Software as a Service: Building a multi-tenant user registry using WebSphere Portal Server & Tivoli Directory Server

Level: Introductory

Mary Taylor (marytaylor@us.ibm.com), Senior IT Architect, IBM

26 Sep 2007

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This demo shows how to build a multi-tenant user registry using WebSphere® Portal Server and Tivoli® Directory Server. It is part of a scenario that describes how to enforce security in a Software as a Service application.

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Transcript

Get the demo transcript (27KB).

Sample implementation artifacts for building SaaS solutions on IBM middleware

Save the following files to a local drive. View the files using a text editor, such as Notepad.

Sample Lightweight Data Interchange Format (LDIF) scripts showing the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory structure for the multi-tenant Tivoli Directory Server based user registry for the sample banking application shown in the demo:

• PortalUsers.ldif (6KB)
• AllBanks.ldif (1KB)
• ContentUsers.ldif (1KB)

WebSphere Portal Server Member Manager user registry configuration file containing the multi-realm security configuration for virtual portals for different tenant banks in the sample banking application:

• wmmur.xml (2KB)

Duration

Less than 10 minutes.

Resources

• developerWorks article: Securing a Composite Business Service delivered as a Software-as-a-Service: Part 1, Secure multi-tenancy with WebSphere Portal Server
  
  
• Find resources on the WebSphere Portal zone.
  
  
• Technical resources for Tivoli software and security products.
  
  
• Get started with IBM Software as a Service programs for business partners. Link to case studies, research documents, and current events.
  
  
• Browse the technology bookstore for books on these and other technical topics.
  
  

• Download IBM product evaluation versions and get your hands on application development tools and middleware products from DB2®, Lotus®, Rational®, Tivoli®, and WebSphere®.

• Check out developerWorks blogs and get involved in the developerWorks community.
  
  

About the author

		Mary Taylor is a senior software engineer. She is working in the Strategic Technology Architecture and Incubation team, and she is currently working on an SOA CBS pilot. Her interests include DB2 and DataStage.

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