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Add a database user registry on AIX in a clustered environment

Add a database user registry to the default federated repository to store user account information for authentication and authorization. You can add multiple database user registries to the default federated repository although you can only add one database user registry at a time.

In a single server environment the WebSphere_Portal and server1 servers can be either stopped or started.

In a clustered environment stop all appservers on the system including WebSphere_Portal and server1 and then start the nodeagent and deployment manager servers before starting the following task.

Perform the following steps, on the primary node only, to add a database user registry to the default federated repository; repeat these steps for each additional database user registry that you plan to add:

Use the wp_add_DB.properties helper file, located in...

...when performing this task to ensure the correct properties are entered. In the instructions below, when the step refers to wkplc.properties, you will use your wp_add_DB.properties helper file.

  1. Set up a new database, including creating a new user with appropriate WebSphere Portal privileges for accessing the database:

    See the appropriate database files in the WebSphere Portal Information Center about setting up databases and creating users for detailed information.

    Option Description
    DB2 To create a DB2 database:

    1. Install DB2.

    2. Enter the following database tuning commands:

      db2 "CREATE DB dbname using codeset UTF-8 territory us PAGESIZE 8192"
      db2 "UPDATE DB CFG FOR dbname USING applheapsz 4096"
      db2 "UPDATE DB CFG FOR dbname USING app_ctl_heap_sz 1024"
      db2 "UPDATE DB CFG FOR dbname USING stmtheap 32768"
      db2 "UPDATE DB CFG FOR dbname USING dbheap 2400"
      db2 "UPDATE DB CFG FOR dbname USING locklist 1000"
      db2 "UPDATE DB CFG FOR dbname USING logfilsiz 4000"
      db2 "UPDATE DB CFG FOR dbname USING logprimary 12"
      db2 "UPDATE DB CFG FOR dbname USING logsecond 20"
      db2 "UPDATE DB CFG FOR dbname USING logbufsz 32"
      db2 "UPDATE DB CFG FOR dbname USING avg_appls 5"
      db2 "UPDATE DB CFG FOR dbname USING locktimeout 30"
      db2 "UPDATE DB CFG FOR dbname using AUTO_MAINT off"
      

    Oracle To create an Oracle database:

    1. Install Oracle using UNICODE Database and National character sets such as UTF8, AL32UTF8, or AL16UTF16.

    2. Configure the database in Dedicated Server Mode.

    3. Enter the recommended initial buffer pool sizes or set them according to your business needs:

      • db_block_size = 8192

      • db_cache_size = 300M

      • db_files = 1024

      • log_buffer = 65536

      • open_cursors = 1500

      • pga_aggregate_target = 200M

      • pre_page_sga = true

      • processes = 300

      • shared_pool_size = 200M

    SQL Server To create an SQL Server database:

    1. Install SQL Server.

    2. Set Collation to case-sensitive.

  2. Perform the following steps to define the DbDriver and DbLibrary parameter values:

    1. Edit wkplc_dbtype.properties, located in...

        profile_root/ConfigEngine/properties

    2. Enter a value for the following parameters under the appropriate database type properties heading:

      • db_type.DbDriver

      • db_type.DbLibrary

    3. Save changes.

  3. Edit...

      profile_root/ConfigEngine/properties/wkplc.properties

  4. Enter a value for the following parameters under the VMM Federated Database Properties heading:

  5. Edit the soap.client.props file, located in...

      wp_profile/properties
    Change the com.ibm.SOAP.requestTimeout value to 1000.

  6. Perform the following steps in a clustered environment:

    1. Run...

        ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-prep-vmm-db-secured-environment -DWasPassword=password -DDbDomain=la|federated.db -Ddb_type.DmgrDbLibrary=/path/to/DB/jars/on/Dmgr -DDmgrNodeName=dmgr_node_name

      ...from...

        profile_root/ConfigEngine

      ...to create the local Deployment Manager WebSphere variable used to access the database jars.

      Where DbDomain is either la or federated.db depending on whether you are using a property extension database (la) or a database user registry (federated.db). The db_type in db_type.DmgrDbLibrary should be set to the type of database you are using, for example db2.

