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How to Configure a Custom User Directory Connection

You can use a Custom directory as a user store. The following process lists the steps for creating the user store connection to the Policy Server:

1. Ping the User Store System
2. Configure the Custom Directory Connection

Ping the User Store System

Pinging the user store system verifies that a network connection exists between the Policy Server and the user directory or database.

Note: Some user store systems may require the Policy Server to present credentials.

Configure Custom Directory Connections

You can configure a user directory connection that lets the Policy Server communicate with a custom user store.

To configure the directory connection

1. Click Infrastructure, Directory.

   Objects related to user directories appear on the left.

2. Click User Directories.

   The User Directories screen appears.

3. Click Create User Directory.

   The Create User Directory screen appears and displays the required settings to configure an LDAP connection.

   Note: Click Help for descriptions of settings and controls, including their respective requirements and limits.

4. Select Custom from the Namespace list.

   The settings to configure a Custom connection appear.

5. Complete the required connection information in the General and Directory Setup areas.

   Note: If the Policy Server is operating in FIPS mode and the directory connection is to use a secure SSL connection when communicating with the Policy Server, the certificates used by the Policy Server and the directory store must be FIPS compliant.

6. (Optional) Do the following in the Administrator Credentials area:
   1. Select the Require Credentials option.
   2. Enter the credentials of an administrator account.
7. (Optional) Click Create in the Attribute Mapping List area to configure user attribute mapping.

   Note: The Policy Server uses the shared library to determine the user attributes that are available to the custom directory. Before you enter user attributes, create the user directory connection.

8. Click Submit.

   The user directory connection is created.

More information:

Directory Attributes Overview

Define an Attribute Mapping