Preventing an LDAP account from being locked when you start Integration Designer

When you try to change your password in an LDAP user repository, you can prevent the LDAP account from being locked when using IBM® Integration Designer. If the LDAP account is already locked, you can fix it.

About this task

When a user name and password managed in an LDAP repository is used to authenticate to IBM Workflow Center in the context of Integration Designer, the LDAP user name might become locked. This issue occurs because Integration Designer tries to update the Servers view when it starts and updating the Servers view requires authentication. If this authentication occurs after changing a user name's password in LDAP, the authentication might use an invalid password. After numerous authentication attempts, which occur every 5 seconds according to the schedule set in the Servers view object, the LDAP account becomes locked.

Procedure

To prevent the LDAP accunt from being locked, complete these steps:

  1. In Integration Designer, open the preferences by selecting Business Integration > Process Center
  2. Clear the password field and click Apply.
    The process apps in the workspace are marked as disconnected.
    Note: If you don't clear the passwords before changing the password in LDAP, the LDAP account locks when you start Integration Designer because Integration Designer starts to communicate with Workflow Center immediately if process applications or toolkits are in the workspace.
    If the LDAP account locks, open the storage file in a text editor. You can find in the Windows user folder, such as C:\Users\Administrator\ > \.eclipse\org.eclipse.equinox.security.security\secure_storage. Then remove all the entries that start with /OneBPM_PC/ and contain the Workflow Center the password was changed for, for example 
     /OneBPM_PC/http\:\\2f\\2fnitmah6.canlab.ibm.com\:9080\\2fProcessCenter/OneBPM_PC_pwd=org.eclipse.equinox.security.windowspasswordprovider\tvtd7OSAbjRo\=,J55rHVyOO+YpKPpsCYkvvg\=\=
  3. Close Integration Designer.
    Now when you start Integration Designer, you are prompted for login information for that server.
  4. Enter the login information.

What to do next

If the LDAP account is locked, complete these steps:
  1. Open the storage file in a text editor. You can find the storage file in the Windows user folder, such as C:\Users\Administrator\ > \.eclipse\org.eclipse.equinox.security.security\secure_storage.
  2. Remove all the entries that start with /OneBPM_PC/ and contain the Workflow Center the password was changed for.
  3. Start Integration Designer.
  4. Enter the login information.
  5. Restart Integration Designer to connect.