Chapter 5 Browsing the Repository via the Web

Server configuration

The following server configuration parameters are available:

Database

The following database configuration parameters are available:

Parameter Description
Database type Specifies the type of DBMS that hosts the repository.
Database driver Specifies the driver used to connect to the repository database.
Host [required] Specifies the name of the host machine for the repository database.
Port [required] Specifies the port number of the host machine through which the repository database is available.
Database name Specifies the name of the repository database.
User name Specifies the database user name that the repository uses to access the DBMS.
Password Specifies the database password that the repository uses to access the DBMS.
Isolation level Specifies the isolation level used to isolate transactions in a multi-user environment. By default, level 1 is used for ASA databases and level 2 for ASE. See your DBMS documentation for information about the behavior of each level in your environment.
Initial pool size Specifies the initial number of connections in the connection pool. The default is 1.
Min idle Specifies the minimum connection idle time.
Max idle Specifies the maximum connection idle time.
Max wait (msec) Specifies the maximum connection wait time.
Max active Specifies the maximum permitted number of connections to the database.

General

The following general configuration parameters are available:

Parameter Description
Name Specifies the name of the repository.
Comment Describes the repository.
Session timeout (min) Specifies the amount of time that the browser session is permitted to be idle before it is automatically logged out.
Max users Specifies the maximum number of users that may connect to the repository web browser at any one time.
Object cache size (MB) Specifies the amount of memory assigned to object caching. The default is 128MB. Increasing this value will improve performance.

LDAP

The following LDAP configuration parameters are available:

Parameter Description
Provider URL Specifies the URL for the LDAP provider.
Security protocol Specifies the protocol to be used when connecting to the LDAP server. If you are using SSL, you should set this parameter to "ssl".
Default search base Specifies the default LDAP search base to be used for authentication, roles, attribution, and self-registration.
Anonymous bind Specifies that binding is anonymous. If this parameter is not selected, you must specify a bind DN and password.
Bind DN Specifies the DN to bind against when building the initial LDAP connection. This user must have read rights on all user records that will be authenticated via the login module.
Bind password Specifies the password to bind with when building the initial LDAP connection.
Filter Specifies the filter to use when authenticating users.
Scope Specifies the authentication scope. You can choose between:

  • onelevel [default]
  • subtree
Method Specifies the method to use for authentication requests. You can choose between:

  • simple
  • DIGEST-MD5
Digest MD5 format Specifies the DIGEST-MD5 bind authentication identity format. The default is DN.
Search base Specifies the default authentication search base.
Filter Specifies the role search filter, which, when combined with the search base and scope, returns a complete list of roles within the LDAP server.  There are several default values depending on the chosen server type.  If the server type is not chosen or this property is not initialized, no roles will be available.
Scope Specifies the role search scope. You can choose between:

  • onelevel [default]
  • subtree
Referral Specifies the treatment of referrals. You can choose between:

  • ignore [default]
  • follow
  • throw
Name attribute Specifies the attribute for retrieved roles that is the common name of the role.  If this value is "dn" it is interpreted specially as the entire dn of the role as the role name. The default is "cn", the common name.
Search base Specifies the role search base.

Logging

For information about the Logging parameters, see Client configuration.

Notification

The following change notification configuration parameters are available:

Parameter Description
SMTP host Specifies the host name of the SMTP server used to send mail.
SMTP port Specifies the port number of the SMTP server used to send mail.
Sender's email address Specifies the email address from which to send the change notification mails.
Server requires a secure connection Specifies that the SMTP mail server requires a secure connection.
Server requires authentication Specifies that the SMTP server requires authentication.
Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) Specifies to use SPA for authentication.
User name Specifies a user name for SPA.
Password Specifies a password for SPA.
Mail template Specifies the content of the notification emails. Choose an item in the list to specify its content in the field below.

 

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