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How to Configure an External Administrator Store

Complete the following steps to configure a connection to an external administrator store.

1. (Optional) If you want to protect the Administrative UI with SOA Security Manager, configure an agent to function with a reverse proxy server.

   Note: For more information about configuring a reverse proxy server, see the Web Agent Configuration Guide.

2. Review the external administrator store considerations.
3. Review the SSL considerations.
4. Depending on your store type, do the following:
   • (LDAP) Gather directory server connection information.
   • (RDB) Gather database connection information.
   • (RDB) Deploy a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) data source to the application server.
     • If you installed the Administrative UI using the stand-alone option, use the smjdbcsetup utility to configure and deploy the data source.
     • If you installed the Administrative UI to an existing application server infrastructure, see your vendor-specific documentation for information about configuring and deploying a data source.

       Note: If you are deploying a data source to WebSphere, be sure that the JNDI name, under the datasource properties, is prefixed with the following:

       jdbc/

       Example: If the datasource name is abc, then the JNDI name is jdbc/abc.

5. Configure the connection to the external administrator store.
6. (Optional) Migrate Legacy Administrator Administrative UI permissions.