Edit configuration property settings to enable IBM® Connections directory service
extensions.
Before you begin
You only need to perform this task if you did not install
the Profiles application initially and now want to install Profiles
and set its database as the user directory for IBM Connections.
About this task
IBM Connections
directory service extensions are protocols that propagate Profiles
data between the applications. When the directory service extension
is enabled, you can use the Profiles database to store user information
instead of having to access the LDAP directory for each request. If
you install the Profiles application, the Profiles database is set
up to be the user directory for IBM Connections
by default.
When you set the Profiles database to be the user
directory, only authentication and group membership search requests
are sent to LDAP; the Profiles directory handles all user profile
search requests
Procedure
- Start the wsadmin client from the
following directory of the system where you installed the deployment
manager:
app_server_root\profiles\dm_profile_root\bin
Note: You
must start the client from this directory or subsequent commands that
you try to run will not execute properly. For more information, see
the Starting the wsadmin client topic.
- Use the wsadmin client to access and check out the IBM Connections configuration files.
- Enter the following command to load the IBM Connections
configuration file: execfile("connectionsConfig.py")
If you are prompted to
specify a service to connect to, type 1 to
select the first node in the list. Most commands can run on any node.
If the command writes or reads information to or from a file by using
a local file path, you must select the node where the file is stored.
This information is not used by the wsadmin client when you are making
configuration changes.
- Enter the following command
to check out IBM Connections
configuration files:
LCConfigService.checkOutConfig("working_directory","cell_name")
- Use the following command to enable the Profiles directory
service extension:
LCConfigService.updateConfig("profiles.directory.service.extension.enabled","true")
- After making changes, you must check the configuration
files back in and you must do so during the same wsadmin session in
which you checked them out for the changes to take effect. See Applying
common configuration property changes for information about
how to save and apply your changes.
What to do next
Enable single sign-on between all the applications. For
more information, see the Enabling single sign-on between all
applications topic.