Configure endpoints

You must specify endpoints for synchronization with the target Security Directory Server. We can configure multiple LDAP directories, databases, files, or even subtrees as endpoints in the Federated Directory Server console.

Before you begin

Ensure that you specify the connections settings for the target IBM Security Directory Server. See Connect to IBM Security Directory Server.

Procedure

1. To specify a new endpoint, in the Endpoints section of the navigation pane, click Add. The Add Endpoint window is displayed.
2. In the Name field, enter a name to identify the endpoint.
3. From the Select endpoint type list, select the appropriate type of endpoint. The following types of endpoints are available:
   • Active Directory
   • Custom AssemblyLine
   • File
   • JDBC
   • LDAP
   • Sun Directory
   • Security Directory Server

   Note: After you create a configuration page for a specific type of endpoint, we cannot change it later. You must delete and create an endpoint again for the type of endpoint that you want to configure.

Results

The configuration page with endpoint parameters is displayed, which differs for each endpoint type. In the navigation pane, a status icon is displayed next to each endpoint. We can click Refresh to see the latest status.

• A green dot is displayed soon after you create an endpoint and remains until you click Test Connection in the endpoint.
• After you test that the connection is successful, the green dot is replaced by a green tick mark.
• If the connection fails, a red cross mark is displayed.

What to do next

Configure the parameters for the endpoint. See the following topics for the different endpoint types. If you want to delete an endpoint that you created and configured, follow these steps:

1. Under the Endpoints section of the navigation pane, right-click the name of the endpoint that you want to delete and then click Delete.
2. Click OK when the confirmation message appears.

Note: Flows that are based on an endpoint are also automatically deleted when you delete the endpoint.

• Configure an Active Directory endpoint
  
• Configure a custom AssemblyLine endpoint
  
• Configure a file endpoint
  
• Configure a JDBC endpoint
  
• Configure an LDAP endpoint
  
• Configure a Sun Directory endpoint
  
• Configure an IBM Security Directory Server source endpoint
  

Parent topic:

Federated Directory Server