If you plan to use IBM® Content
Navigator to
connect to IBM FileNet® P8 repositories, you must configure your web
application server to use the Content Engine LDAP
repository.
Before you begin
This task assumes that you have a configuration profile open
in the IBM Content
Navigator Configuration and Deployment
Tool.
On the web application server where you are deploying IBM Content
Navigator, if you have an existing LDAP repository that matches the
settings on your Content Engine LDAP repository, you can skip this
task.
About this task
This task applies only to
FileNet P8 users.
Important: The values that you enter must match the values that are set on your
Content Engine server.
The IBM Content
Navigator
Configuration and Deployment Tool does not include every option that you can set when
configuring your LDAP server connection. Work with your LDAP server administrator to determine
if there are any settings that you must configure that are not included in the IBM Content
Navigator Configuration and Deployment Tool. If your LDAP server
connection includes additional settings, you must manually update your LDAP server connection
on your web application server after you run this task. You can open the administrative
console for the web application server for Content Engine to
ensure that your LDAP configurations match.
Tip: If you are using the wizard to configure the web application and
you want to skip this task, click Advanced.
Procedure
To configure the connection to your LDAP server:
- Open the following task in your configuration profile: Configure the Connection
to Your LDAP Server.
- Complete the task to configure the LDAP server connection by using the values that you
entered in the Worksheet for configuring the connection to your LDAP server.
Tip: You can use the Test LDAP Connection button to ensure
that you entered the information about your LDAP server correctly.
- Click Next to run the task.
If you are manually running the tasks in the
IBM Content
Navigator Configuration and Deployment Tool, you can:
- Click Run Task to run the task now. This option makes it easier to
troubleshoot and resolve problems if they occur.
- Wait until all of the tasks are complete and then click Run All
Tasks to run all of the tasks required to configure and deploy the web
application.
What to do next
If your
IBM WebSphere® Application Server cell already has
security enabled, but you need to run the configure LDAP task to modify the LDAP settings, ensure
that you select the
Overwrite existing LDAP Respository check box. If you
are configuring a stand-alone LDAP repository, you must additionally select the
Set as
current active user registry check box. If you do not select these check boxes when
appropriate, the task will run but no changes will be made to the
WebSphere Application
Server security configuration.