Directory Services 7.4.3

Administration Connector

The Administration Connector is used to interact with administration tools using LDAP.

It is a dedicated entry point for administration.

Dependencies

Administration Connectors depend on the following objects:

Administration Connector properties

You can use configuration expressions to set property values at startup time. For details, see Property value substitution.

Basic Properties

advertised-listen-address
allowed-client
denied-client
key-manager-provider
listen-address
listen-port
proxy-protocol-allowed-client
proxy-protocol-enabled
restricted-client
restricted-client-connection-limit
ssl-cert-nickname
ssl-cipher-suite
ssl-protocol
trust-manager-provider

Basic properties

Use the --advanced option to access advanced properties.

advertised-listen-address

Synopsis

The advertised address(es) which clients should use for connecting to this Administration Connector.

Description

Multiple addresses may be provided as separate values for this attribute. The meta-address 0.0.0.0 is not permitted.

Default value

None

Allowed values

A hostname or an IP address.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

Yes

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

allowed-client

Synopsis

A set of clients who will be allowed to establish connections to this Administration Connector.

Description

Valid values include a host name, a fully qualified domain name, a domain name, an IP address, or a subnetwork with subnetwork mask. Specifying a value for this property in a connection handler will override any value set in the global configuration.

Default value

All clients with addresses that do not match an address on the deny list are allowed. If there is no deny list, then all clients are allowed.

Allowed values

An IP address mask.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Changes to this property take effect immediately and do not interfere with established connections.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

denied-client

Synopsis

A set of clients who are not allowed to establish connections to this Administration Connector.

Description

Valid values include a host name, a fully qualified domain name, a domain name, an IP address, or a subnetwork with subnetwork mask. If both allowed and denied client masks are defined and a client connection matches one or more masks in both lists, then the connection is denied. If only a denied list is specified, then any client not matching a mask in that list is allowed. Specifying a value for this property in a connection handler will override any value set in the global configuration.

Default value

If an allow list is specified, then only clients with addresses on the allow list are allowed. Otherwise, all clients are allowed.

Allowed values

An IP address mask.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Changes to this property take effect immediately and do not interfere with established connections.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

key-manager-provider

Synopsis

Specifies the name of the key manager that is used with the Administration Connector .

Default value

None

Allowed values

The name of an existing key-manager-provider.

The referenced key manager provider must be enabled.

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

Restart the server for changes to take effect.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

listen-address

Synopsis

The network interface(s) on which this Administration Connector should listen for incoming client connections.

Description

Multiple addresses may be provided as separate values for this attribute. If no values are provided, then the directory server will listen on all interfaces.

Default value

0.0.0.0

Allowed values

A hostname or an IP address.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

Restart the server for changes to take effect.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

listen-port

Synopsis

Specifies the port number on which the Administration Connector will listen for connections from clients.

Description

Only a single port number may be provided.

Default value

None

Allowed values

An integer.

Lower limit: 1.

Upper limit: 65535.

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

The object must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to take effect.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

proxy-protocol-allowed-client

Synopsis

When the proxy protocol is enabled, this property represents the set of clients who will be allowed to establish connections to this Administration Connector and will be required to use proxy protocol.

Description

Valid values include a host name, a fully qualified domain name, a domain name, an IP address, or a subnetwork with subnetwork mask. Specifying a value for this property in a connection handler will override any value set in the global configuration.

Default value

If the proxy protocol is enabled then only clients with addresses matching an address on the proxy-protocol-allowed-client list and using proxy protocol are allowed.

Allowed values

An IP address mask.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Changes to this property take effect immediately and do not interfere with established connections.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

proxy-protocol-enabled

Synopsis

Indicates whether the proxy protocol is enabled.

Description

If enabled, the Administration Connector makes the server use proxy protocol for connections with a source IP address matching an address in the proxy-protocol-allowed-client list.

Default value

false

Allowed values

true

false

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

restricted-client

Synopsis

A set of clients who will be limited to the maximum number of connections specified by the "restricted-client-connection-limit" property.

Description

Valid values include a host name, a fully qualified domain name, a domain name, an IP address, or a subnetwork with subnetwork mask. Specifying a value for this property in a connection handler will override any value set in the global configuration.

Default value

No restrictions are imposed on the number of connections a client can open.

Allowed values

An IP address mask.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Changes to this property take effect immediately and do not interfere with established connections.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

restricted-client-connection-limit

Synopsis

Specifies the maximum number of connections a restricted client can open at the same time to this Administration Connector.

Description

Once Directory Server accepts the specified number of connections from a client specified in restricted-client, any additional connection will be rejected. The number of connections is maintained by IP address. Specifying a value for this property in a connection handler will override any value set in the global configuration.

Default value

100

Allowed values

An integer.

Lower limit: 0.

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Changes to this property take effect immediately and do not interfere with established connections.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

ssl-cert-nickname

Synopsis

Specifies the nicknames (also called the aliases) of the keys or key pairs that the Administration Connector should use when performing SSL communication.

Description

The property can be used multiple times (referencing different nicknames) when server certificates with different public key algorithms are used in parallel (for example, RSA, DSA, and ECC-based algorithms). When a nickname refers to an asymmetric (public/private) key pair, the nickname for the public key certificate and associated private key entry must match exactly. A single nickname is used to retrieve both the public key and the private key. This is only applicable when the Administration Connector is configured to use SSL.

Default value

Let the server decide.

Allowed values

A string.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

Restart the server for changes to take effect.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

ssl-cipher-suite

Synopsis

Specifies the names of the SSL cipher suites that are allowed for use in SSL communication.

Default value

Uses the default set of SSL cipher suites provided by the server’s JVM.

Allowed values

A string.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Changes to this property take effect immediately but will only impact new SSL/TLS-based sessions created after the change.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

ssl-protocol

Synopsis

Specifies the names of the SSL protocols that are allowed for use in SSL or StartTLS communication.

Default value

Uses the default set of SSL protocols provided by the server’s JVM.

Allowed values

A string.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Changes to this property take effect immediately but only impact new SSL/TLS-based sessions created after the change.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

trust-manager-provider

Synopsis

Specifies the name(s) of the trust manager(s) that is used with the Administration Connector .

Default value

None

Allowed values

The name of an existing trust-manager-provider.

The referenced trust manager provider must be enabled.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

Yes

Admin action required

Restart the server for changes to take effect.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No