Configuration Guide › Creating an Identity Manager Directory for an LDAP User Store › Connection to the User Directory › Provider Element › Connection Subelement

Connection Subelement

The Connection subelement describes the location of the user store that CA Identity Manager will manage. It includes the following parameters:

• host

  Specifies the host name or IP address of the system where the user directory is located.

  Note: If the system that you are connecting to has an IPv6 address, enclose the IP address in brackets ([ ]), as follows:

  <Connection host="[2::9255:214:22ff:fe72:525a]" port="20389"

  failover="[2::9255:214:22ff:fe72:525a]:20389"/>

• port

  Specifies the port number for the user directory.

• failover

  Specifies the host name and IP address of the system where redundant user stores exist, in case the primary system is unavailable. When the primary system becomes available again, the failover system continues to be used.  If you need to return to using the primary system, restart the secondary system. If multiple servers are listed, CA Identity Manager attempts to connect to the systems in the order in which they are listed.

  Specify the host name and IP address in the failover attribute in a space-separated list, as follows:

  failover="IPaddress:port IPaddress:port"

  For example:

  <Connection host="123.456.789.001" port="20389"

  failover="123.456.789.002:20389 123.456.789.003:20389"/>

  Note: Port 20389 is the default port for the Provisioning Server.

Note: The parameters are optional.