Target systems
Bravura Security Fabric manages access on and authenticates to shared computer systems, referred to as target systems. Example target systems include operating systems, databases, directories, and applications. Bravura Identity also uses target systems to manage inventory objects.
Bravura Security Fabric relies on software components called connectors, which are installed with the Connector Pack:
User management connectors, which can list users, manage accounts, groups, passwords, and other objects on a target system
User management connectors may include:
An agent binary located in the Bravura Security Fabric instances agent directory. product administrators can use their process names to troubleshoot functionality by finding them in Bravura Security Fabric logs or the Windows’ list of running processes.
Any libraries used by the agent. This may include libraries in <Program Files>\Common Files\Bravura Security\, Windows or VisualC++ libraries and the various target libraries, SDKs, Python interpreter, and so on.
In some cases, such as Unix systems, a listener installed on the target system.
Ticket management connectors, also known as interface programs or exit trap programs, that can trigger updates on target systems when certain events occur on the Bravura Security Fabric server
Not all target systems are capable of supporting all connector operations, and some operations are not available through the Bravura Security Fabric web interface. See Connector operations for a full list and explanation of each connector operation.
Bravura Security Fabric can connect and support operations on a target system when you register the system using the Manage the system (PSA) module. Optionally, you can register IT Service Management (Ticket) systems to configure event actions. The security benefit of registering IT Service Management (Ticket) systems is that all sensitive information (server address, admin credentials) is automatically passed to the ticket management connector, rather than stored in a configuration file in plain text.
To add a target system to Bravura Security Fabric (that is, to register it) you must provide the following information:
The target system type
The target system description
The target system address/connection details
target system administrator credentials
Additionally, you should modify the default configuration and policy settings to match your target system and business requirements. For example, you may want to designate the target system as a source of profile IDs, or configure target-system-level authorization.
Bravura Privilege can also add target systems using the auto discovery process. During auto discovery , all discovered systems are saved in the Manage the system (PSA) module (Manage the system > Resources > Discovered objects > Systems). You can use target system import rules to automatically create target systems for discovered systems.
Bravura Privilege also uses templates to automate the process of adding new target systems.
See also
The Connector Pack documentation contains specific targeting and integration information on a per system basis. It also contains information about the different connectors and the operations that they support.