Connecting to the database

  1. Make sure you have already created a project in Rational® tools. If you have yet to create a project, see the Rational tools help system information on creating a project. This will make sure that you will have a project in which to place the resources that you will create in the following steps.

  2. Select

    File | New | Other. In the New wizard, expand the

    Portal | Personalization folders, and select Content or User Resource. Click Next.

  3. In the Specify Protocol and Data Model window, click LDAP.

  4. Select Web content, then click Next.

  5. Type the LDAP URL. The pattern for an LDAP URL is ldap[s]://[host]:[port]/[dn][???filter]. If the LDAP URL does not specify a specific LDAP object type, then inetOrgPerson will be used as the base object type.

  6. If your LDAP server requires authentication, type your User ID and Password.

  7. Click Connect.

 

Related concepts

Creating LDAP content resources

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