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Set up custom user repositories


A custom user repository is any repository that WebSphere Portal does not support out-of-box. However, we can configure WebSphere Portal to support any type of repository in a federated or stand-alone user registry, whether an LDAP directory, database, file system, and so on. Setting up custom user repositories involves tasks such as defining additional repositories to the default federated user registry, creating a custom stand-alone user repository, and updating the user repository to reflect changes in the environment. Learn what steps are required to create and update custom user repositories and what specific interfaces you must implement to enable communication between WebSphere Portal and a repository.

A user registry is an implementation of the UserRegistry interface in WAS. The following user registries are available out-of-box:

WebSphere Portal accesses all user repositories, whether in federated or stand-alone registry, through VMM. WebSphere Portal uses the Portal User Management Architecture (PUMA) System Programming Interface (SPI) to retrieve and set attributes on user objects. PUMA passes these requests to VMM, which then passes the requests on to a corresponding registry adapton that connects VMM to the repository. For this reason, registry adaptors are required to enable communication between WebSphere Portal and any repository.

Important: Create a user registry adaptor if you plan to use a custom user repository. To create a user registry adaptor, implement the com.ibm.wsspi.wim.Repository interface. Refer to the following topics in the WAS Information Center for information and instructions:


Parent: Securing
Related:
Virtual Member Manager integration
Related:

WAS 8.0 Information Center, Sample custom adapters for federated repositories examples

WAS 8.0 Information Center, Repository SPI (System programming interfaces for virtual member manager adapters)

WAS 8.0 Information Center, VMM API

Set up a custom user repository with Virtual Member Manager for IBM WAS and IBM WebSphere Portal

IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal: Expand the user registry options with a federated repository in WAS, Using the Virtual Member Manager