PingDirectory Server Administration Guide

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PingDirectory Server Administration Guide
PingDirectory Product Documentation
Overview of the Server
Server Features
Administration Framework
Server Tools Location
Preparing Your Environment
Before You Begin
System requirements
Platforms
Docker
Java Runtime Environment
Browsers
Installing Java
To Install Java (Oracle/Sun)
Preparing the Operating System (Linux)
Configuring the File Descriptor Limits
To Set the File Descriptor Limit (Linux)
File System Tuning
To Set the File System Flushes
To Set noatime on ext3 and ext4 Systems
Setting the Maximum User Processes
About Editing OS-Level Environment Variables
Install sysstat and pstack (Red Hat)
Install dstat (SUSE Linux)
Disable File System Swapping
Omit vm.overcommit_memory
Managing System Entropy
Set File System Event Monitoring (inotify)
Tune IO Scheduler
Running as a Non-Root User (Linux)
Enabling the Server to Listen on Privileged Ports (Linux)
Installing the Server
Getting the Installation Packages
To Unpack the Build Distribution
About the Layout of the Directory Server Folders
make-ldif Template Format
About the Server Installation Modes
Before You Begin
Ping license keys
Setting Up the Directory Server in Interactive Mode
To Install the Directory Server in Interactive Mode
Installing the Directory Server in Non-Interactive Mode
To Install the Directory Server in Non-Interactive Mode
To Install the Directory Server in Non-Interactive Mode with a Truststore
Installing a Lightweight Server
Running the Status Tool
To Run the Status Tool
Where To Go From Here
Working with Multiple Backends
Importing Data
Generating Sample Data
To Import Data on the Directory Server Using Offline Import
Running the Server
To Start the Directory Server
To Run the Server as a Foreground Process
To Start the Server at Boot Time
Logging into the Administrative Console
Stopping the Directory Server
To Stop the Server
To Schedule a Server Shutdown
To Restart the Server
Run the Server as a Microsoft Windows Service
To Register the Server as a Windows Service
To Run Multiple Service Instances
To Deregister and Uninstall Services
Log Files for Services
Uninstalling the Server
To Uninstall the Server in Interactive Mode
To Uninstall the Server in Non-Interactive Mode
To Uninstall Selected Components in Non-Interactive Mode
Upgrading the Server
Upgrade Overview and Considerations
Update servers in a topology
Restoring a mixed topology to a clean state
To Upgrade the Directory Server
Revert an update
Revert to the most recent server version
Tuning the Server
About Minimizing Disk Access
Memory Allocation and Database Cache
Directory Server Process Memory
A Method for Determining Heap and Database Cache Size
Automatic DB Cache Percentages
Automatic Memory Allocation
Automatic Memory Allocation for the Command-Line Tools
Database Preloading
Configuring Database Preloading
To Configure Database Preloading
To Configure Multiple Preloading Methods
To Configure System Index Preloading
Databases on Storage Area Networks, Network-Attached Storage, or running in Virtualized Environments
Database Cleaner
Compacting Common Parent DNs
Import Thread Count
JVM Properties for Server and Command-Line Tools
Applying Changes Using dsjavaproperties
To Update the Java Version in the Properties File
To Regenerate the Java Properties File
JVM Garbage Collection Using CMS
To Determine the CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction
Tuning For Disk-Bound Deployments
To Tune for Disk-Bound Deployments
Uncached Attributes and Entries
To Configure Uncached Attributes and Entries
Configuring the Server
About the Configuration Tools
About dsconfig Configuration Tool
Using dsconfig in Interactive Command-Line Mode
To Configure the Server Using dsconfig Interactive Mode
To View dsconfig Advanced Properties
Using dsconfig Interactive Mode: Viewing Object Menus
To Change the dsconfig Object Menu
Using dsconfig Interactive: Viewing Administrative Alerts
Using dsconfig in Non-Interactive Mode
To Configure the Server Using dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode
To View a List of dsconfig Properties
Getting the Equivalent dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode Command
To Get the Equivalent dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode Command
Using dsconfig Batch Mode
To Configure the Directory Server in dsconfig Batch Mode
Syncing Passwords to PingOne
Using PingDirectory Server or PingDirectoryProxy Server with PingFederate OAuth Tokens
About Recurring Tasks and Task Chains
LDIF Export as a Recurring Task
Lockdown Mode as a Recurring Task
File Retention Recurring Task
To Create a Recurring Task and Task Chain
Exec Tasks
Topology Configuration
