Calling OIM API from a remote system

Question

Hi.
I have OIM 9031 server installed on a computer HostA. And I have multiple copies of the 3rd party java program installed on HostB, HostC and so on.
I need to be able to call some OIM API from that custom java program (for example, receive the list of active users from OIM server).
According to OIM documentation, I can use Remote manager to manage users on non-network awared systems.
But what if I use Remote manager for calling remote OIM API ? Is that possible?
Or are there any easier ways to achieve my goal ?

Answer 1

The installer in the AD sync connector is provided because in addition to having the OIM API client, there is a DLL that needs to be installed and registered to capture the plaintext password. It is not necessary to have an installer, but it might be be a convenience if you are deploying to many machines.
Here is some code to get you started:
import Thor.API.tcUtilityFactory;
import com.thortech.xl.util.config.ConfigurationClient;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
public class TcUtilFactory {
Log log = LogFactory.getLog("OIMCLIENT.UTILITY");
private tcUtilityFactory factory = null;
private Hashtable env = null;
public TcUtilFactory() throws Exception {
// you can also set these system properties on the command line
System.setProperty("XL.HomeDir", "/opt/oimclient);
System.setProperty("java.security.policy", "config/xl.policy");
System.setProperty("log4j.configuration", "config/log.properties");
System.setProperty("java.security.auth.login.config", "config/auth.conf");
ConfigurationClient.ComplexSetting configClient = ConfigurationClient
.getComplexSettingByPath("Discovery.CoreServer");
env = configClient.getAllSettings();
try {
factory = new tcUtilityFactory(env, "xlsysadm", "xelsysadm");
} catch (Exception e) {
// handle exceptions thrown by tcUtilityFactory constructor
From here you can write whatever methods you need going against tcUtilityFactory. Also note that you will need many of the jars from your lib directory as well as the properly configured xl.config and other files in the config directory that the design console client uses (I usually just copy them from that install). Last you will need to make sure you have the required jars specific to you app server (the ones you need to copy over during the design console install)