Configuring the proxy server

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Use the instructions provided here to configure the proxy server.

About this task

Note: If the server you are configuring as a proxy server contains the entry data that you want to distribute across the directory, you must extract the entry data into an LDIF file before you configure the server. After the server is configured as a proxy server you cannot access the data that is contained in its RDBM. If you need to access the data in its RDBM, you can either reconfigure the server so that it is not a proxy or create a new directory server instance that points to the RDBM as its database.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the server that you are going to use as the proxy server.
  2. Start the server in configuration only mode.
  3. From the navigation area expand Proxy administration .
  4. Click Manage proxy properties.
  5. Select the Configure as proxy server check box.
  6. In the Suffix DN field enter cn=ibmpolicies and click Add.
  7. In the Suffix DN field enter o=sample and click Add.
  8. To enable all groups processing, select the Enable distributed groups check box. By default, this check box is selected. The attribute ibm-slapdProxyEnableDistGroups under the ibm-slapdProxyBackend object class in the configuration file is associated with this control. Note: A distributed group is a group where group entries and member DN's are located in different partitions. When all group processing is disabled, the proxy server will not perform any distributed group evaluation. This is helpful if distributed directories do not contain any groups or distributed groups as the proxy server can avoid additional group processing in such cases. However, if groups are disabled at the proxy server level and the data on the backend servers contain distributed groups, the behavior is not supported and is undefined.The proxy server will be unable to detect this, so no warnings or errors will be issued.
  9. To enable dynamic groups processing, select the Enable distributed dynamic groups check box. By default, this check box is selected. The attribute ibm-slapdProxyEnableDistDynamicGroups under the ibm-slapdProxyBackend object class in the configuration file is associated with this control. Note: Distributed dynamic groups are dynamic groups that are defined when some or all of the members reside in a different partition. If distributed dynamic groups do not exist, dynamic group processing can be avoided. Dynamic groups must be enabled for this setting to have an impact. By selecting or clearing the Enable dynamic group check box you can enable or disable dynamic group processing.
  10. Click OK to save your changes and return to the Introduction panel.Note: You must log off the Web Administration, and log in again. Doing so will update the navigation area. If you do not log off and then log on again, the navigation area is not updated for a proxy server.