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LDAP Request Processing

An LDAP request from a client interface always includes two items of information:

The Core LDAP Message Handler detects incoming DNs, and creates and registers endpoint types and connectors when required, and as such is referred to as the front end of the CA IAM CS architecture.

The message handler then passes LDAP requests back through the message handler chain to the Message Router, where it is handed back to the ApacheDS LDAP binding. ApacheDS partitions are no longer used in CA IAM CS.

CA IAM CS can host any number of endpoint types, each of which is associated with a single metadata definition. Each can contain any number of connector instances (each of which is associated with a single set of connection details).