Starting with vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.4.1, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) and non-FIPS mode are supported during a fresh installation of VMware Identity Manager version 3.3.5. However, you cannot toggle the FIPS mode after the VMware Identity Manager installation. During an upgrade of VMware Identity Manager, only non-FIPS mode is supported. For vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.4 and later releases, VMware Identity Manager installation is optional when creating an environment.

In the previous releases, VMware Identity Manager installation was mandatory prior to creating an environment in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. If an VMware Identity Manager instance was not created, then you were automatically directed to install it on the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager UI.

Now, you can either enable or disable the VMware Identity Manager toggle button.
Note: Prior to installing or importing vRealize Automation 8.x, ensure that globalenvironment for VMware Identity Manager is present in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. If globalenvironment is not installed, you cannot proceed with the vRealize Automation 8.x deployment. To install globalenvironment, enable the toggle button in the Create Environment page.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to My Services dashboard, and click Lifecycle Operations.
  2. Enable the Install Identity Manager toggle button to install VMware Identity Manager. Disable the Install Identity Manager toggle button to proceed with any other vRealize Suite product installation.
  3. Click Create Environment, and enter the environment details.
    1. The environment name remains as global environment by default.
    2. (Optional) Enter the environment description, which can be a maximum of 1024 characters.
    3. Add the Password details.
      Note: If there is no password listed, then navigate to Locker to add a password.
    4. Select the Datacenter name.
    5. Enable or disable the JSON Configuration toggle bar, as required. When you enable the JSON configuration, you can paste the JSON file text manually or you can import the file from your local system.
    6. Click Next.
  4. If you enabled Install Identity Manager in step 2, select the New Install option to install VMware Identity Manager. If the toggle is disabled, select the New Install option for other vRealize Suite products.
  5. Select the required supported version for VMware Identity Manager and click Next.

Results

For more information on configuring VMware Identity Manager, see sections under Install vRealize Suite Products.