Topology Master Requirements and Selection
Topology Components
Monitor Data for the Topology
Servers and Certificates
Listener Certificates
Replacing Listener Certificates
Inter-Server Certificates
Replacing the Inter-Server Certificate
X.509 Certificates
Certificate Subject DNs
Certificate Key Pairs
Certificate Extensions
Certificate Chains
Representing Certificates, Private Keys, and Certificate Signing Requests
Certificate Trust
Keystores and Truststores
Transport Layer Security
TLS Handshakes
Key Agreement
Key Agreement
LDAP StartTLS Extended Operation
About the manage-certificates Tool
Available Subcommands
Common Arguments
Listing the Certificates in a Keystore
Generating Self-Signed Certificates
Generating Certificate Signing Requests
Importing Signed and Trusted Certificates
Exporting Certificates
Using manage-certificates as a Simple Certification Authority
Enabling TLS Support During Setup
Enabling TLS Support after Setup
Configuring Key and Trust Manager Providers
Configuring Connection Handlers
Updating the Topology Registry
Troubleshooting TLS-Related Issues
Log Messages
manage-certificates check-certificate-usability
ldapsearch
Low-Level TLS Debugging
Using the Configuration API
Authentication and Authorization with the Configuration API
Relationship Between the Configuration API and the dsconfig Tool
GET Example
GET List Example
PATCH Example
Configuration API Paths
Sorting and Filtering Objects
Updating Properties
Administrative Actions
Updating Servers and Server Groups
Configuration API Responses
Working with the Directory REST API
Configuring Server Groups
About the Server Group Example
To Create a Server Group
Configure the Server Using the Administrative Console
To Log on to the Administrative Console
To Configure the Server Using the Console
Generating a Summary of Configuration Components
To Generate a Summary of Configuration Components
About Root User, Administrator, and Global Administrators
Managing Root Users Accounts
Default Root Privileges
Configuring Administrator Accounts
To Set Up a Single Administrator Account
To Change the Administrator Password
To Set Up an Administrator Group
Configuring a Global Administrator
To Create a Global Administrator
To Remove a Global Administrator
Configuring Server Groups
About the Server Group Example
To Create a Server Group
Configuring Client Connection Policies
Understanding the Client Connection Policy
When a Client Connection Policy is Assigned
Restricting the Type of Search Filter Used by Clients
Setting Resource Limits
Defining the Operation Rate
Client Connection Policy Deployment Example
Defining the Connection Policies
How the Policy is Evaluated
To Configure a Client Connection Policy Using the Console
To Configure a Client Connection Policy Using dsconfig
Restricting Server Access Based on Client IP Address
To Restrict Server Access Using the Connection Handlers
To Restrict Server Access Using Client Connection Policies
To Automatically Authenticate Clients that Have a Secure Communication Channel
Securing the Server with Lockdown Mode
To Manually Enter Lockdown Mode
To Leave Lockdown Mode
To Start a Server in Lockdown Mode
Configuring Maximum Shutdown Time
To Configure the Maximum Shutdown Time
Working with Referrals
Specifying LDAP URLs
Creating Referrals
To Create a Referral
To Modify a Referral
To Delete a Referral
Configuring a Read-Only Server
To Configure a Read-Only Server
Configuring HTTP Access for the Directory Server
Configuring HTTP Servlet Extensions
Web Application Servlet Extensions
Java-based Servlet Extensions
Groovy-Scripted Extensions
Configuring HTTP Operation Loggers
Example HTTP Log Publishers
Configuring HTTP Connection Handlers
To Configure an HTTP Connection Handler
To Configure an HTTP Connection Handler for Web Applications
HTTP Correlation IDs
Configure HTTP Correlation ID Support
HTTP Correlation ID Example Use
Domain Name Service (DNS) Caching
IP Address Reverse Name Lookups
Configuring Traffic Through a Load Balancer
Working with the Referential Integrity plugin
To Enable the Referential Integrity plugin
Working with the Unique Attribute plugin
To Enable the Unique Attribute plugin
Working with the Purge Expired Data plugin
To Configure the Purge Expired Data plugin for Expired Entries
To Configure the Purge Expired Data plugin for Expired Attribute Values
Configuring Uniqueness Across Attribute Sets
To Enable Uniqueness Across Attribute Sets
Working with the Last Access Time plugin
Working with the Pass-Through Authentication plugin
Pass-Through Authentication plugin for the PingOne for Customers Service
Supporting Unindexed Search Requests
Server Performance Issues
Slow Password Storage Schemes
Database Size Versus Memory Capacity
Large Number of Access Control Rules
