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Domain Selection

After you review the Pre-Installation summary, you can enter the domain information.

Press

to create a domain.

When you create a domain, the node that you create becomes a gateway node in the domain. The gateway node contains a Service Manager that manages all domain operations.

Select whether you want to enable secure communication for services in the domain.

Press

to disable secure communication for the domain.

Press

to enable secure communication for the domain.

By default, if you enable secure communication for the domain, the installer sets up an HTTPS connection for the Informatica Administrator. You can also create a domain configuration repository on a secure database.

Specify the connection details for Informatica Administrator.

If you do not enable secure communication for the domain, you can specify whether to set up a secure HTTPS connection for the Informatica Administrator.

The following table describes the options available to enable or disable a secure connection to Informatica Administrator:

Option	Description
Enable HTTPS for Informatica Administrator	Set up a secure connection to Informatica Administrator.
Disable HTTPS	Do not set up a secure connection to Informatica Administrator.

If you enable secure communication for the domain or if you enable HTTPS connection for the Informatica Administrator, enter the keystore file and port number for the HTTPS connection to Informatica Administrator.

The following table describes the connection information you must enter if you enable HTTPS:

Option	Description
Port	Port number for the HTTPS connection.
Keystore file	Select whether to use a keystore file generated by the installer or a keystore file you create. You can use a keystore file with a self-signed certificate or a certificate signed by a certification authority. 1 - Use a keystore generated by the installer 2 - Specify a keystore file and password If you select to use a keystore file generated by the installer, the installer creates a self-signed keystore file named Default.keystore in the following location: <Informatica installation directory>/tomcat/conf/

Option

Description

Port

Port number for the HTTPS connection.

Keystore file

Select whether to use a keystore file generated by the installer or a keystore file you create. You can use a keystore file with a self-signed certificate or a certificate signed by a certification authority.

1 - Use a keystore generated by the installer

2 - Specify a keystore file and password

If you select to use a keystore file generated by the installer, the installer creates a self-signed keystore file named Default.keystore in the following location:

<Informatica installation directory>/tomcat/conf/

If you specify the keystore, enter the password and location of the keystore file.

If you enabled secure communication for the domain, the

Domain Security - Secure Communication

section appears.

If you did not enable secure communication for the domain, the

Domain Configuration Repository

section appears. Skip to Domain Configuration Repository.

Select whether to enable SAML authentication to configure Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)-based single sign-on (SSO) support for web-based Informatica applications in an Informatica domain.

Press 1 for No to disable SAML authentication.

If you select No, skip to Domain Security - Secure Connection.

Press 2 for Yes to enable SAML authentication.

If you select Yes, configure the SAML authentication.

Enter the Identity Provider URL for the domain.

Enter the identity provider assertion signing certificate alias name.

Select whether to use the default Informatica SSL certificates or to use your SSL certificates to enable SAML authentication in the domain.

The following table describes the SSL certificate options for SAML authentication:

Option	Description
Use the default Informatica SSL certificate file.	Select to use the default Informatica truststore file for SAML authentication.
Enter the location of the SSL certificate file.	Select to use a custom truststore file for SAML authentication. Specify the directory containing the custom truststore file on gateway nodes within the domain. Specify the directory only, not the full path to the file.

If you provide the security certificates, specify the location and passwords of the keystore and truststore files.

The following table describes the location and password of the truststore file:

Property	Description
Truststore Directory	Specify the directory containing the custom truststore file on gateway nodes within the domain. Specify the directory only, not the full path to the file.
Truststore Password	The password for the custom truststore file.