Create federated repositories

Add your custom repository to the default federated repositories. We implement a custom registry adapter so that WebSphere Portal can access the repository. After implementing the custom registry adapter, define several parameters for the environment and run a task to add the repository to the federated repositories.

Create a custom user registry adapter before creating the repository. To create the user registry adapter, implement the wim.Repository interface. Refer to the WAS documentation for information and instructions.

1. Perform the following steps to create a federated repository:

   1. Open wkplc.properties with any text editor from the following directory:

   2. Set values under the VMM Federated CUR Properties heading:
      • federated.cur.id
      • federated.cur.adapterClassName
      • federated.cur.baseDN
      • federated.cur.isExtIdUnique
      • federated.cur.supportExternalName
      • federated.cur.supportPaging
      • federated.cur.supportSorting
      • federated.cur.supportTransactions

   3. Save and close wkplc.properties.

   4. Run...
      cd WP_PROFILE/ConfigEngine
      ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-create-cur -DWasPassword=foo

   5. Restart the WebSphere_Portal server.

2. Perform the following steps to create custom properties for the federated repository:

   1. Open wkplc.properties with any text editor from the following directory:
      WP_PROFILE/ConfigEngine/properties

   2. Set values under the VMM Federated CUR Properties heading in wkplc.properties:
      • cur.id
      • cur.name
      • cur.value

   3. Save and close wkplc.properties.

   4. cd WP_PROFILE/ConfigEngine
      ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-create-cur-custom-property -DWasPassword=foo

   5. Restart the WebSphere_Portal server.

Parent Set federated repositories

Related tasks:
Related information:

Websphere Application Server Information center: Sample custom adapters for federated repositories examples
Repository SPI
Virtual member manager API
Set up a custom user repository with Virtual Member Manager for IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Portal