Large Static Groups
Large Index ID Sets
Missing Indexes
Sun/Oracle Compatibility
To Configure the Directory Server for Sun/Oracle Compatibility
Configuring Soft Deletes
About Soft Deletes
General Tips on Soft Deletes
Configuring Soft Deletes on the Server
Configuring Soft Deletes as a Global Configuration
To Configure Soft Deletes as a Global Configuration
Configure a User to Use Soft or Hard Delete Controls
Searching for Soft Deletes
To Run a Base-Level Search on a Soft-Deleted Entry
To Run a Filtered Search by soft-delete-entry Object Class
To Run a Search using the Soft Delete Entry Access Control
Undeleting a Soft-Deleted Entry Using the Same RDN
To Undelete a Soft-Deleted Entry Using the Same RDN
Undeleting a Soft-Deleted Entry Using a New RDN
To Undelete a Soft-Deleted-Entry Using a New RDN
Modifying a Soft-Deleted Entry
To Modify a Soft-Deleted Entry
Hard Deleting a Soft-Deleted Entry
To Hard Delete a Soft-Deleted Entry (Global Configuration)
To Hard Delete a Soft-Deleted Entry (Connection or Request Criteria)
Disabling Soft Deletes as a Global Configuration
To Disable Soft Deletes as a Global Configuration
Configuring Soft Deletes by Connection Criteria
To Enable Soft Deletes by Connection Criteria
To Disable Soft Deletes by Connection Criteria
Configuring Soft Deletes by Request Criteria
To Enable Soft Deletes by Request Criteria
To Disable Soft Deletes by Request Criteria
Configuring Soft Delete Automatic Purging
To Configure Soft-Delete Automatic Purging
To Disable Soft-Delete Automatic Purging
Summary of Soft and Hard Delete Processed
Summary of Soft Delete Controls and Tool Options
Monitoring Soft Deletes
New Monitor Entries
To Monitor Soft Deletes
Access Logs
Audit Logs
To Configure the File-Based Audit Log for Soft Deletes
Change Log
To Configure Soft Deletes on the Changelog Backend
Importing and Exporting Data
Importing Data
Validating an LDIF File
To Validate an LDIF File
Computing Database Cache Estimate
Tracking Skipped and Rejected Entries
Running an Offline Import
To Perform an Offline Import
To Perform an Offline LDIF Import Using a Compressed File
To Perform an Offline LDIF Import Using a MakeLDIF Template
Running an Online LDIF Import
To Perform an Online LDIF Import
To Schedule an Online Import
To Cancel a Scheduled Import
Adding Entries to an Existing Directory Server
To Append Entries to an Existing Directory Server
Filtering Data Import
Exporting Data
To Perform an Export
To Perform an Export from Specific Branches
Encrypting LDIF Exports and Signing LDIF Files
To Encrypt an LDIF Export
To Import an Encrypted LDIF File
To Sign an Export
To Import a Signed LDIF File
Filtering Data Exports
Scrambling Data Files
Backing Up and Restoring Data
Backing Up and Restoring Data
Retaining Backups
To List the Available Backups on the System
To Back Up All Backends
To Back Up a Single Backend
To Perform an Offline Restore
To Assign an ID to a Backup
To Run an Incremental Backup on All Backends
To Run an Incremental Backup on a Single Backend
To Run an Incremental Backup based on a Specific Prior Backup
To Restore an Incremental Backup
To Schedule an Online Backup
To Schedule an Online Restore
To Encrypt a Backup
To Sign a Hash of the Backup
To Restore a Backup
Moving or Restoring a User Database
Comparing the Data in Two Directory Servers
To Compare Two Directory Servers Using ldap-diff
To Compare Configuration Entries Using config-diff
To Compare Entries Using Source and Target DN Files
To Compare Directory Servers for Missing Entries Only Using ldap-diff
Revert or Replay Changes
Working with Indexes
Overview of Indexes
General Tips on Indexes
Index Types
System Indexes
To View the System Indexes
Managing Local DB Indexes
To View the List of Local DB Indexes
To View a Property for All Local DB Indexes
To View the Configuration Parameters for Local DB Index
To Modify the Configuration of a Local DB Index
To Create a New Local DB Index
To Delete a Local DB Index
Working with Composite Indexes
Working with JSON Indexes
Working with Local DB VLV Indexes
To View the List of Local DB VLV Indexes
To Create a New Local DB VLV Index
To Modify a VLV Index’s Configuration
To Delete a VLV Index
Working with Filtered Indexes
To Create a Filtered Index
Tuning Indexes
About the Exploded Index Format
Monitoring Index Entry Limits
About the Index Summary Statistics Table
About the dbtest Index Status Table
Configuring the Index Properties
To Configure the Index Properties
Managing Entries
Searching Entries
To Search the Root DSE
To Search All Entries in the Directory Server
To Search for an Access Control Instruction
To Search for the Schema
To Search for a Single Entry using Base Scope and Base DN
To Search for a Single Entry Using the Search Filter
