Restricting server access using the connection handlers

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Page updated: 5 Dec 2022

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Directory Capability Product documentation Content Type Administration User task IT Administrator Administrator Audience System Administrator Software Deployment Method

Use dsconfig to set the allowed-client property for the LDAP connection handler.

Set the allowed-client property for the LDAP connection handler using dsconfig.
Specify the address mask for the range of allowable IP addresses that can establish connections to the server.

To configure the server using the dsconfig tool on the local host, specify the loopback address to 127.0.0.1.

$ bin/dsconfig set-connection-handler-prop \ 
  --handler-name "LDAP Connection Handler" \ 
  --set "allowed-client:10.6.1.*" \
  --set allowed-client:127.0.0.1