Caching Realm

 

The following procedures describe how to use the Administration Console to set the attributes for configuring and managing Caching Realms. Read about Caching Realms in Managing Security in the Administration Guide.

 

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Configure a New Caching Realm

1. Click the Caching Realms node in the left pane. The Caching Realms table displays in the right pane showing all the caching realms defined in the domain.

2. Click the Configure a New Caching Realm text link. A dialog displays in the right pane showing the tabs associated with configuring a new caching realm.

3. Enter values in the Name and Basic Realm attribute fields. Click the Case Sensitive Cache checkbox to enable case sensitivity.

4. Click Create to create a caching realm instance with the name you specified in the Name field. The new instance is added under the Caching Realms node in the left pane.

5. Click the ACL, Authentication, Groups, Users, and Permission tabs and change the attribute fields or accept the default values as assigned.

6. Click Apply to save any changes you made.

 

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Clone a Caching Realm

1. Click the Caching Realms node in the left pane. The Caching Realms table displays in the right pane showing all the caching realms defined in the domain.

2. Click the Clone icon in the row of the caching realm you want to clone. A dialog displays in the right pane showing the tabs associated with cloning a caching realm.

3. Enter values in the Name and Basic Realm attribute fields. Click the Case Sensitive Cache checkbox to enable case sensitivity.

4. Click the Create button in the lower right corner to create a caching realm instance with the name you specified in the Name field. The new instance is added under the Caching Realms node in the left pane.

5. Click the ACL, Authentication, Groups, Users, and Permission tabs and change the attribute fields or accept the default values as assigned.

6. Click Apply to save any changes you made.

 

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Delete a Caching Realm

1. Click the Caching Realms node in the left pane. The Caching Realms table displays in the right pane showing all the caching realms defined in the domain.

2. Click the Delete icon in the row of the caching realm you want to delete. A dialog displays in the right pane asking you to confirm your deletion request.

3. Click Yes to delete the caching realm. The caching realm icon under the Caching Realms node is deleted.

 

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Configuration

General

Attribute	Description	Range of Values	Default Value
Name	Displays the active security realm. This field can not be changed.	String	MyCachingRealm
Basic Realm	The name of the alternate security realm or custom security realm being used with the Caching realm.	List	None
Case Sensitive Cache	Defines whether the specified security realm is case-sensitive. By default, this field is enabled: the realm is case-sensitive. To use a realm that is not case-sensitive (such as the Windows NT and LDAP security realms), you must disable this field.	Boolean, Selected = True Unselected = False	True

ACL

Attribute	Description	Range of Values	Default Value
Enable ACL Cache	Option for enabling the ACL cache.	Boolean, Selected = True Unselected = False	True
ACLCache Size	The maximum number of ACL lookups to cache.	This attribute should be a prime number for best lookup performance.	211
ACLCache TTLPositive	The number of seconds to retain the results of a successful lookup.	Integer	60
ACLCache TTLNegative	The number of seconds to retain the results of an unsuccessful lookup.	Integer	10

Authentication

Attribute	Description	Range of Values	Default Value
Enable Authentication Cache	This attribute is set true if the authentication cache is enabled.	Boolean, Selected = True Unselected = False	True
Authentication Cache Size	This attribute sets the maximum number of Authenticate requests to cache.	This attribute should be a prime number for best lookup performance.	211
Authentication Cache TTLPositive	This attribute sets the number of seconds to retain the result of a successful lookup.	Integer	60
Authentication Cache TTLNegative	This attribute sets the number of seconds to retain the result of an unsuccessful lookup.	Integer	10

Groups

Attribute	Description	Range of Values	Default Value
Enable Group Cache	This attribute is set true if group cache is enabled.	Boolean, Selected = True Unselected = False	True
Group Cache Size	This attribute sets the maximum number of Group lookups to cache.	This attribute should be a prime number for best lookup performance	211
Group Cache TTLPositive	This attribute sets the number of seconds to retain the result of a successful lookup.	Integer	60
Group Cache TTLNegative	This attribute sets the number of seconds to retain the result of an unsuccessful lookup.	Integer	10
Group Membership Cache TTL	This attribute sets the number of seconds to store the members of a group before updating it.	Integer	300

Users

Attribute	Description	Range of Values	Default Value
Enable User Cache	This attribute is set true if user cache is enabled.	Boolean, Selected = True Unselected = False	True
User Cache Size	This attribute sets the maximum number of User lookups to cache.	This attribute should be a prime number for best lookup performance.	211
User Cache TTLPositive	This attribute sets the number of seconds to retain the result of a successful lookup.	Integer	60
User Cache TTLNegative	This attribute sets the number of seconds to retain the result of an unsuccessful lookup.	Integer	10

Permissions

Attribute	Description	Range of Values	Default Value
Enable Permission Cache	This attribute is set true if permission cache is enabled.	Boolean, Selected = True Unselected = False	True
Permission Cache Size	This attribute sets the maximum number of Permission lookups to cache.	This attribute should be a prime number for best lookup performance.	211
Permission Cache TTLPositive	This attribute sets the number of seconds to retain the result of a successful lookup.	Integer	60
Permission Cache TTLNegative	This attribute sets the number of seconds to retain the result of an unsuccessful lookup.	Integer	10

Notes

Attribute	Description	Range of Values	Default Value
Notes	This attribute provides a space for user supplied information.	The value must be an alphanumeric string.	Null

Read about Caching Realms in Managing Security in the Administration Guide.