FileNet P8 Platform, Version 5.2.1            

Overview (CA Directory)

FileNet® P8 supports CA Directory for LDAP services.

One instance of CA Directory can have multiple data naming contexts. Because each CA Directory data naming context is mapped to a Content Platform Engine realm, one CA Directory can be mapped to multiple Content Platform Engine realms. For each realm, you need to create an application server authentication provider and a DirectoryConfigurationCA object, so that there is a one-to-one relationship between Realm object and authentication provider, and also a one-to-one relationship between Realm object and DirectoryConfigurationCA object. For each DirectoryConfiguration object, FileNet P8 extracts the realm name from the specified UserBaseDN property value by comparing it with each data naming context. For example, if the UserBaseDN for this DirectoryConfiguration object is ou=people, o=isp, and there are two data naming contexts: o=isp and dc=filenet,dc=com, then you know the realm name for this DirectoryConfiguration object is o=isp.

Important: It is an IBM best practice to configure TLS or SSL between your application server that hosts Content Platform Engine and your directory server. This will include making changes to the Content Platform Engine DirectoryConfigurationCA object that was created while running Configuration Manager. Consult your application server's documentation for instructions.


Last updated: October 2015
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