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Set custom adapters for federated repositories using wsadmin


Use the Jython or Jacl scripting language with the wsadmin tool to define custom adapters in the federated repositories configuration file.

Shut down the WAS and the wsadmin command window.

The federated repositories configuration file, wimconfig.xml, is shipped with WAS 6.1.x and is located in...

APP_ROOT/profiles/profile_name/config/cells/cell_name/wim/config

For additional information about the commands to use for this topic, see IdMgrRepositoryConfig.

Use the following steps to add a custom adapter to any federated repositories configuration file and to any realm defined within the configuration file.

 

  1. Open the wimconfig.xml file with a text editor.

  2. Add a new config:repositories element to the file. This element should be placed before the config:realmConfiguration element.

    The following example configures a custom repository to use the com.ibm.ws.wim.adapter.sample.SampleFileAdapter class and sets the SampleFileRepository repository as the identifier:

    <config:repositories adapterClassName="com.ibm.ws.wim.adapter.sample.SampleFileAdapter" id="SampleFileRepository"/>

  3. Save the wimconfig.xml file and close the text editor.

  4. Copy the vmmsampleadapter.jar file that is provided to APP_ROOT/lib.

  5. Start the wsadmin command prompt application and enter the following command:

    wsadmin –conntype none

  6. Disable paging in the common repository configuration. Set the supportPaging parameter for the updateIdMgrRepository command to false to disable paging.

    You must perform this step because the sample adapter does not support paging.

    The following examples use the SampleFileRepository repository as the identifier for the custom repository.

    Jython...

    AdminTask.updateIdMgrRepository('-id SampleFileRepository -supportPaging false')

    Jacl...

    $AdminTask updateIdMgrRepository {-id SampleFileRepository -supportPaging false}

    A warning will appear until the configuration of the sample repository is complete.

  7. Add the necessary custom properties for the adapter. Use the setIdMgrCustomProperty command repeatedly to add multiple properties. Use this command once per property to add multiple properties to the configuration. You must use both the name and value parameters to add the custom property for the specified repository. For example, to add a custom property of fileName, enter the following command.

    Jython...

    AdminTask.setIdMgrCustomProperty('-id SampleFileRepository -name fileName -value "c:\sampleFileRegistry.xml"')

    Jacl...

    $AdminTask setIdMgrCustomProperty {-id SampleFileRepository -name fileName -value "c:\sampleFileRegistry.xml"}

  8. Add a base entry to the adapter configuration. Use the addIdMgrRepositoryBaseEntry command to specify the name of the base entry for the specified repository. For example:

    Jython...

    AdminTask.addIdMgrRepositoryBaseEntry('-id SampleFileRepository -name o=sampleFileRepository')

    Jacl...

    $AdminTask addIdMgrRepositoryBaseEntry {-id SampleFileRepository -name o=sampleFileRepository}

  9. Use the addIdMgrRealmBaseEntry command to add the base entry to the realm, which will link the realm with the repository:

    Jython...

    AdminTask.addIdMgrRealmBaseEntry('-name defaultWIMFileBasedRealm -baseEntry o=sampleFileRepository')

    Jacl...

    $AdminTask addIdMgrRealmBaseEntry {-name defaultWIMFileBasedRealm -baseEntry o=sampleFileRepository}

  10. Save the configuration changes. Enter the following commands to save the new configuration and close wsadmin.

    Jython...

    AdminConfig.save() exit

    Jacl...

    $AdminConfig save exit

    The following example displays the complete text of the newly-revised wimconfig.xml file:

    <!--
      virtual member manager
    -->
    
    <sdo:datagraph xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                   xmlns:config="http://www.ibm.com/websphere/wim/config" 
                   xmlns:sdo="commonj.sdo">
    
      <config:configurationProvider maxPagingResults="500" 
                                    maxSearchResults="4500"  
                                    maxTotalPagingResults="1000"  
                                    pagedCacheTimeOut="900" 
                                    pagingEntityObject="true" 
                                    searchTimeOut="600000">
    
        <config:dynamicModel xsdFileName="wimdatagraph.xsd"/>
    
        <config:supportedEntityTypes defaultParent="o=defaultWIMFileBasedRealm" name="Group">
    
          <config:rdnProperties>cn</config:rdnProperties>
    
        </config:supportedEntityTypes>
    
        <config:supportedEntityTypes defaultParent="o=defaultWIMFileBasedRealm" name="OrgContainer">
          <config:rdnProperties>o</config:rdnProperties>
          <config:rdnProperties>ou</config:rdnProperties>
          <config:rdnProperties>dc</config:rdnProperties>
          <config:rdnProperties>cn</config:rdnProperties>
        </config:supportedEntityTypes>
    
        <config:supportedEntityTypes defaultParent="o=defaultWIMFileBasedRealm" name="PersonAccount">
          <config:rdnProperties>uid</config:rdnProperties>
        </config:supportedEntityTypes>
    
        <config:repositories xsi:type="config:FileRepositoryType" 
                             adapterClassName="com.ibm.ws.wim.adapter.file.was.FileAdapter"  
                             id="InternalFileRepository" 
                             supportPaging="false" 
                             supportSorting="false" 
                             messageDigestAlgorithm="SHA-1">
    
          <config:baseEntries name="o=defaultWIMFileBasedRealm"/>
    
        </config:repositories>
    
        <config:repositories adapterClassName="com.ibm.ws.wim.adapter.sample.SampleFileAdapter" 
                             id="SampleFileRepository">
    
          <config:CustomProperties name="fileName" value="c:\sampleFileRegistry.xml"/>
          <config:baseEntries name="o=sampleFileRepository"/>
    
        </config:repositories>
    
        <config:realmConfiguration defaultRealm="defaultWIMFileBasedRealm">
    
          <config:realms delimiter="@" name="defaultWIMFileBasedRealm" securityUse="active">
    
            <config:participatingBaseEntries name="o=defaultWIMFileBasedRealm"/>
            <config:participatingBaseEntries name="o=sampleFileRepository"/>
            <config:uniqueUserIdMapping propertyForInput="uniqueName" propertyForOutput="uniqueName"/>
            <config:userSecurityNameMapping propertyForInput="principalName" propertyForOutput="principalName"/>
            <config:userDisplayNameMapping propertyForInput="principalName" propertyForOutput="principalName"/>
            <config:uniqueGroupIdMapping propertyForInput="uniqueName" propertyForOutput="uniqueName"/>
            <config:groupSecurityNameMapping propertyForInput="cn" propertyForOutput="cn"/>
            <config:groupDisplayNameMapping propertyForInput="cn" propertyForOutput="cn"/>
    
          </config:realms>
    
        </config:realmConfiguration>
    
    </config:configurationProvider></sdo:datagraph>
    

  11. Restart the appserver.


Sample custom adapters for federated repositories examples