SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTITY MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS IN A CLOUD PLATFORM ENVIRONMENT

摘要

Described herein is a system and method for supporting an identity management provider in a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, an identity management (IDM) provider can provide an identity store (e.g., LDAP directory) configuration for use by a cloud platform (e.g., CloudLogic) service. In accordance with an embodiment, the IDM provider can centrally manage one or more identity store configurations, and supply a particular configuration to the orchestration engine when a service is being provisioned, so that the service can then be launched with an appropriate identity store. This allows a platform administrator to specify identity store configurations once and in one place, instead of having to create an identity store configuration for each service.

主权项

1. A system for providing an identity management provider in a cloud computing environment, comprising:
one or more computers including a cloud environment executing thereon; a cloud platform component provided as an installable software suite within the cloud environment, that supports provisioning of enterprise applications; and an identity management (IDM) provider that stores and manages a plurality of identity store configurations; where when a service is being provisioned, an appropriate identity store configuration is selected for use by the service.