To Search for All Immediate Children for Restricted Return Values
To Search for All Children of an Entry in Sorted Order
To Limit the Number of Returned Search Entries and Search Time
To Get Information about How Indexes are used in a Search Operation
Working with the Matching Entry Count Control
Adding Entries
To Add an Entry Using an LDIF File
To Add an Entry Using the Changetype LDIF Directive
To Add Multiple Entries in a Single File
Deleting Entries Using ldapdelete
To Delete an Entry Using ldapdelete
To Delete Multiple Entries Using an LDIF File
Deleting Entries Using ldapmodify
To Delete an Entry Using ldapmodify
Modifying Entries Using ldapmodify
To Modify an Attribute from the Command Line
To Modify Multiple Attributes in an Entry from the Command Line
To Add an Attribute from the Command Line
To Add an Attribute Using the Language Subtype
To Add an Attribute Using the Binary Subtype
To Delete an Attribute
To Delete One Value from an Attribute with Multiple Values
To Rename an Entry
To Move an Entry Within a Directory Server
To Move an Entry from One Machine to Another
To Move Multiple Entries from One Machine to Another
Working with the Parallel-Update Tool
To Run the Parallel-Update Tool
Working with the Watch-Entry Tool
To Run the Watch-Entry Tool
Working with LDAP Transactions
To Request a Batched Transaction Using ldapmodify
Working with Virtual Attributes
Overview of Virtual Attributes
Viewing the List of Default Virtual Attributes
To View the List of Default Virtual Attributes Using dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode
Viewing Virtual Attribute Properties
To View Virtual Attribute Properties
Enabling a Virtual Attribute
To Enable a Virtual Attribute using dsconfig Interactive Mode
To Enable a Virtual Attribute Using dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode
Creating User-Defined Virtual Attributes
To Create a User-Defined Virtual Attribute in Interactive Mode
To Create a User-Defined Virtual Attribute Using dsconfig in Non-Interactive Mode
Creating Mirror Virtual Attributes
To Create a Mirror Virtual Attribute in Non-Interactive Mode
Editing a Virtual Attribute
To Edit a Virtual Attribute Using dsconfig in Non-Interactive Mode
Deleting a Virtual Attribute
To Delete a Virtual Attribute
Working with Composed Attributes.
Virtual Attribute Limitations
Performance Limitations
Indexing Limitations
Unexpected Behavior for Write Operations
Overview of Composed Attributes
Composed Attribute Plugin Configuration Properties
Populate Composed Attribute Values Task
Composed Attribute Dependency Considerations
Schema Validation Considerations
Replication Considerations
Synchronization Server Considerations
Directory Proxy Server Considerations
Troubleshooting Considerations
Security Considerations
Limitations of Composed Attributes Relative to Virtual Attributes
Working with Groups
Overview of Groups
About the isMemberOf and isDirectMemberOf Virtual Attribute
Using Static Groups
Creating Static Groups
To Create a Static Group
To Add a New Member to a Static Group
To Remove a Member from a Static Group
Searching Static Groups
To Determine if a User is a Static Group Member
To Determine the Static Groups to Which a User Belongs
To Determine the Members of a Static Group
Using Dynamic Groups
Creating Dynamic Groups
To Create a Dynamic Group
Searching Dynamic Groups
To Determine if a User is a Dynamic Group Member
To Determine the Dynamic Groups to Which a User Belongs
To Determine the Members of a Dynamic Group
Using Dynamic Groups for Internal Operations
Using Virtual Static Groups
Creating Virtual Static Groups
To Create a Virtual Static Group
Searching Virtual Static Groups
Creating Nested Groups
To Create Nested Static Groups
Maintaining Referential Integrity with Static Groups
Monitoring the Group Membership Cache
Using the Entry Cache to Improve the Performance of Large Static Groups
To Enable the Entry Cache
To Create Your Own Entry Cache for Large Groups
Monitoring the Entry Cache
Tuning the Index Entry Limit for Large Groups
Summary of Commands to Search for Group Membership
Migrating Sun/Oracle Groups
Migrating Static Groups
To Migrate Static Groups
Migrating Static Groups to Virtual Static Groups
To Migrate DSEE Static Groups to Virtual Static Groups
Migrating Dynamic Groups
To Migrate Dynamic Groups
Encrypting Sensitive Data
Encrypting and Protecting Sensitive Data
About the Encryption-Settings Database
Supported Encryption Ciphers and Transformations
Using the encryptions-settings Tool
To List the Available Encryption Definitions
Creating Encryption-Settings Definitions
To Create an Encryption-Settings Definition
Changing the Preferred Encryption-Settings Definition
To Change the Preferred Encryption-Settings Definition
Deleting an Encryption-Settings Definition
