Install UserIdentityBackend on Ubuntu

This is how to install UserIdentityBackend on Ubuntu

Prerequisites

1. Set up an ubuntu server, tested on Ubuntu 13.10.
2. Firewall rules - To harden the server, source limitations of UIB access to only where the ssologinservice, securitytokenservice and useradministration is being hosted.
3. JDK 7 (OpenJDK)

   sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
   

4. Apache or NginX as webproxy
5. ApacheDS
   1. http://opendesignarch.blogspot.no/2012/12/download-and-install-ldap-on-ubuntu.html
6. PostgreSQL
   1. How To Install and Use PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 12.04
   2. cantaraadm:Setup Postgres database for Confluence

Configuration

Install UIB

sudo adduser UserIdentityBackend

# As the correct user
sudo su - UserIdentityBackend

# Download and update configuration file
wget https://raw.github.com/altran/Whydah-UserIdentityBackend/master/src/main/resources/useridentitybackend.PROD.properties
nano useridentitybackend.PROD.properties

# Download startup-script for the service
wget https://raw.github.com/altran/Whydah-UserIdentityBackend/master/start-service.sh
chmod 550 start-service.sh

# Start the service
./start-service.sh

Security

UIB, webproxy postgres, apacheds

All services run as separate, non-root users.

Suggest require SSH tunnel to access database and LDAP. Only allow direct connection from localhost.