Configuring supported entity types in a federated repository configuration
Follow this task to configure supported entity types for user and group management.
About this task
The Base entry for the default parent determines
the repository location where entities of the specified type are placed on write operations by user
and group management.
Note: To manage users and groups, click Users and Groups in the console
navigation tree. Click either Manage Users or Manage Groups. To manage users and
groups for a specific domain in a multiple security domain environment, click Security > Global
security > Security Domains > domain_name. Under Security Attributes, expand User Realm,
and click Customize for this domain. Select the Realm type as Federated repositories.
Click Apply and Save to the master configuration. On Security domains panel that
appears, click the domain_name again to go to the domain configuration panel. Under User
realm, click the Manage users or Manager Groups links that are displayed now. These
links to manage users and groups for a specific domain are displayed only after you save the
federated repositories configuration for the domain.
Note: You must
restart the server or dmgr if the federated repository has changed before using the Manage Users
option. Otherwise, user or group changes made to the repository could be lost after
restart.
Procedure
Results
What to do next
- After configuring the federated repositories, click Security > Global security to return to the Global security panel. Verify that Federated repositories is identified in the Current® realm definition field. If Federated repositories is not identified, select Federated repositories from the Available realm definitions field and click Set as current. To verify the federated repositories configuration, click Apply on the Global security panel. If Federated repositories is not identified in the Current realm definition field, your federated repositories configuration is not used by WebSphere® Application Server.
- If you are enabling security, complete the remaining steps as specified in Enabling security for the realm. As the final step, validate this setup by clicking Apply on the Global security panel.
- Save, stop, and restart all the product servers (deployment managers, nodes, and Application Servers) for changes in this panel to take effect. If the server comes up without any problems, the setup is correct.