We recommend the instructions below for a new Grouper deployment for use with an existing or in process COmanage deployment.
The instructions were developed using Grouper 2.2.2 and include details to support using either MariaDB, MySQL, or PostgreSQL as the database backend for Grouper.
Overview
These instructions detail deploying Grouper for use with COmanage. We use the Grouper installer grouperInstaller.jar in an interactive way to install Grouper components including the API or core, the UI, the web services (WS), and the Provisioning Services Provider (PSP) used for provisioning into LDAP. All current patches are installed by the installer. During the interactive install we make choices for the JDBC database connectivity and include details for use with either MariaDB, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.
The Grouper installer also installs its own version of the Apache Tomcat container. We do not use that installation and instead focus on configuring Tomcat provided by the host operating system.
We include details on proxying Tomcat with Apache HTTP Server (Apache) so that authentication to the Grouper UI can be managed using a Shibboleth Service Provider (SP).