Add the ISAM suffix to the proxy

For the proxy to work with ISAM, configure the secAuthority=Default suffix.

Steps

1. Log in to Server A as the local LDAP administrator. For example, cn=root.

2. Select Server administration > → > Manage server properties. Select the Suffixes property.

3. In the Suffix DN field, type secAuthority=Default.

4. Click Add.
5. When we are finished, click Apply to save your changes without exiting, or click OK to apply your changes and exit.
6. The suffix is available until the server is restarted. In the navigation pane, select Server administration and then select Start/stop/restart server.
7. Ensure the Start/restart in configuration only mode check box is not selected.

8. Click Restart.
9. After a message is displayed the restart request was sent, go to Server administration and check the status of the server. Wait until the server restarts successfully and is running before you continue.
10. Log in to Proxy as the local LDAP administrator. For example, cn=root.

11. From the navigation pane, expand Proxy administration.

12. On the Proxy administration page, click Manage proxy properties.

13. In the Suffix DN field, type secAuthority=Default.

14. Click Add.

15. Click OK to save your changes and return to the Introduction window.

16. From the navigation pane, click Proxy administration and then click Manage partition bases.

17. From the Manage partition bases menu, click Add.

18. In the Split Name field, type: Split 1

19. In the Partition base DN field, type: secAuthority=Default

20. In the Number of partitions field, type: 1

21. In the Partition bases table, select secAuthority=Default.

22. Click View servers and then verify that secAuthority=Default is displayed in the Partition base DN field.

23. In the Back-end directory servers for partition base table, click Add.

24. From the Add Back-end directory server menu, click Back-end directory server > → > Server A.
25. Ensure that 1 is displayed in the Partition index field.

26. Click OK.

27. When we are finished, click Close.
28. Restart Proxy for the changes to take effect.

Parent topic: Security Directory Server proxy environment setup