Add attributes on Linux in a clustered environment

To ensure proper communication between WebSphere Portal and your LDAP server, you may need to add new attributes to your configuration so that you can map the attributes between WebSphere Portal and the user registry.

Add new attributes to the user registry

1. Install the .ear file for adding properties...

   Option	Description
   Standalone	cd profile_root/ConfigEngine ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-la-install-ear -DWasPassword=password
   Cluster	From the primary node, run... cd profile_root/ConfigEngine ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-la-install-ear -DWasPassword=dmgr_password -DServerName=dmgr_server_name -DNodeName=node_name To look up the dmgr name, from the admin console... System administrator | Deployment Manager | Configuration tab | General Properties | Name To look up the node name... System administrator | Deployment Manager | Runtime tab | General Properties | Node Name

2. Propagate the security changes:

   Option	Description
   Standalone	cd profile_root/bin ./stopServer.sh server1 -username admin_userid -password admin_password cd profile_root/bin ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password cd profile_root/bin ./startServer.sh server1 cd profile_root/bin ./startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal
   Cluster	cd dmgr_profile/bin ./stopManager.sh-username admin_userid -password admin_password cd profile_root/bin ./stopNode.sh -username admin_userid -password admin_password cd profile_root/bin ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password cd dmgr_profile/bin ./startManager.sh cd profile_root/bin ./startNode.sh cd profile_root/bin ./startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal

3. Edit...
   profile_root/ConfigEngine/properties/wkplc.properties

4. Enter a value for the following parameters under the VMM Property Extension Properties heading:
   • la.providerURL
   • la.propertyName
   • la.entityTypes
   • la.dataType
   • la.multiValued

5. Save changes to wkplc.properties.

6. Add the attribute to the user registry...
   ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-add-property -DWasPassword=password

   This task performs an EJB call to WAS, which must authenticate against WAS. Depending on the configuration in sas.client.props, you may receive a popup window or a command line prompt asking for user identity and password. Enter the WAS user ID and password.

   If you have multiple properties to add, repeat all steps, except for the wp-la-install-ear task, until all new attributes are added.

7. Propagate the security changes:

   Option	Description
   Standalone	cd profile_root/bin ./stopServer.sh server1 -username admin_userid -password admin_password cd profile_root/bin ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password cd profile_root/bin ./startServer.sh server1 cd profile_root/bin ./startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal
   Cluster	cd dmgr_profile/bin ./stopManager.sh-username admin_userid -password admin_password ./stopNode.sh -username admin_userid -password admin_password ...from... profile_root/bin cd profile_root/bin ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password cd dmgr_profile/bin ./startManager.sh ./startNode.sh ...from... profile_root/bin cd profile_root/bin ./startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal

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

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Adapting the attribute configuration

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Query defined attributes on Linux

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Mapping attributes on Linux in a clustered environment

Related tasks

Enable LDAP security after cluster creation

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