Managing authentication

The IBM Spectrum® Control installation program establishes a default authentication configuration using the federated repositories feature of the WebSphere® Application Server Liberty. You can configure and manage IBM Spectrum Control for LDAP authentication as a post-installation activity.

Important: WebSphere Application Server Liberty cannot resolve users or groups that are present in more than one repository in the federated repositories framework. Because of this limitation, you must select either the operating system repository or the LDAP repository for user authentication and authorization in IBM Spectrum Control. If you upgraded from an earlier version of IBM Spectrum Control with both the operating system repository and an LDAP repository configured, you can keep using both repositories. However, it is recommended that you select either the operating system repository or the LDAP repository.