Enabling WebSphere Portal security with a LDAP user registry

When enabling WebSphere Portal security update your WebSphere Portal LDAP settings.About this task

Procedure

1. Ensure that the WebSphere Portal environment is stopped.

2. Ensure that Rational Application Developer 7.0 is stopped.

3. Make a backup copy of the wpconfig.properties file in WP_installdir/config directory.

4. Launch the Configuration Wizard, refer to Configure WebSphere Portal with the configuration wizard.

5. Disable security:

   1. Select Disable Security and click Next.

   2. Type your WAS user name and password. Click Next.

   3. Type the location of your WebSphere Portal configuration file, or use the default helper file for your LDAP type. Click Next.

   4. Type your WebSphere Portal administrative user ID, password, and the Administration group ID. Click Next.

   5. On the Summary page, click Next.

   6. When the configuration is complete review the logs, and click Run the Wizard again.

6. Enable LDAP security:

   1. Select Enable LDAP Security and click Next.

   2. Select the appropriate LDAP type and click Next.

   3. Type the location of your properties file. Click Next.

   4. Type your LDAP server information. Click Next. Multiple pages of LDAP server information are required. Complete these pages, then click Next. Important:

      • If the Member Manager database type is Cloudscape, leave the wmm.DbUser and wmm.DbPassword fields empty.

      • The LdapUserSuffix must correspond to the WebSphere Commerce default organization, and should be a child organization to the WebSphere Commerce root organization. For more information refer to Preparing LDAP with WebSphere Commerce and WebSphere Portal.

   5. On the Summary page, click Next.

   6. When the configuration is complete, review the logs, and click Finish. The location of the log file is displayed on the page, the default location is WP_installdir/log.

Related concepts

Authentication types

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