The db_config.properties File

Parameters 

Default Value 

Description 

defaultserver.ldappoolmin

Specifies the minimum number of LDAP client connections. 

defaultserver.ldappoolmax

Specifies the maximum number of LDAP client connections. 

defaultserver.ldappooltimeout

Specifies the number of seconds before timing out an LDAP connection. Increase this value to accommodate large search results. 

defaultserver.ldaphost

Specifies the LDAP host. 

defaultserver.ldapport

Specifies the LDAP port. 

defaultserver.ldapbinddn

cn=Directory Manager

Specifies the DN used to bind to the LDAP. 

If the login type is “restricted” or “proxy” it is mandatory to assign a value to defaultserver.ldapbinddn.

If the login type is “anonymous” you need not enter a value for this parameter. 

defaultserver.ldapbindcred

Specifies the bind password. 

entry_id

uid

Specifies the key in LDAP used to identify a contact/group entry. 

You can set the entry_id to the UID or to the key used to fetch the contact/group information such as empid or principal ID.

In the xlate-inetorgperson.xml file replace “uid” in <entry entryID= “db:uid”\> with the entry_id value specified here.

retrieve_db_attribs

Defines whether all the database attributes should be passed in the LDAP search. This parameter can be either True or False. 

lookthru_limit

1000 

Specifies the search query limit for a search. 

delete_perm

Enables contact/group entries to be marked for deletion or to be deleted permanently. 

Set the parameter to false to mark the contacts/groups for deletion. 

Set the parameter to true to permanently delete the contacts and groups. 

admin_group_dn

Specifies the DN of the admin group.

A user belonging to this group can purge all contacts that are marked for deletion. 

login_type

restricted

Specifies the method using which the connection to the LDAP store is maintained. 

You can assign the following three values to this parameter: 

anon - to connect to the LDAP as an anonymous user

restricted - to connect as a user who has the rights to perform operations on the Address Book Store.

proxy - to masquerade as a user who can perform operations on the Address Book Store. Assigning this value enhances performance as it by passes the LDAP bind on each operation.

NOTE: A Read only access is given to a masquerading user. 

collation_rule

en-US

Specifies the collation rule that should be used. This parameter is commented out by default in the property file. 

search_fields

entry/displayname

Specifies the search fields for which the collation rule should be applied. This property is disabled by default. This property should be uncommented if the collation rules have to be applied.