Automated connector creation for provisioning systems

摘要

Systems and methods for automating or at least partially automating the creation of connectors for a provisioning system are described. A provisioning system can include a connector creation module that analyzes an application programming interface (API) of a target system. Based on this analysis, the provisioning system can automatically create a connector module that can communicate with the target system. The connector creator may also provide a user interface that enables users to customize the functionality of the connector module. For example, a user can specify which routines of the target system API will be called by the connector module, which user identity parameters of the target system will be updated, and so forth. The connector creation module can automatically generate code for the connector module that implements the user-specified functionality. The finished connector module can be executed to provision the target system.

主权项

1. A system for provisioning a target system with identity information, the system comprising:
a connector creation module comprising computer hardware, the connector creation module configured to at least:
establish communication with a target system configured to utilize user identity information to manage user accounts of a plurality of users;automatically scan a port or a network address associated with the target system to access a web service application programming interface (API) of the target system to identify routines for managing user identities in the target system and parameters associated with the user identities in the target system;electronically generate a parameter mapping user interface comprising functionality for a user to graphically map one or more of the parameters of the target system to one or more provisioning parameters of a provisioning system;automatically generate a connector module comprising one or more provisioning routines by at least generating a proxy class that corresponds to the web service API, the one or more provisioning routines configured to access one or more of the routines of the target system to set the one or more parameters of the target system to one or more values of the one or more provisioning parameters;execute the connector module to thereby provision the target system with the user identity information of the plurality of users; andautomatically customize a template of a routine to include the mapping of the one or more parameters, such that said execution of the connector module is configured to cause the routine to invoke the proxy class to cause the one or more mapped parameters to be adjusted in the target system; and a central user identity repository configured to store the user identity information of the plurality of users.