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Administration Connector

The Administration Connector is used to interact with administration tools using LDAP.

It is a dedicated entry point for administration.

Relations From this Component

The following components have a direct AGGREGATION relation FROM Administration Connectors :




This page describes the Administration Connector:


Properties

A description of each property follows.


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ key-manager-provider  None
↓ listen-address
↓ listen-port
↓ ssl-cert-nickname
↓ trust-manager-provider

Basic Properties

key-manager-provider

Description
Specifies the name of the key manager that is used with the Administration Connector .
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
The DN of any Key Manager Provider. The referenced key manager provider must be enabled.
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
Restart the server
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

listen-address

Description
Specifies the address or set of addresses on which this Administration Connector should listen for connections from LDAP clients. Multiple addresses may be provided as separate values for this attribute. If no values are provided, then the Administration Connector listens on all interfaces.
Default Value
0.0.0.0
Allowed Values
An IP address
Multi-valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
Restart the server
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

listen-port

Description
Specifies the port number on which the Administration Connector will listen for connections from clients. Only a single port number may be provided.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
An integer value. Lower value is 1. Upper value is 65535 .
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
The Administration Connector must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to this setting to take effect
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

ssl-cert-nickname

Description
Specifies the nickname (also called the alias) of the certificate that the Administration Connector will use when performing SSL communication.
Default Value
Let the server decide.
Allowed Values
A String
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
Restart the server
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

trust-manager-provider

Description
Specifies the name of the trust manager that is used with the Administration Connector .
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
The DN of any Trust Manager Provider. The referenced trust manager provider must be enabled.
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
Restart the server
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No


LDAP Mapping

Each configuration property can be mapped to a specific LDAP attribute under the "cn=config" entry. The mappings that follow are provided for information only. In general, you should avoid changing the server configuration by manipulating the LDAP attributes directly.

Base DN
cn=Administration Connector,cn=config
objectclass name
ds-cfg-administration-connector
objectclass superior
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Property
LDAP attribute
key-manager-provider
ds-cfg-key-manager-provider
listen-address
ds-cfg-listen-address
listen-port
ds-cfg-listen-port
ssl-cert-nickname
ds-cfg-ssl-cert-nickname
trust-manager-provider
ds-cfg-trust-manager-provider