Hello All,
Here we are performing the activity for configuring the Windows
Active directory (LDAP) with websphere Application Server, this is a windows
environment. we can apply the same procedure for any othe type of LDAP
configuration with Websphere Application Server.
1.
Login to the WAS admin
https://hostname:9043/ibm/console/ as an existing admin
2.
Click on Security
-> Global security
3.
Choose standalone
ldap registry in the pull down window for ‘Available realm definitions’ then click configure.
4.
Put in the following parameters:
Primary administrative user name: adminid_from_AD
Type of LDAP server: Microsoft Active Directory
Host: primary_domain_controller.corp.dom
Base dn: dc=corp,dc=dom
Bind dn: cn=adminid_from_AD,ou=users,dc=corp,dc=dom
Enter password
Hit test
to test the connection and then ok.
5.
At the top hits save.
6.
Go to Administrative group roles, hit add,
change the search string to the name of the group that will be WAS admins and
click add, then save.
7.
Change the “federated directories” to the “standalone
ldap registry” in the “available
real definitions” drop-box. Click “set
as current”
8.
Check “enable
application security” under Application Security
9.
Click apply
and then save
10.
Reinstall the Websphere service.[For Windows
Environment]
On the WAS Server run the following in the
command prompt (correct names as appropriate):
D:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin\WASService.exe
-remove WASNode01
D:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin\WASService.exe
-add WASNode01 -servername server1 -profilepath "...\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01"
-configroot "...\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\config"
-logroot "...\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\logs\server1"
-logFile "...\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\logs\server1\WASNode01
Service.log" -washome "...\WebSphere\AppServer" -restart false
-stopArgs "-username adminid_from_AD -password passwordhere "
-starttype automatic –encodeparams
11.
Restart WAS.
12.
Verify that you can login as yourself to the
WebSphere admin console
Hope this will work for you also..
"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”
Regards,
Akhilesh B. Humbe