      The /path/to/DB/jars/on/Dmgr should be one of the following options:

      • DB2 Type 4 driver:

        db2jcc.jar:db2jcc_license_cu.jar

      • DB2 for z/OS Type 4 driver:

        db2jcc_license_cisuz.jar;db2jcc_javax.jar

      • Oracle 10g Type 4 driver:

        ojdbc14.jar

      • Oracle 11g Type 4 driver (WAS V6.1):

        ojdbc5.jar

      • Oracle 11g Type 4 driver (WAS V7):

        ojdbc6.jar

      • SQL Server JDBC driver provided by Microsoft:

        sqljdbc.jar

      • SQL Server JDBC driver provided by DataDirect:

        sqlserver.jar;base.jar;util.jar

    2. If you configured a database user registry or a property extension database, run the following task for EACH WebSphere Portal node that participates in the cluster to set up access to the database drivers; if multiple nodes share the same database library path you can submit a comma separated list of node names:

      This task does not need to be executed from the node identified in the VmmNodeName parameter.

      1. Set the property value for federated.db.DbType if using a database user registry and set the property value for la.DbType if using a property extension database in wkplc.properties.

      2. Run...

          ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-node-prep-vmm-db-secured-environment -DWasPassword=password -DDbDomain=la|federated.db -DVmmNodeName=node_name -Ddb_type.NodeDbLibrary=/path/to/DB/jars

        ...from

          profile_root/ConfigEngine

        ...on each node to create the variable used to access the VMM database jars. Where DbDomain is either la or federated.db depending on whether you are using a property extension database (la) or a database user registry (federated.db). VmmNodeName is a list of one or more WebSphere Portal nodes names in the cell which share the same database driver paths. The db_type in db_type.NodeDbLibrary should be set to the type of database you are using, for example db2.

        The /path/to/DB/jars should be one of the following options:

        • DB2 Type 4 driver:

          db2jcc.jar:db2jcc_license_cu.jar

        • DB2 for z/OS Type 4 driver:

          db2jcc_license_cisuz.jar;db2jcc_javax.jar

        • Oracle 10g Type 4 driver:

          ojdbc14.jar

        • Oracle 11g Type 4 driver (WAS V6.1):

          ojdbc5.jar

        • Oracle 11g Type 4 driver (WAS V7):

          ojdbc6.jar

        • SQL Server JDBC driver provided by Microsoft:

          sqljdbc.jar

        • SQL Server JDBC driver provided by DataDirect:

          sqlserver.jar;base.jar;util.jar

    3. Run...

        ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-connect-database-vmm -DWasPassword=password -DDbDomain=la|federated.db

      ...to connect to the VMM database, where DbDomain is either la or federated.db depending on whether you are using a property extension database (la) or a database user registry (federated.db).

    4. Cycle all necessary servers to propagate changes.

  7. Run...

      ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-create-db -DWasPassword=password

    ...from

      profile_root/ConfigEngine

    ...to add a database user registry to the default federated repository.

    Users who are not in an LDAP do not have awareness and cannot see if other users are online. This can happen if install WebSphere Portal and then enable a Federated LDAP or Federated database user repository that does not contain that user. Also, users who sign up using the Self Care portlet do not have awareness.

  8. Propagate the security changes:

    Option Description
    Standalone

    1. cd profile_root/bin
      ./stopServer.sh server1 -username admin_userid -password admin_password

    2. cd profile_root/bin
      ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password

    3. cd profile_root/bin
      ./startServer.sh server1

    4. cd profile_root/bin
      ./startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal

    Cluster

    1. cd dmgr_profile/bin
      ./stopManager.sh-username admin_userid -password admin_password

    2. cd profile_root/bin
      ./stopNode.sh -username admin_userid -password admin_password

    3. cd profile_root/bin
      ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password

    4. cd dmgr_profile/bin
      ./startManager.sh

    5. cd profile_root/bin
      ./startNode.sh

    6. cd profile_root/bin
      ./startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal

  9. Perform the following steps to update the user registry where new users and groups are stored:

    For multiple LDAP user registries and/or a database user registry, only run this task for the user registry that you want to define as the default user registry where new users and groups are stored.

    During installation, the default file repository creates a default value in the personAccountRdnProperties and groupRdnProperties parameters.

    To change the default value, run this task twice; once to clear the default value and once to add the new value.

    1. Edit...

        profile_root/ConfigEngine/properties/wkplc.properties

    2. Enter a value for the following parameters under the VMM supported entity types configuration heading:

    3. Save changes to wkplc.properties.

    4. Run...

        ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-set-entitytypes -DWasPassword=password

      ...from...

        profile_root/ConfigEngine

      ...to delete the old attributes before adding the new attributes.

    5. Cycle all necessary servers to propagate changes.

  10. Optional: Run...

      ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-query-repository -DWasPassword=password

    ...from

      profile_root/ConfigEngine

    ...to list the names and types of configured repositories.

If you performed these steps after creating the clustered environment, run enable-jcr-security on the secondary node.


Parent topic:

Configure the default federated repository on AIX in a clustered environment


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Enable LDAP security after cluster creation