WebSphere

 

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

 

Tivoli Directory Server

Installing an LDAP server is not part of the default IBM® WebSphere® Portal Express installation, so install, setup, and configure the IBM Tivoli® Directory Server separately. You can install the Tivoli Directory Server on the same machine as WebSphere Portal Express or you can install it on a remote machine.

  1. Installing Tivoli Directory Server
    If necessary, use the information in this file to install IBM Tivoli Directory Server so that you can set up and configure Tivoli Directory Server as the LDAP server for IBM WebSphere Portal Express.

  2. Creating required LDAP users and groups
    Before you can configure IBM WebSphere Portal Express to work with the LDAP server, the LDAP user registry must have some minimal user and group information already populated. This section describes the procedures necessary to set up the LDAP server to work with WebSphere Portal Express.

  3. Setting up Tivoli Directory Server
    Use the information in this topic to set up IBM Tivoli Directory Server as your LDAP server.

  4. Disabling global security
    Choose one of the following methods to disable IBM WebSphere Application Server global security.

  5. Configuring Tivoli Directory Server
    You can choose to configure your LDAP to support one-realm (non-realm support) or multiple realms (realm support).

  6. Verifying LDAP
    After setting security with LDAP, use this information to verify that your LDAP server for IBM WebSphere Portal Express has been properly configured.

  7. Setting up LDAP over SSL with Tivoli Directory Server
    Configure your Tivoli Directory Server over SSL to ensure the confidentiality of the data exchanged between WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal Express, and your LDAP user registry.

  8. i5/OS: Tivoli Directory Server
    This section describes procedures for configuring i5/OS Tivoli Directory Server over SSL:

 

Parent topic:

LDAP user registry