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Configure the Connection to the Connector Server

CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management communicates with the Connector Server to search for and manage privileged accounts on the managed devices. By default, CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management is installed with a connector server with configuration settings that apply to the CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management computer. You can add more connector servers according to your needs.

Follow these steps:

1. In CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management, click System, Connection Management, Connector Server, Create Connector Server.

   The Create Connector Server: Select Connector Server task page appears.

2. (Optional) Select an existing Connector Server to create the Connector Server as a copy of it, as follows:
   1. Select Create a copy of an object of type Connector Server.
   2. Select an attribute for the search, type in the filter value, and click Search.

      A list of Connector Server that match the filter criteria appears.

   3. Select the object that you want to use as a basis for the new Connector Server.
3. Click OK.

   The Create Connector Server task page appears. If you created a Connector Server from an existing object, the dialog fields are prepopulated with the values from the existing object.

4. Complete the fields in the dialog. The following fields are not self-explanatory:

   Name

   Defines the connection name.

   Description

   (Optional) Defines the connection description.

   Host

   Defines the Connector Server name that you want CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management to work against.

   Example: host1.comp.com

   Port

   Defines the port that the Connector Server uses to communicate.

   Example: 20411

   Secured

   Specifies whether the connection between CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management and the Connector Server is secured.

   Username

   Defines the user name of a user with management privileges.

   Example: cn=root, dc=etasa

   Password

   Defines the password of the user account with management privileges.

   Primary

   Specifies whether this is the connection that CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management uses by default when you log in.

   Note: If you specify a primary connection, log out and log back in before the connection is established.

   Provisioning Domain Name

   Defines the name of the provisioning domain that CA Identity Minder manages.

   Note: The domain name is case-sensitive.

   Type

   Specifies the type of Connector Server.

5. Click Submit.

   CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management uses the information that you specified to try to log in to the Connector Server. If the information is correct, the connection is set and you can now use CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management to manage privileged accounts. If the information is incorrect and CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management cannot log in to the Connector Server, an error message appears with the reason the connection could not be established.