Launching the Console

The IdentityIQ Console (iiq console) is launched by running the iiq.bat file found in the installation Directory/WEB-INF/bin directory. From a command prompt, launch the console with the command as shown for each operating system type:

Windows: iiq console

Unix: ./iiq console -j

The iiq console requires the System Administrator capability.

By default, the iiq console tries to authenticate with the default user/password spadmin / admin. If authentication fails, you are prompted for a user name and password. Specify the user name and password on the command line.

For example:

iiq console -u amy.cox -p mypassword

The console prompts for user input if the password is omitted, and will not launch if the credentials supplied are not associated with an identity that has console access.

Authentication is disabled if there are no identities. This case is encountered during IdentityIQ setup, before init.xml is imported.

The -j option turns on the JLine Java library for handling console input, enabling some ease-of-use functions such as command history recall. Command history recall is enabled in Windows without this library, so this parameter is not required in the Windows environment.

The > prompt character indicates that the console is running and ready to accept commands.