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Provider Element

Configuration information is stored in the Provider element and its subelements in the directory.xml file.

The Provider element includes the following subelements:

• LDAP

  Describes the administrator user directory to which you are connecting.

• Credentials

  Provides the user name and password for accessing the LDAP user store.

• Connection

  Supplies the host name and port for the computer where the user store is located.

A completed Provider element may resemble the following:

<Provider type="LDAP" userdirectory="@SMDirName">
   <LDAP searchroot="@SMDirSearchRoot" secure="@SMDirSecure" />
   <Credentials user="@SMDirUser" 
     cleartext="true">@SMDirPassword</Credentials>
   <Connection host="@SMDirHost" port="@SMDirPort" />
   </Provider>

The Provider element includes the following parameters:

• type

  Specifies the type of the database. For all LDAP user stores, specify LDAP (default).

• userdirectory

  Specifies the name of the administrator user store directory connection.

  Note: Do not specify a name for the user directory connection in the directory.xml file. The Administrative UI installer prompts you to supply the name when you install the Administrative UI.

Note: The parameters are optional.