To Delete an Encryption-Settings Definition
Configuring the Encryption-Settings Database
To Configure the Encryption-Settings Database
Encrypt Passphrase Files
Backing Up and Restoring the Encryption-Settings Definitions
Exporting Encryption-Settings Definitions
To Export an Encryption-Settings Definition
Importing Encryption-Settings Definitions
To Import an Encryption-Settings Definition
Enabling Data Encryption in the Server
To Enable Data Encryption in the Server
Using Data Encryption in a Replicated Environment
Dealing with a Compromised Encryption Key
To Deal with a Compromised Encryption Key
Configuring Sensitive Attributes
To Create a Sensitive Attribute
Configuring Global Sensitive Attributes
To Configure a Global Sensitive Attribute
Excluding a Global Sensitive Attribute on a Client Connection Policy
To Exclude a Global Sensitive Attribute on a Client Connection Policy
Working with the LDAP Changelog
Overview of the LDAP Changelog
Key Changelog Features
To Enable Access Control Filtering in the LDAP Changelog
Useful Changelog Features
Example of the Changelog Features
Viewing the LDAP Changelog Properties
To View the LDAP Changelog Properties Using dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode
Enabling the LDAP Changelog
To Enable the LDAP Changelog Using dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode
To Enable the LDAP Changelog Using Interactive Mode
Changing the LDAP Changelog Database Location
To Change the LDAP Changelog Location Using dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode
To Reset the LDAP Changelog Location Using dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode
Viewing the LDAP Changelog Parameters in the Root DSE
To View the LDAP Changelog Parameters
Viewing the LDAP Changelog Using ldapsearch
To View the LDAP Changelog Using ldapsearch
To View the LDAP Change Sequence Numbers
To View LDAP Changelog Monitoring Information
Indexing the LDAP Changelog
To Index a Changelog Attribute
To Exclude Attributes from Indexing
Tracking Virtual Attribute Changes in the LDAP Changelog
To Track Virtual Attribute Changes in the LDAP Changelog
Managing Access Control
Overview of Access Control
Key Access Control Features
Improved Validation and Security
Global ACIs
Access Controls for Public or Private Backends
General Format of the Access Control Rules
Summary of Access Control Keywords
Targets
Permissions
Bind Rules
Working with Targets
target
targetattr
targetfilter
targattrfilters
targetscope
targetcontrol
extOp
Examples of Common Access Control Rules
Administrator Access
Anonymous and Authenticated Access
Delegated Access to a Manager
Proxy Authorization
Validating ACIs Before Migrating Data
To Validate ACIs from a File
To Validate ACIs in Another Directory Server
Migrating ACIs from Sun/Oracle to PingDirectory Server
Support for Macro ACIs
Support for the roleDN Bind Rule
Targeting Operational Attributes
Specification of Global ACIs
Defining ACIs for Non-User Content
Limiting Access to Controls and Extended Operations
Tolerance for Malformed ACI Values
About the Privilege Subsystem
Identifying Unsupported ACIs
Working with Privileges
Available Privileges
Privileges Automatically Granted to Root Users
Assigning Additional Privileges for Administrators
Assigning Privileges to Normal Users and Individual Root Users
Disabling Privileges
Working with Proxied Authorization
Configuring Proxied Authorization
To Configure Proxied Authorization
Restricting Proxy Users
About the ds-auth-may-proxy-as-* Operational Attributes
About the ds-auth-is-proxyable-* Operational Attributes
Restricting Proxied Authorization for Specific Users
To Restrict Proxied Authorization for Specific Users
Working with Parameterized ACIs
Managing the Schema
About the Schema
About the Schema Editor
Default Directory Server Schema Files
Extending the Directory Server Schema
General Tips on Extending the Schema
Managing Attribute Types
Attribute Type Definitions
Basic Properties of Attributes
Viewing Attributes
To View Attribute Types Using the Schema Editor
To View Attribute Types over LDAP
To View a Specific Attribute Type over LDAP
Creating a New Attribute over LDAP
To Add an New Attribute to the Schema over LDAP
To Add Constraints to Attribute Types
Managing Object Classes
Object Classes Types
Object Class Definition
Basic Object Class Properties
Viewing Object Classes
To View Object Classes over LDAP
Managing an Object Class over LDAP
To Manage an Object Class over LDAP
Creating a New Object Class Using the Schema Editor
To Create a New Object Class Using the Schema Editor
Extending the Schema Using a Custom Schema File
To Extend the Schema Using a Custom Schema File
Managing Matching Rules
Matching Rule Definition
Default Matching Rules
