Sharing an LDAP Repository With Unwired Server

Set up Afaria to use the same LDAP repository that Unwired Server uses.

Prerequisites 

Verify that Unwired Server is running.

Afaria is only automatically set up to share the same LDAP repository with Unwired Server with the development edition of Unwired Platform. With this type of license OpenDS is configured to support both components by the installer.

However, you need to manually set up Afaria to share the LDAP repository if you want to:
  • Change your LDAP settings and reconfigure Afaria Server
  • Use an existing Afaria installation with Sybase Unwired Platform
  • Run Sybase Unwired Platform and Afaria on separate machines
  • Install Sybase Unwired Platform and Afaria at different times (on the same machine or different machines)

To set up sharing manually:

  1. Configure an LDAP authentication provider in Sybase Control Center for Unwired Server.
  2. Run <UnwiredPlatform_InstallDir>\Servers\Afaria\bin\XSDirectorySetupWizard.exe.
  3. Open Afaria Administrator.
  4. In the Directory Type page, choose LDAP-based and click Next.
  5. Configure the server information so that the LDAP connection information matches that which you configured in Sybase Control Center for Unwired Server.
  6. Click Search User and add supAdmin, then click OK.
  7. Click Next to choose the appropriate root directory.
  8. Click Next and configure the following:
    Option Description
    LDAP Class Name for Users Select Person
    User Name Attribute Select UID
  9. Click Next and click Support OU and group membership.
  10. Click Finish.
Next  Verify your Afaria Server configuration by ensuring that the properties you configure in Sybase Control Center for Unwired Server match the corresponding properties configured in Afaria Administrator.
  1. (Recommended) Ensure that you have enabled authentication.

    Select Server Configuration > Properties > Security and verify that Enable Authentication is selected.

  2. Verify the state of automatic approvals for your Afaria deployment license:
    • For development environments, you may select Automatically approve clients.
    • For production environments, make sure Automatically approve clients is not selected.
  3. If you are modifying an existing installation of Afaria for Unwired Platform integration, ensure you have imported required functionality into Afaria with the configaf.bat file that is part of the Unwired Platform media in the modules\afaria\configaf folder. Without this file, the component that authorizes requests will not have been added.
Related concepts
Security Provider Configuration
Related tasks
Changing the dba Password


Created September 17, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com