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Overview (IBM virtual member manager)

IBM virtual member manager provides support for multiple repository types.

Important: See Configuring IBM® virtual member manager for information about configuring virtual member manager.

To use virtual member manager, Content Platform Engine requires WebSphere® Application Server version 7.0 or above.

When you run the Configuration Manager’s Configure LDAP task:
  • Set the value of WebSphere Application Server LDAP repository type to Federated repositories. (Virtual member manager equates to Federated repositories.)
  • Set the value of the Login properties field to uid for every WebSphere Federated Repository. (Do not use other properties such as cn or email.)
Realm information
Although virtual member manager supports multiple realms, WebSphere Application Server supports only a single realm. This realm is defined at the cell level and is shared by all applications. So virtual member manager always has only one realm in WebSphere server, which maps to one Content Platform Engine realm.
  • For the VMM provider, the Content Platform Engine realm name is dc=vmmrealm.
  • For the Connections provider, the Content Platform Engine realm name is dc=collaborationrealm.
These realm names are hardcoded and cannot be changed.
User mapping
The User type in Content Platform Engine maps to the PersonAccount type in virtual member manager. One Content Platform Engine User object maps to one virtual member manager PersonAccount object.
This Content Platform Engine User property... ... maps to this virtual member manager PersonAccount Property
ID UniqueId
ShortName uid
DisplayName cn
DistinguishedName UniqueName
Name UniqueName
EmailAddress mail
Group mapping
Content Platform Engine Group type maps to the virtual member manager Group type. One Content Platform Engine Group object maps to one virtual member manager Group object.
This Content Platform Engine Group property... ... maps to this virtual member manager Group Property
ID UniqueId
ShortName cn
DisplayName cn
DistinguishedName UniqueName
Name UniqueName

The mapping between Content Platform Engine and virtual member manager is fixed, but you can use WebSphere tools to configure the mapping between virtual member manager and the directory service. For example, if you used IBM Tivoli® Directory Server as your virtual member manager repository, you could add the following element to the WebSphere Application Server wimconfig.xml file under <config:attributeConfiguration>. This code maps the Tivoli cn attribute to the virtual member manager uid property.

<config:attributes name="cn" propertyName="uid">
<config:entityTypes>PersonAccount</config:entityTypes>
</config:attributes>


Last updated: October 2015
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