To use data from outside your appliance in your policies, you must define
the server connection to access the data.
Before you begin
Obtain the connection information for the existing database server you want to
define for your policy information point.
About this task
You can create server connections to data sources, such as Oracle, DB2®, solidDB, PostgreSQL, LDAP, SMTP, Web Service,
Cloud Identity, and ISAM Runtime. You can have multiple servers for an LDAP
connection.
Procedure
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Log in to the local management interface.
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Click Secure Access Control.
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Under Global Settings, click Server
Connections.
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Take one of the following actions:
- Optional:
For LDAP connections, take one of the following actions in the
Servers tab.
- Add a server connection:
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- Click the
drop-down button.
- Complete the properties for the new server connection.
- Modify an existing server connection:
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- Click
.
- Complete the properties for the server connection.
- Delete a server connection:
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- Select a server connection.
- Click
.
- Move a server connection:
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- Select a server connection.
- Click
or
.
What to do next
After you define a server connection to a data source, you can create a policy information
point to access this data and use it in policies. See Managing policy information points.