Basic Matching Rule Properties
Viewing Matching Rules
To View Matching Rules Over LDAP
Managing Attribute Syntaxes
Attribute Syntax Definition
Default Attribute Syntaxes
Basic Attribute Syntax Properties
Viewing Attribute Syntaxes
To View Attribute Syntaxes Over LDAP
Using the Schema Editor Utilities
To Check Schema Compliance Using the Schema Editor
Modifying a Schema Definition
To Modify a Schema Definition
Deleting a Schema Definition
To Delete a Schema Definition
Schema Checking
To View the Schema Checking Properties
To Disable Schema Checking
Managing Matching Rule Uses
Matching Rule Use Definitions
To View Matching Rule Uses
Managing DIT Content Rules
DIT Content Rule Definitions
To View DIT Content Rules
Managing Name Forms
Name Form Definitions
To View Name Forms
Managing DIT Structure Rules
DIT Structure Rule Definition
To View DIT Structure Rules
Managing JSON Attribute Values
Configuring JSON Attribute Constraints
To Add Constraints to JSON Attributes
Managing Password Policies
Viewing Password Policies
To View Password Policies
To View a Specific Password Policy
About the Password Policy Properties
Modifying an Existing Password Policy
To Modify an Existing Password Policy
Creating a New Password Policy
To Create a New Password Policy
To Assign a Password Policy to an Individual Account
To Assign a Password Policy Using a Virtual Attribute
Deleting a Password Policy
To Delete a Password Policy
Modifying a User’s Password
Validating a Password
Retiring a Password
To Change a User’s Password using the Modify Operation
To Change a User’s Password using the Password Modify Extended Operation
To Use an Automatically-Generated Password
Enabling YubiKey Authentication
Enabling Social Login
Managing User Accounts
To Return the Password Policy State Information
To Determine Whether an Account is Disabled
To Disable an Account
To Enable a Disabled Account
To Assign the Manage-Account Access Privileges to Non-Root Users
Disabling Password Policy Evaluation
To Globally Disable Password Policy Evaluation
To Exempt a User from Password Policy Evaluation
Managing Password Validators
Password Validators
Configuring Password Validators
To View the List of Defined Password Validators
To Configure the Attribute Value Password Validator
To Configure the Character Set Password Validator
To Configure the Length-Based Password Validator
To Configure the Regular Expression Password Validator
To Configure the Repeated Character Password Validator
To Configure the Similarity-Based Password Validator
To Configure the Unique Characters Password Validator
Managing Replication
Overview of Replication
Replication Versus Synchronization
Replication Terminology
Replication Architecture
Eventual Consistency
Replicas and Replication Servers
Authentication and Authorization
Logging
Replication Deployment Planning
Location
User-Defined LDAP
Disk Space
Memory
Time Synchronization
Communication Ports
Hardware Load Balancers
Directory Proxy Server
To Display the Server Information for a Replication Deployment
To Display All Status Information for a Replication Deployment
Enabling Replication
Overview
Command Line Interface
What Happens When You Enable Replication
Initialization
Replica Generation ID
Deploying a Basic Replication Topology
To Deploy a Basic Replication Deployment
A Deployment with Non-Interactive dsreplication
To Deploy with Non-Interactive dsreplication
To Use dsreplication with SASL GSSAPI (Kerberos)
Configuring Assured Replication
About the Replication Assurance Policy
Points about Assured Replication
To Configure Assured Replication
About the Assured Replication Controls
Managing the Topology
To Add a Server to the Topology
Disabling Replication and Removing a Server from the Topology
Replacing the Data for a Replicating Domain
To Replace the Data
Advanced Configuration
Changing the replicationChanges DB Location
To Change the replicationChanges DB Location
Modifying the Replication Purge Delay
To Modify the Replication Purge Delay
Configuring a Single Listener-Address for the Replication Server
To Configure a Replication Server to Listen on a Single Address
Monitoring Replication
Monitoring Replication Using cn=monitor
Replication Best Practices
About the dsreplication Command-Line Utility
Replication Conflicts
Types of Replication Conflicts
Naming Conflict Scenarios
Modification Conflict Scenarios
Troubleshooting Replication
Recovering a Replica with Missed Changes
Performing a manual initialization
Fixing Replication Conflicts
To Fix a Modify Conflict
To Fix a Naming Conflict
Fixing Mismatched Generation IDs
Replication Reference
Summary of the dsreplication Subcommands
Summary of the Direct LDAP Monitor Information
Summary of the Indirect LDAP Server Monitor Information
