Configuring the Address Book Channel

For the Address Book channel to work, you need to configure the defaults for the Address Book service. Because the AddressBookProvider is not pre-configured, channels the user creates based on the AddressBookProvider do not appear on the user’s Desktop or on the Content link unless the AddressBookProvider has been configured.

Creating channels based on the other communications channels in the pre-populated, user-defined channels set may result in the created channel displaying the message: Please specify a valid configuration. Although the other Communication Channels are defined to a sufficient extent to appear on the user’s Desktop, they require additional administrative tasks to ascertain which backend service to use.

Additionally, the communication channels require the desktop user to specify back-end credentials (such as username and password) after the administrative tasks are completed. The desktop user can specify these values in the channel by using the channel’s Edit button.

The userDefinedChannels set might need to be administered on a per-installation basis, because this set includes references to back-end services that might not apply to your particular setup. For example, all Lotus Providers in this set refer to interaction with Lotus back-end services for the communication channels. These do not apply if no one in the Portal Server user base uses Lotus backend services.

Configuring the Address Book Service Defaults

This section provides information about single sign-on (SSO) Adapter templates. These templates globally affect the display of the communication channels on users’ portal Desktops. To alter the display profile of users for the communication channels, you need to edit or create SSO Adapter templates and configurations.

To Configure the Address Book Service Defaults

1. From an Internet browser, log into the Portal Server administration console at http://hostname:port /psconsole, for example http://psserver.company22.example.com:80/psconsole

2. Click the Service Configuration tab to display the list of configurable services in the navigation pane.

3. Scroll down the navigation pane to the Single Sign-on Adapter Configuration heading and click the arrow next to the item SSO Adapter, which brings up the SSO Adapter page in the data pane.

4. Click New under SSO Adapter Configuration to add an SSO adapter configuration.

   The New Configuration page appears.

5. Type a configuration name and select SUN-ONE-ADDRESS-BOOK from the menu.

6. Click Next.

   The Configuration Properties page appears.

7. Modify the properties as needed.

8. Scroll down the SSO Adapter page and click Save.

9. When done, click Save.