Properties

You can use Properties to configure IBM® Security Verify Directory Integrator components and the IBM® Security Verify Directory Integrator Server.

Properties are simple keyword:value pairs of parameters kept outside your configuration files (configs), stored in External Properties files. This enables you to keep confidential information like passwords outside of your Config files. The global.properties file is the main configuration file for IBM® Security Verify Directory Integrator. Properties are defined in the global.properties file or in the

solution.properties file. The

solutions.property file is a writable copy of the global.properties file and is used when the server is started from the solution directory. If a solution directory different from the installation directory is specified during installation, then a copy of the global.properties file named

solution.properties is created in the

IBM® Security Verify Directory Integrator solution directory. Both files are text files, and are written so that they can be understood by the operating system that is running on the platform.

Properties are single-valued data containers that hold parameter information, for example, *true or 5000. You can access properties from script using entry functions like getProperty() and setProperty(). Get and set methods work directly with property values. Entry objects can also contain properties. Like Attributes, properties are data containers. Attributes are used to store data content, but properties hold parametric information. Property values and Attributes can be any type of Java™ Object. Properties do not show up in: *

• Attribute map selection.

• Work entry lists.

• Working with properties
  You can learn to work with the Solution Directory in multiple ways using the information provided here.