's suite of identity products have evolved to better suit the ever-changing computer security environment.  Previous product names include:

1. Aveksa (2004).  This is why the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle product is most commonly referred to as Aveksa.  You will see Aveksa in many places, for example, in the UNIX service name.
2. RSA Aveksa versions 4 through to 6.5 (July 8, 2013).
3. RSA Aveksa version 6.0, introduced the following components for scalability:

• Aveksa Compliance Manager server (ACM).  Later, this component will be known as Access Compliance/Certification Manager.
• Aveksa Fulfillment Express (AFX).  Later, this component will be known as Access Fulfillment Express.

4. Identity and Access Management (IAM) versions 6.8.x.  This was subsequently referred to as Identity Management and Governance.
5. Identity Management and Governance (IMG) versions 6.9.x.
6. RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance version 7.0.0.
7. RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle, version 7.0.1 and above (2016).

Knowing about the product name evolution is important because when searching the knowledge base, these names will appear in the documents that are returned in the search results.
 

Documentation

The documentation for the Identity Governance & Lifecycle product is separated into general product documentation and then specifically for the Connectors and Collectors and the Data Access Governance module.  However, special mention needs to be made about the Administrators Guide, as it has evolved from a specific document to the online help.

The general production documentation includes the Installation Guide, Release Notes, Update and Migration Guide and Database Guides.

• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.1 documentation
• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.0.2 documentation
• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.0.1 documentation
• RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance 7.0(.0) documentation
• RSA Identity Management and Governance 6.9 documentation.  Please see information regarding RSA Identity Management and Governance 6.9 in the Notes section below.

For all versions, information on how the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle application collects data from the identity sources, and connects to the endpoints to make the access changes can be found in the Connector and Collector documentation.

For the Data Access Governance (DAG) module this is also a separate set of documentation available on the Data Access Governance product space.

The Administrators Guide (aka Online Help)

As the product has evolved, the Administrators Guide changed from being a document, to being only available in the online help.  So that customers still have access to the Administrative Guide in later versions, it can now be downloaded as a set of HTML files.  This means the Administrative Guide is available without having to login to the RSA application.

• Download the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.1 Online Help files.
• Download the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.0.2 Online Help files.
• The RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle version 7.0.1 and RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance version 7.0(.0) Administrative Guides and online help files are not available for download.
• Download the RSA Identity Management & Governance 6.9.1 Administrators Guide (see Notes section regarding 6.9.1).

The Administration Guide topics in the Online Help files are listed below. 

• Getting Started with RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle
• Onboarding Data Sources and Data (Applications, Directories and Data Collection)
• Administration (Settings, Authentication, Dashboards, Email, Tasks and LINUX Command-line Reference)
• My Tasks (Reviews, Approvals, Policies and Rule Violations)
• Reviews (Create, Run/Perform Reviews, Definitions and Coverage Files)
• Requests (Configure, Create, Manage and AFX Requests)
• Rules (Create, Manage and Violation Exceptions)
• Reports (Create, Edit, Run, Import/Export and Definitions)
• Data Access Governance (Module)
• Roles (Configure, Manage, Role sets)
• Working with RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle (Tables/Objects, Privileges, Attributes, various Management activities and Web Services)

 

The Knowledge Base

The RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle main page is where knowledge base articles are available for searching.

These articles are written to provide additional information about the product behavior not explicitly mentioned in the documentation or to document solutions for defects that have been found since a particular version of a product has been released.

When a search has been initiated, a choice can be made on the left-hand-side under Show, for only documents to be displayed.  By choosing Show > Documents, the search results will not include all the other content available in RSA Link.  This means the items found are only those articles that are in addition to the product documentation.

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The following sections are presented to provide further information about the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle product.
 

RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle Implementation Models 

The following models of implementation are currently available, where the components can maintained either by RSA or by the customer.

Model Name	Hardware	Operating System	Application Server	Application	Oracle Database
Hardware Appliance	RSA (local)	RSA	RSA  WildFly/JBoss	RSA	RSA
Software Bundle (with RSA-provided database)	Customer	Customer	RSA  WildFly/JBoss	RSA	RSA
Software Bundle (with customer-provided database)	Customer	Customer	RSA  WildFly/JBoss	RSA	Customer
Software Only	Customer	Customer	Customer WebLogic/WebSphere	RSA	Customer

Product Architecture

The following are the high-level components needed for the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle product to run.

Component	Description
Operating System	SUSE Linux  or  Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Application Server	WildFly JBoss Oracle WebLogic IBM WebSphere Note: A choice of one out of three vendors is available
Java Development Kit	OpenJDK Oracle JDK IBM JDK Note: The JDK needs to match the Application Server vendor
RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle Application	The aveksa.ear file contains the following Java-based servers. Access Certification Manager (ACM) server Access Fulfillment eXpress (AFX) server WorkPoint server (bundled third-party software for workflows) Mule Management Console (mmc, bundled third-party software for Enterprise Service Bus).
Database	Oracle Enterprise Edition

Product Support Matrix

These documents advise what Product Architecture Component versions are needed to run the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle product.

• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle Platform Datasheet and Support Matrix (for 7.1)
• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.0.2 Platform Datasheet and Support Matrix 
• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.0.1 Platform Datasheet and Support Matrix 
• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.0(.0) Support Matrix is not available, so refer to the RSA Via L&G 7.0 Installation Guide.
• RSA Identity Management and Governance 6.9 Support Matrix is not available.  Please refer to the RSA Identity Management and Governance 6.9 Installation Guide.  Please see information regarding RSA Identity Management & Governance 6.9 in the Notes section below.

RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle - Supported Collectors and Connectors documents the identity sources from which RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle can collect and the endpoints to which RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle can connect when making changes to user access.

Notes

RSA Identity Management and Governance 6.9.x has reached End Of Primary Support (EOPS).  Please see the Product Version Life Cycle for RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle for more information.