SSL settings

This window allows you to set up the console so that it can communicate with other directory servers using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption, if necessary.

From this window you can:

You can find more detailed help on the following elements of this window:

Keystore

Keystore password

Truststore

Truststore password



Keystore

Specify the keystore database path and file name in the Keystore field. This is the fully qualified file specification of the keystore database file. The file must exist on the computer where the IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator Administration and Monitoring Console is installed.



Keystore password

Specify the keystore password in the Keystore password field. If a password stash file is not being used, the password for the keystore database file must be specified here.



Truststore

Enter the fully qualified path to a trusted Certification Authority (CA) certificates database file. This is the fully qualified file specification of the Truststore database file. The file must exist on the computer where the IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator Administration and Monitoring Console is installed.



Truststore password

Enter the password for the Truststore file.



LDAP Properties

The Administration and Monitoring Console provides a way for you to authenticate users to an LDAP backend. If LDAP authentication is enabled, you must configure the properties of the LDAP server to which you want to authenticate.

To configure LDAP properties:

  1. Specify the host name or IP address of the server on which the LDAP server is running in the LDAP server hostname field.
  2. Enter the port number of the LDAP server in the Port field.
  3. Enter the admin ID of the LDAP administrator in the Admin UID field.
  4. Enter the LDAP administrator password in the Admin password field.
  5. From the Server type menu, select the type of LDAP server to which you want to connect.
  6. Enter the ID that will be used to bind to the LDAP server in the Bind ID field.
  7. Enter the password for the LDAP bind ID in the Bind password field.
  8. Enter the suffix of the LDAP server in the Suffix field.

You can find more detailed help on the following elements of this window:

LDAP server hostname

Port

Admin UID

Admin password

Server type

Bind ID

Bind password

Suffix



LDAP server hostname

Specify the host name or IP address of the server on which the LDAP server is running. localhost is the default host name.



Port

Enter the port number of the LDAP server. 389 is the default port number.



Admin UID

Enter the admin ID of the LDAP administrator.



Admin password

Enter the LDAP administrator password.



Server type

Select one of the following types of servers from the Server type menu:

IBM_DIRECTORY_SERVER is selected by default.



Bind ID

Enter the ID that will be used to bind to the LDAP server.



Bind password

Enter the password for the LDAP bind ID. This password is encrypted using PKI encryption and is stored in the .amc properties.



Suffix

Enter the suffix of the LDAP server.



JDBC Properties

JDBC properties are used to define the connections settings to the CloudScape database. The CloudScape database is used to store the Administration and Monitoring Console's configuration information, connection details, and Action Manager rules and results.

From this window you can:

You can find more detailed help on the following elements of this window:

JDBC URL

Username

Password

JDBC Driver



JDBC URL

Enter the JDBC URL, for example: jdbc:db2://hostname:port/dbname.



Username

Enter the desired user name. Only the tables available to this user are shown.



Password

Enter the password for the user.



JDBC Driver

Enter the JDBC driver class name. The default value of sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver addresses the JDBC-ODBC bridge, which is not recommended for production use. For IBM DB2, the type 2 or type 4 driver you would typically specify is com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver.



General

This window allows you to set general properties such as refresh rates and session timeouts for the Administration and Monitoring Console.

From this window you can:

You can find more detailed help on the following elements of this window:

Authentication mode

Set Monitor Status as the start up page

Monitor screen refresh rate (minutes)

AM log rotate rate (days)



Authentication mode

Select the authentication mode from the menu.



Set Monitor Status as the start up page

Select Monitor Status if you want the Monitor Status window to be the default window that appears after you log on to the Administration and Monitoring Console. By default Monitor Status is not selected.



Monitor screen refresh rate (minutes)

Enter the amount of time in minutes that must expire between Monitor Status window refreshes. For example, if you enter 10, the Monitor Status window refreshes every ten minutes.



AM log rotate rate (days)

Enter the amount of time in days that must expire between Action Manager log rotations.