Summary of the Remote Replication Server Monitor Information
Summary of the Replica Monitor Information
Summary of the Replication Server Monitor Information
Summary of the Replication Server Database Monitor Information
Summary of the Replication Server Database Environment Monitor Information
Summary of the Replication Summary Monitor Information
Summary of the replicationChanges Backend Monitor Information
Summary of the Replication Protocol Buffer Monitor Information
Advanced Topics Reference
About the Replication Protocol
Change Number
Conflict Resolution
WAN-Friendly Replication
WAN Gateway Server
WAN Message Routing
WAN Gateway Server Selection
WAN Replication in Mixed-Version Environments
Recovering a Replication Changelog
Disaster Recovery
Managing Logging
Default Directory Server Logs
Types of Log Publishers
Viewing the List of Log Publishers
To View the List of Log Publishers
Enabling or Disabling a Default Log Publisher
To Enable a Default Access Log
Managing Access and Error Log Publishers
Managing File-Based Access Log Publishers
Access Log Format
Access Log Example
Modifying the Access Log Using dsconfig Interactive Mode
To Modify the Access Log Using dsconfig Interactive Mode
Modifying the Access Log Using dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode
To Modify the Access Log Using dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode
Modifying the Maximum Length of Log Message Strings
To Modify the Maximum Length of Log Message Strings
To disable logging of inter-server periodic search requests
Generating Access Logs Summaries
To Generate an Access Log Summary
About Log Compression
About Log Signing
About Encrypting Log Files
To Configure Log Signing
To Validate a Signed File
To Configure Log File Encryption
Creating New Log Publishers
To Create a New Log Publisher
To Create a Log Publisher Using dsconfig Interactive Command-Line Mode
Configuring Log Rotation
To Configure the Log Rotation Policy
Configuring Log Rotation Listeners
Configuring Log Retention
To Configure the Log Retention Policy
Configuring Filtered Logging
To Configure a Filtered Log Publisher
Managing Admin Alert Access Logs
About Access Log Criteria
Configuring an Admin Alert Access Log Publisher
To Configure an Admin Alert Access Log Publisher
Managing Syslog-Based Access Log Publishers
Before You Begin
Default Access Log Severity Level
Syslog Facility Properties
Queue-Size Property
Configuring a Syslog-Based Access Log Publisher
To Configure a Syslog-Based Access Log Publisher
Managing the File-Based Audit Log Publishers
Audit Log Format
Audit Log Example
Enabling the File-Based Audit Log Publisher
To Enable the File-Based Audit Log Publisher
Obscuring Values in the Audit Log
Managing the JDBC Access Log Publishers
Before You Begin
Configuring the JDBC Drivers
To Configure the JDBC Driver
Configuring the Log Field Mapping Tables
To Configure the Log Field Mapping Tables
Configuring the JDBC Access Log Publisher using dsconfig Interactive Mode
To Configure the JDBC Access Log Publisher
Configuring the JDBC Access Log Publisher Using dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode
To Configure the JDBC Access Log Publisher in Non-Interactive Mode
Managing the File-Based Error Log Publisher
Error Log Example
To Modify the File-Based Error Logs
Managing the Syslog-Based Error Log Publisher
Syslog Error Mapping
Configuring a Syslog-Based Error Log Publisher
To Configure a Syslog-Based Error Log Publisher
Creating File-Based Debug Log Publishers
To Create a File-Based Debug Log Publisher
To Delete a File-Based Debug Log Publisher
Managing Monitoring
The Monitor Backend
Monitoring Disk Space Usage
Monitoring with the PingDataMetrics Server
About the Collection of System Monitoring Data
Monitoring Key Performance Indicators by Application
Configuring the External Servers
Preparing the Servers Monitored by the PingDataMetrics Server
Configuring the Processing Time Histogram Plugin
Setting the Connection Criteria to Collect SLA Statistics by Application
Updating the Global Configuration
Proxy Considerations for Tracked Applications
SNMP Implementation
Configuring SNMP
To Configure SNMP
Monitoring with the Administrative Console
To View the Monitor Dashboard
Accessing the Processing Time Histogram
To Access the Processing Time Histogram
Monitoring with JMX
Running JConsole
To Run JConsole
Monitoring the Directory Server Using JConsole
To Monitor the Directory Server using JConsole
Monitoring Using the LDAP SDK
Profiling Server Performance Using the Stats Logger
To Enable the Stats Logger
To Configure Multiple Periodic Stats Loggers
StatsD monitoring endpoint
Sending Metrics to Splunk with StatsD
Adding Custom Logged Statistics to a Periodic Stats Logger
To Configure a Custom Logged Statistic Using dsconfig Interactive
