To Configure a Connection Handler

Before You Begin

The properties of a connection handler must be defined in relation to the properties of the other connection handlers that are defined for the Directory Proxy Server instance. Consider the properties of all of your connection handlers to ensure that they specify different sets of criteria and are prioritized correctly.

You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.

1. View a verbose list of connection handlers to see their key properties and relative priorities.

   $ dpconf list-connection-handlers -h host -p port -v Name is-enabled priority description --------------------------------- ---------- -------- --------------------------- anonymous false 99 unauthenticated connections default connection handler true 100 default connection handler directory services administrators true 1 Administrators connection handler

   The connection handlers anonymous and default connection handler are created when you create an instance of Directory Proxy Server.

2. View all of the properties of one connection handler.

   $ dpconf get-connection-handler-prop -h host -p port connection-handler-name

   The default properties of a new connection handler are as follows:

   aci-source : none allowed-auth-methods : anonymous allowed-auth-methods : sasl allowed-auth-methods : simple allowed-ldap-ports : ldap allowed-ldap-ports : ldaps bind-dn-filters : any close-client-connection : false data-view-routing-custom-list : none data-view-routing-policy : all-routable data-view-use-internal-client-identity : false description : - domain-name-filters : any enable-data-view-affinity : false group-dn-filters : any group-search-bind-dn : any group-search-bind-pwd : none ip-address-filters : any is-enabled : false is-ssl-mandatory : false priority : 99 request-filtering-policy : no-filtering require-data-view-availability : true resource-limits-policy : no-limits schema-check-enabled : false user-filter : any

3. Configure the priority of the connection handler.

   $ dpconf set-connection-handler-prop -h host -p port connection-handler-name\ priority:value

   The priority can be any number from 1 to 100, where 1 is the highest priority. For an instance of Directory Proxy Server, the connection handlers are evaluated in order of priority.

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   You cannot set the priority of a connection handler to 100 because 100 is already set as the priority of the default connection handler.

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4. (Optional) Specify the DN filtering property of the connection handler.

   This property enables you to control access based on part or all of the bind DN. The value of the property is a regular expression.

   $ dpconf set-connection-handler-prop -h host -p port connection-handler-name \ bind-dn-filters:regular-expression

   The bind DN filter takes the form of a Java regular expression. For information about creating Java regular expressions, see http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17476_01/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html.

   For example, to send all binds from users under ou=people,dc=example,dc=com to a connection handler named secure-handler, set the bind-dn-filters property as follows:

   $ dpconf set-connection-handler-prop -h host1 -p 1389 secure-handler \ bind-dn-filters:"uid=.*,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com"

5. (Optional) Specify the name of a request filtering policy to use with this connection handler.

   $ dpconf set-connection-handler-prop -h host -p port connection-handler-name \ request-filtering-policy:policy-name

   where policy-name is the name of an existing request filtering policy. For information about how to create and configure a request filtering policy, see Creating and Configuring Request Filtering Policies and Search Data Hiding Rules.

6. (Optional) Specify the name of a resource limits policy to use with this connection handler.

   $ dpconf set-connection-handler-prop -h host -p port connection-handler-name \ resource-limits-policy:policy-name

   where policy-name is the name of an existing resource limits policy. For information about how to create and configure a resource limits policy, see Creating and Configuring a Resource Limits Policy.

7. Configure any other properties that are listed in Step 2.

   $ dpconf set-connection-handler-prop -h host -p port connection-handler-name \ property:value [property:value ...]

   For example, configure the connection handler to accept SSL connections only.

   $ dpconf set-connection-handler-prop -h host -p port connection-handler-name \ is-ssl-mandatory:true

   For a description of a property and a list of its valid values, run this command:

   $ dpconf help-properties connection-handler

   Configure group-dn-filters, group-search-bind-dn, group-search-bind-pwd, and group-search-bind-pwd-file to specify the criteria to select connection handlers. For more information, see the respective man pages.

8. Enable the connection handler.

   $ dpconf set-connection-handler-prop -h host -p port connection-handler-name\ is-enabled:true

9. If necessary, restart the instance of Directory Proxy Server for the changes to take effect.

   For information about restarting Directory Proxy Server, see To Restart Directory Proxy Server.