Follow this topic to manage repositories in a federated
repository configuration.
Procedure
- 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 Related items, click Manage repositories. Repositories that are configured in the system are listed in
the collection panel. This list includes repositories that are configured
using the federated repository functionality as well as repositories
that are created using wsadmin commands described in the topic IdMgrRepositoryConfig
command group for the AdminTask object.
- Optional: Click Add to configure a new
external repository and select the repository type as LDAP repository, Custom
repository, or File repository.
Restriction: You cannot add a database repository using the
administrative console. This repository configuration is supported
by using wsadmin commands only.
- Optional: Click Delete to delete a repository
that you specified previously using the administrative console or
wsadmin commands.
Restriction: You cannot delete
the built-in, file-based repository from the collection panel.
- Optional: Select one of the repository
identifier entries to view or update an external repository that is
configured in the system previously.
Restriction: While database repositories that are
configured in the system are listed in the collection panel, you cannot
update a database repository using the administrative console. Updates
to a database repository are supported by using wsadmin commands only.
- Click OK.
Results
After completing these steps, the collection panel under Managing
repositories reflects a current list of repositories that are configured
in your system.
What to do next
- To add one or more external repositories that are listed on this
collection panel into the realm, see Managing the realm in a federated repository configuration.
- 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 in 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.
Important: Be
aware of any changes made to built-in, file-based repositories that
are part of the federated repositories configuration. You must replicate
these changes to the managed nodes to ensure that your network deployment
configuration is synchronized. See
Replicating changes to a built-in, file-based repository for the steps needed to perform this replication.