A custom user registry is a customer-implemented user registry that implements the UserRegistry Java interface, as provided by WebSphere Application Server. A custom-implemented user registry can support virtually any type or form of an accounts repository from a relational database, flat file, and so on. The custom user registry provides considerable flexibility in adapting WebSphere Application Server security to various environments where some form of a user registry, other than Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) or Local OS, already exist in the operational environment.
If you are using the WebSphere Application Server Version 4.x CustomRegistry interface, you can plug in your registry without any changes. However, using the new interface to implement your custom registry is recommended. To view a sample custom registry, refer to the following files:
Related concepts
Custom user registries
Related tasks
Developing custom user registries
Related reference
FileRegistrySample.java file
users.props file
groups.props file