To specify an External Security Manager and add it to the security managers list used in the
Security Facility Configuration tab:
- In the menu bar, click
SECURITY.
- In the navigation tab, click
Security Managers.
- Click
+ ADD.
This opens the
External Security Manager Configuration dialog box.
- Ensure
Enabled is checked.
- In the
Name field, type the name of your security manager.
Note: This is the name that will be displayed in the navigation tree.
- In the
Module field, type the name of the security manager to use. If you are integrating with an LDAP you can use the mldap_esm with both
Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP.
- In the
Connection Path field, type the hostname or IP address and port number of the security manager being connected to. For example
ad-host:389.
- In the
Description field, type a description of the security manager.
- In
Authorized ID field, type the DN of a user with appropriate permissions for the security manager. For example,
CN=Administrator,CN=users,DC=somecorp,DC=com.
- In the
Password field, type the password for the user specified in the
Authorized ID field.
- In the
Description, type a description that can identify the use of the security manager.
- In the
Config field, type the required configuration options. See
Configuring mldap_esm Security Manager for an LDAP for more information.
- By default, the
Cache Limit and
Cache TTL are fields are set to 1024 kB and 600 seconds respectively. See
Enabling and Configuring Caching for more information.
- Click
SAVE.
This adds the specified security facility to the
DEFINED EXTERNAL SECURITY MANAGERS list.
- To add the specified external security manager to the security managers list, click
+ ADD.
This opens the
Defined External Security Managers dialog box.
- Click the external security managers that you want to add to the security managers list.
- Click
SELECT.