Bootstrap Information

Figure 61 Configuration Agent, Configuration Repository

Associated property file keys are indicated in parentheses, where appropriate.

• Server Identifier (Server): host name of the LDAP server.

• Server Port (Port): port number of the LDAP server.

• Suffix (BaseDn): base DN of the LDAP repository.

• State: The status of the Configuration Agent. The checkbox can be used to either activate or deactivate the Configuration Agent. To make use of the configuration repository, the Configuration Agent must be active. The activation automatically includes the necessary registration with inetd.

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  Note

  To manually enable or disable the Configuration Agent, log in as root and type the command /usr/lib/apocd enable or /usr/lib/apocd disable, respectively.

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Figure 62 Configuration Agent, Authentication Mechanism

• Host Identifier (HostIdentifier): can be "HostName" or "IPAddress". The identifier must be set to match the contents of the LDAP attribute that is used to identify hosts. This attribute is defined in the mapping files as Host/UniqueIdAttribute.

• Authentication Type for the Configuration Agent: can be "Anonymous" or "Simple". If "Anonymous" is selected, the Qualified User Name and Password fields are automatically disabled.

• Qualified User Name (AuthDn): full DN of a user with read and search access rights on the repository.

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  Note

  If anonymous access is enabled in the directory, this setting can be left blank.

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• Password (Password): password of a registered LDAP user

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  Note

  If anonymous access is enabled in the directory, this setting can be left blank.

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• Authentication Type for applications (AuthType): can be Anonymous or GSSAPI, depending on how the LDAP server authenticates users.