Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1 Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux,Windows

Preparing a Novell eDirectory on Windows

If you plan to use a Novell eDirectory as an LDAP user registry, install and set up the server so that it will communicate with IBM^® WebSphere^® Portal Express.

1. Install Novell eDirectory; refer to eDirectory for information.
2. Run the ldapsearch -h hostname -s base objectclass=* task on the LDAP server command line to verify that the server is installed and working properly.
3. Perform the following steps to create the WebSphere Portal Express administrative user:

   1. Optional: Perform the following steps to create a new directory suffix:

      1. Click the Server Administration folder, located in the left-hand navigation of the directory server console.
      2. Click the Manage Server Properties folder under the Server Administration folder and then select Suffixes on the main page.
      3. Type the Base DN name for the suffix; for example: dc=yourcompany,dc=com.
      4. Click Add.
      5. Click OK to save your changes.
      6. Stop and restart the LDAP server.
   2. Open the appropriate LDIF file, located in the root directory of the CD setup, with a text editor:

      • Use the PortalUsers.ldif file as a working example and adapted appropriately to work with your LDAP server.
      • Use the ContentUsers.ldif file for the IBM DB2^® Content Manager group and user IDs if you configured DB2 Content Manager.
   3. Replace every dc=yourco,dc=com with your suffix.
   4. Replace any prefixes and suffixes that are unique to your LDAP server.
   5. You can specify user names other than wpsadmin and wpsbind. For security reasons, specify nontrivial passwords for these administrator accounts.
   6. Optional: If using IBM Tivoli^® Access Manager for e-business Version 5.1, set the objectclasses to accessGroup. If using Tivoli Access Manager Version 6, set the objectclasses to groupOfNames.
   7. Save your changes.
   8. Follow the instructions provided with your directory server to import the LDIF file.
   9. Stop and restart the LDAP server.