Configuring the LDAP people directory provider

You configure the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) people directory provider so that Business Process Choreographer can perform people assignment, which determines who can start processes or claim activities or tasks.

1. Make a copy of the standard transformation file for LDAP, and give it another name.
   For example, myLDAPTransformation.xsl.
   Copy it from the following location:

   • install_root/ProcessChoreographer/Staff/LDAPTransformation.xsl.
   • install_root\ProcessChoreographer\Staff\LDAPTransformation.xsl.
2. Adapt the copy of the transformation file to suit the schema for your organization, as described in Adapting the LDAP transformation file.
   CAUTION:

   Do not modify the original version of the transformation file because it can be overwritten without warning when you apply a service pack or fix pack.
3. If Business Process Choreographer is configured on a cluster, place the copy of the transformation file in the ProcessChoreographer/Staff directory to make it available on each Workflow Server installation that hosts members of the cluster.
4. In the administrative console, click Resources > People directory provider.
5. Create an LDAP configuration on the application cluster.
   1. Select the application cluster for your deployment environment.
   2. Click LDAP People Directory Provider.
   3. Under Additional Properties, click People directory configuration.
   4. Click New > Browse, and select the copy of the XSL transformation file that you adapted in step 2.
      If the node agent is running, you can browse the file system of remote nodes to select the file.
   5. Click Next to copy the file to the ProcessChoreographer\Staff directory on the selected node.
   6. Enter an administrative name for the new people directory configuration, and optionally, a description
   7. Enter a unique Java™ Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) name for human tasks to use to reference this provider.
      For example, bpe/staff/ldapserver1.
   8. Click Apply, then click Custom Properties.
   9. For each of the required properties and for any optional properties that you planned in Planning for the people directory provider, choose whichever option applies and complete the following steps:
      • To change an existing property, click the name of the property, enter a value, and click OK.
      • To create an additional property, edit one pair of additionalParameterName<number> and additionalParameterValue<number> custom properties as required, for example:
        • Set the value of additionalParameterName1 to java.ldap.referral.
        • Set the value of additionalParameterValue1 to follow.
   10. To apply the changes, click Save.
6. To activate the provider configuration, stop and start the cluster where you configured the provider.