Set up the Datastore

Use the Setup menu to manage the Datastore connection settings.

Although you can't manage administrative roles in the Setup and Sync Tool, administrative roles that you configure in the Management Portal also apply to the Setup and Sync Tool.

Configure the Datastore connection

Use the node Setup > Datastore to manage the Datastore connection settings of the Setup and Sync Tool.

The Datastore stores all information of your environment, including licenses and data synchronized from external sources. Upgraded customers may use an Ivanti Automation Datastore.

Supported database types

Configuration

Field	Explanation and Tips
Database name	Specify the Datastore name. If you connect to a different Datastore, you also need to point the Catalog Services and the Transaction Engine to this Datastore. To adjust their connection settings, apply the public property /CONFIGDB to the executables of the Catalog Services and the Transaction Engine. This opens a window in which you can specify the new settings. You can connect to an empty database (a database without any tables) that you have created directly on a database server, not with Ivanti Identity Director. This is useful if an administrator is only allowed to manage existing databases, not create new ones. For example, an administrator with only DBO permissions is not allowed to create new databases, but can connect to a database created by someone who does have sufficient permissions (DBA). This database can then be used as an Ivanti Identity Director Datastore.
Use Windows authentication	Use Windows authentication (Microsoft SQL Server only). Ivanti Identity Director uses SQL Server authentication by default. You can only use Windows authentication if you have configured this in your Windows environment.
Force protocol encryption	Secure communication between the Datastore and the components that connect to it (Microsoft SQL Server only).

Field

Explanation and Tips

Database name

Specify the Datastore name.

If you connect to a different Datastore, you also need to point the Catalog Services and the Transaction Engine to this Datastore. To adjust their connection settings, apply the public property /CONFIGDB to the executables of the Catalog Services and the Transaction Engine. This opens a window in which you can specify the new settings.
You can connect to an empty database (a database without any tables) that you have created directly on a database server, not with Ivanti Identity Director. This is useful if an administrator is only allowed to manage existing databases, not create new ones. For example, an administrator with only DBO permissions is not allowed to create new databases, but can connect to a database created by someone who does have sufficient permissions (DBA). This database can then be used as an Ivanti Identity Director Datastore.

Use Windows authentication

Use Windows authentication (Microsoft SQL Server only).

Ivanti Identity Director uses SQL Server authentication by default.
You can only use Windows authentication if you have configured this in your Windows environment.

Force protocol encryption

Secure communication between the Datastore and the components that connect to it (Microsoft SQL Server only).

Set up the Datastore

Configure the Datastore connection

Supported database types

Configuration

See also