To use data from outside your appliance in your policies, you must define the server
connection to access the data.
Before you begin
Obtain the connection information for the existing database server you want to
define for your policy information point.
About this task
You can create server connections to data sources, such as DB2®, Oracle, and solidDB®, and LDAP.
Procedure
- Log in to the local management interface.
- Click Secure Mobile Settings.
- Under Manage, click Server
Connections.
- Take one of the following actions:
- Filter server connections:
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- In the Quick Filter field, type one or more characters. For
example, enter g to search for all
server connection names that contain g or G.
- Press Enter.
- Add a server connection:
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- Click the drop-down button.
- Select Oracle,
DB2,
SolidDB, or
LDAP.
- Complete the properties for the new server connection. See
Server connection properties.
- Modify an existing server connection:
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- Select a server connection.
- Click .
- Complete the properties for the server connection. See Server connection properties.
- Delete a server connection:
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Note: Do not delete a server connection if it returns attributes
that are used in a policy or risk score.
- Select a server connection.
- Click .
What to do next
After you define a server connection to a data source, you can create a policy
information point to access this data and use it in policies. See
Managing policy information points.