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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.
2. Click User Directory, Create User Directory.

   The Create User Directory pane opens.

3. Verify that Create a new object is selected, and click OK.

   The Create User Directory: Name pane opens.

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

4. Select Custom from the Namespace list.

   Custom settings open.

5. Complete the remaining required connection information on the General and Directory Setup group boxes.

   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) Select Require Credentials on the Administrator Credentials group box, and type the user name and password of an administrator's account on the user directory in the fields on the group box.

   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, you must create the user directory connection.

7. (Optional) Click Create on the Attribute Mapping List group box.

   The Create Attribute Mapping pane opens.

8. Click Submit.

   The Create User Directory task is submitted for processing.