Configuration Guide › LDAP User Store Management › User, Group and Organization Managed Object Descriptions › Managed Object Descriptions › Containers

Containers

To simplify administration, you can group objects of a specific type in a container. When you specify a container in the directory configuration file, CA Identity Manager manages only entries in the container. For example, if you specify a user container named People, CA Identity Manager manages users in the People container, as shown in the following illustrations:

• Hierarchical Directory

  

• Flat Directory

  

In these examples, all users exist in the People containers.

When you specify a container, note the following:

• If no container exists in an organization, CA Identity Manager creates the container when the first entry is added. For a hierarchical directory, CA Identity Manager creates the container in the organization where the entry is added. For flat directories and directories that do not support organizations, CA Identity Manager creates the container under the search root, which you specify when you create the Identity Manager directory.
• CA Identity Manager ignores entries that are not in the specified container. For example, when you specify the People container, you cannot manage users that exist outside of the People container.

  Note: To manage users who are not in the specified container, you can create another Identity Manager environment.