Configuration Guide › LDAP User Store Management › Connection to the User Directory › Provider Element › Connection Subelement

Connection Subelement

The Connection subelement describes the location of the user store that CA IdentityMinder manages. This subelement includes the following parameters:

host

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

Note: If the connecting system has an IPv6 address, enclose the IP address within the 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.  To return to using the primary system, restart the secondary system. If multiple servers are listed, CA IdentityMinder attempts to connect to the systems in the listed order.

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.