Configuring IBM virtual member manager
You can configure IBM® virtual member manager to be the directory service for FileNet® P8 .
A directory service provider, called VMM Provider, is implemented to retrieve users and groups from virtual member manager repositories. VMM Provider is used only with WebSphere Application Server version 7.0 or above that is configured for Federated Repositories.
Virtual member manager is a system component of WebSphere® Application Server. It performs Java™ Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) authentication by WebSphere Federated Repository, which is a type of WebSphere Application Server login module. Virtual member manager repositories are therefore the same as WebSphere federated repositories. In addition to serving as a WebSphere Application Server authentication provider, virtual member manager is also treated by Content Platform Engine as a virtual directory service. When you use WebSphere Application Server as the hosting application server, you can configure Content Platform Engine to retrieve users and groups from virtual member manager for the purposes of authorization.
- Support for heterogeneous directory services, such as both Active Directory and IBM Security Directory Server.
- Support for heterogeneous repositories, such as LDAP repositories and file repositories.
Not all virtual member manager repositories support server-side
sorting. To keep the behavior the same across repositories, VMM Provider
does not retrieve the entire search result set; it retrieves only
the first N principals from virtual member manager repositories for
Principal Search. The value of N is defined by the page size of findUsers()
or findGroups()
method
in the Content Platform Engine Realm
class. VMM Provider returns only the first page of search result for
Principal Search.