You can create an external resource in the following ways:
Access the Server Manager and choose the Java tab.
Click External JNDI Resources.
Click the New button.
Enter the following information:
JNDI Name (required). Enter the JNDI name that application components must use to access the custom resource.
Resource Type (required). Enter the fully qualified type of the custom resource.
Factory Class (required). Enter the fully qualified name of the user-written factory class, which implements javax.naming.spi.ObjectFactory.
JNDI Lookup (required). Enter the JNDI value to look up in the external repository. For example, if you are creating an external resource to connect to an external repository, to test a mail class, your JNDI Lookup could read cn=testmail.
External Resource Enabled (optional). Select On to enable the external resource at runtime.
Click OK.
Click Apply Changes.
For information on how to use the command-line interface to create a new custom resource, see Create External JNDI Resource in Appendix A, Command Line Utilities.