IDABUS NAME GENERATION SERVICE (NGS)
Company-wide or system-specific name generation
The generation, storage and provision of unique names is essential for the successful operation of an identity management system.
The Name Generation Service (NGS) is a release-capable tool that fulfills these requirements comprehensively and with high performance. Only modern Microsoft technologies and components were used in its development.
The NGS service is a web service that provides a REST-compliant interface for all required functions. This makes it very easy to call from other applications. A special module with common functions was created to enable easy use of the NGS from PowerShell scripts. A collection of sample scripts for all common use cases makes it easy to get started. Finally, each function can also be called manually via an integrated interface description page.
The generated unique names are stored in a Microsoft SQL server database. An existing SQL server (e.g. FIM/MIM DB) can be used for this purpose. The requirements are low.
The NGS is multi-client capable and provides unique names for clients, infrastructures, parts of infrastructures, systems, subsystems or combinations of these as required. Prepared functions for generating, providing and storing unique names on the basis of templates already cover a large number of possible and complex generation scenarios for unique names. Names that are no longer used can be automatically deleted after an individually configurable blocking period and are then available again on request. Ready-made PowerShell scripts allow the NGS functions to be called directly from MIM/IDABUS workflows, e.g. to generate unique login names or e-mail addresses.
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The NGS includes the following functionalities:
- Generation of unique identifiers (UID)
- Generation of unique names on the basis of templates
- Generation of unique names based on complex rules
- Storage of unique names in the context of the UID
- Time-controlled or delayed deletion of data records
- Black list function to prevent the generation of inappropriate or offensive names. Can be edited via API.
The NGS comprises the following components:
- Central REST-based web service for the provision, generation and storage of unique names based on templates
- PowerShell module for simplified invocation from scripts
- Example scripts and templates for calling from MIM workflows
The following standard modules are available:
- Create, change and delete unique names
- Unique mail addresses, account names, unique Unix IDs, etc.
- Registration of existing names
- REST API
- PowerShell module
- Use of templates to generate the unique names
- Generation from random letter combinations
- Generation from random number combination
- Generation from the basis of attributes
- Time-limited reservation of unique names
- Support of namespaces (client function)
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