WebSphere

 

Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows

 

Set up Novell eDirectory

Use the information in this topic to set up Novell eDirectory as your LDAP server.

This topic includes the following sections:

Creating a new user as the administrator

IBM® WebSphere® Portal Express has been tested to support Novell eDirectory. You must perform special configuration steps to enable Novell eDirectory to work with WebSphere Portal Express. Use the following topics as a guide to configuring your directory server.

  1. If you choose to use the LDIF file, locate PortalUsers.ldif in the root directory on the CD Setup, and open it in a text editor.

    • The PortalUsers.ldif file is provided as a working example and needs to be adapted appropriately to work with your LDAP.

    • If you have configured IBM DB2® Content Manager, there is a separate LDIF file. Use ContentUsers.ldif for the DB2 Content Manager group and user IDs.

  2. Replace all occurrences of o=yourcompany.com with the suffix that you are using.

  3. Replace any prefixes and suffixes that are unique to your LDAP directory. You can specify user names other than wpsadmin or wpsbind if you want. For security reasons, you should specify non-trivial passwords for these administrator accounts because it is easier to specify them now than to change them after installation.

  4. Optional: If using IBM Tivoli® Access Manager for e-business Version 5.1, set the objectclasses to accessGroup. If using Tivoli Access Manager Version 6, set the objectclasses to groupOfNames.

  5. Save your changes.

  6. Follow the instructions provided with Novell eDirectory to import PortalUsers.ldif.

    Importing the PortalUsers.ldif file could overwrite existing user data.

  7. Stop and restart the LDAP server.

  8. Use the ldapsearch utility to verify your user and group DN information.

  9. After the installation, change any trivial passwords for the administrator user IDs.

 

Example of the Novell eDirectory structure

The following schema is an example for Novell eDirectory and is referenced throughout the documentation for consistency. The example below is designed to help you determine the appropriate values when configuring WebSphere Portal Express to work with your specific directory layout. The values shown match the default values for this LDAP. If you have an existing schema that varies from this example, replace the example values with your values. For instance, cn is shown as the group prefix; replace cn with the group prefix for your schema.

IBM Directory Server Structure

  • LDAP suffix="o=yourcompany"

  • user prefix="uid"

  • user suffix="ou=people"

  • group prefix="cn"

  • group suffix="ou=groups"

  • administrator DN="uid=wpsadmin,ou=people,o=yourcompany.com"

  • administrator group="cn=wpsadmins,ou=groups,o=yourcompany.com"

 

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