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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Use the TEPS/e administration console
The Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server extended services (TEPS/e) has an administrative console (ISCLite) that you can access for configuring an LDAP registry that is not supported by the IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation programs: Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services and itmcmd command line configuration utilities. You can also use the TEPS/e administration console to configure SSL for communication with the LDAP server and with other applications that send requests to either the dashboard data provider or the IBM Tivoli Monitoring charting web service.
You must use the TEPS/e administration console to configure portal server LDAP user authentication if you specified Other as the LDAP type when you configured the portal server during installation, or when you used the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services utility or itmcmd command line interface. You must also use the TEPS/e administration console to configure LDAP connection details if you plan to perform the following tasks:
- Use an LDAP server other than Microsoft Active Directory Server or Tivoli Directory Server.
- Configure TLS/SSL communication between the portal server and the LDAP server.
- Configure advanced LDAP configuration parameters that can be specified in the TEPS/e administration console but not in the other portal server configuration utilities.
Any LDAP customization made within the TEPS/e administration console are overwritten and cleared any time the portal server is reconfigured unless you chose the LDAP type of Other during portal server configuration through Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services or the itmcmd command line interface configuration utilities. When Other is chosen, the LDAP user registry information is handled by TEPS/e and is not affected by the other portal server configuration utilities.
- Start the TEPS/e administration console
Use the TEPS/e administration console to configure an LDAP server with a type of Other, to configure SSL between the portal server and other applications such as the LDAP server, and to verify your LDAP configuration.
- Configure the portal server for LDAP authentication using the TEPS/e administration console
You must use the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server extended services (TEPS/e) administration console to configure LDAP server connection parameters if you specified Other as the LDAP type when you configured the portal server.
- Start and stop TEPS/e
If you need to start or stop the application server instance of TEPS/e on which the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server is running, you must do it by starting or stopping the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.
- Configure TLS/SSL communication between the portal server and the LDAP server
Use the TEPS/e administration console to configure TLS (Transport Layer Sockets) or SSL (Secure Socket Layers) between the portal server and the LDAP server.
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LDAP user authentication through the portal server