When the custom adapters for federated repositories are part of the default realm, the
users and groups can be managed using wsadmin commands or the administrative console.
About this task
If custom adapters for federated repositories are part of the default realm, you use the
administrative console to manage the users and groups in the realm. Note: The default parent for
PersonAccount and Group entities needs to be the same as the base entry of the custom
adapter.
To view this administrative console page, complete the following steps:
- In the administrative console, click Security > Global security.
- Under User account repository, select Federated repositories from the Available realm
definitions field and click Configure. To configure for a specific domain in a multiple
security domain environment, click Security domains > domain_name. Under Security
Attributes, expand User Realm, and click Customize for this domain. Select the Realm type as
Federated repositories and then click Configure.
- Under Additional properties, click Supported entity types.
You must configure the supported entity types before you can manage this account with Users
and Groups in the administrative console. 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.
Procedure
- In the administrative console, click Users and Groups to access users and groups
panel. 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. The links to manage users and groups for a specific domain are displayed only
after you save the federated repositories configuration for the domain.
- Click Manage Groups to test the basic functions of the custom adapter with respect
to custom adapters for federated repositories.
- Click Manage Users to test the basic functions of the custom adapter with respect
to custom adapters for federated repositories.
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.
Results
After completing these steps, you will have ensured that the custom adapter is being used
properly.
What to do next
Adjustments to the custom adapter can be made by using the wsadmin tool to make
configuration changes. See Configuring custom
adapters for federated repositories using wsadmin for more details.