To Configure a Custom Stats Logger Using dsconfig Non-Interactive
Monitoring Using SNMP
MIBS
Monitoring over LDAP
Managing Notifications and Alerts
Working with Account Status Notifications
Account Status Notification Types
Working with the Error Log Account Status Notification Handler
To Disable the Error Log Account Status Notification Handler
To Remove a Notification Type from the Error Log Handler
Working with the SMTP Account Status Notification Handler
To Configure the SMTP Server
To Configure a StartTLS Connection to the SMTP Server
To Configure an SSL Connection to the SMTP Server
To Enable the SMTP Account Status Notification Handler
To View the Account Status Notification Handlers
Associating Account Status Notification Handlers with Password Policies
Working with Administrative Alert Handlers
Administrative Alert Types
Configuring the JMX Connection Handler and Alert Handler
To Configure the JMX Connection Handler
To Configure the JMX Alert Handler
Configuring the SMTP Alert Handler
Configuring the SMTP Alert Handler
Configuring the SNMP Subagent Alert Handler
To Configure the SNMP Subagent Alert Handler
E-mail Account Status Notification Handler
Account Status Notification Types
Message Template File Format
Customizing the Message Content
Working with the Alerts Backend
To View Information in the Alerts Backend
To Modify the Alert Retention Time
To Configure Duplicate Alert Suppression
Working with Alarms, Alerts, and Gauges
To View Information in the Alarms Backend
Testing Alerts and Alarms
To Test Alarms and Alerts
Indeterminate Alarms
Managing SCIM Servlet Extensions
Managing the SCIM 1.1 and 2.0 Servlet Extensions
Overview of SCIM 1.1 Fundamentals
Summary of SCIM 1.1 Protocol Support
About the Identity Access API
Configuring SCIM 1.1
Creating Your Own SCIM 1.1 Application
Configuring the SCIM 1.1 Servlet Extension
To Configure SCIM Manually
To Enable Resource Versioning
To Configure the SCIM Servlet Extension using the Batch Script
SCIM 1.1 Servlet Extension Authentication
To Configure Basic Authentication Using an Identity Mapper
To Enable OAuth Authentication
Verifying the SCIM 1.1 Servlet Extension Configuration
To Verify the SCIM Servlet Extension Configuration
Configuring the Identity Access API
To Configure the Identity Access API
To Disable Core SCIM Resources
To Verify the Identity Access API Configuration
Monitoring the SCIM Servlet Extension
Testing SCIM Query Performance
Monitoring Resources Using the SCIM Extension
About the HTTP Log Publishers
Configuring Advanced SCIM 1.1 Extension Features
Managing the SCIM 1.1 Schema
About SCIM Schema
Mapping LDAP Schema to SCIM Resource Schema
About the <resource> Element
About the <attribute> Element
About the <simple> Element
About the <complex> Element
About the <simpleMultivalued> Element
About the <complexMultiValued> Element
About the <subAttribute> Element
About the <canonicalValue> Element
About the <mapping> Element
About the <subMapping> Element
About the <LDAPSearch> Element
About the <resourceIDMapping> Element
About the <LDAPAdd> Element
About the <fixedAttribute> Element
Validating Updated SCIM Schema
Mapping SCIM Resource IDs
Using Pre-defined Transformations
Mapping LDAP Entries to SCIM Using the SCIM-LDAP API
SCIM Authentication
SCIM Logging
SCIM Monitoring
Managing the SCIM 2.0 Servlet Extension
Supported SCIM 2.0 Endpoints
Configuring SCIM 2.0 on Your Server
Creating Your Own SCIM 2 Application
Authentication Requirements for SCIM 2.0 Requests
Defining Permissions for SCIM 2.0 Requests
SCIM 2.0 Components
Correlated LDAP Data Views
Configuring an LDAP Mapping SCIM 2.0 resource type
Configuring a Correlated LDAP Data View
Configuring Permissions for SCIM 2.0 Operations
SCIM 2.0 Searches
SCIM 2.0 PATCH Operations
Troubleshoot the SCIM 2.0 Servlet Extension
Disable the SCIM 2.0 Servlet Extension
Managing Server SDK Extensions
About the Server SDK
Available Types of Extensions
DevOps and infrastructure-as-code
Limitations when automating PingDirectory Server deployments
Server profiles
Variable Substitution
Profile structure
setup-arguments.txt
dsconfig/
server-root/
ldif/
server-sdk-extensions/
variables-ignore.txt
server-root/permissions.properties
misc-files/
About the manage-profile Tool
manage-profile generate-profile
manage-profile setup
manage-profile replace-profile
Server Profiles in a Pets Service Model
Topology-management tools
Deployment automation
Setting up the initial topology
Initializing data on all servers
Replacing crashed instances and scaling up
Scaling down
Rolling updates
Troubleshooting the Server
Working with the Collect Support Data Tool
Server Commands Used in the Collect Support Data Tool
JDK Commands Used in the Collect-Support-Data Tool
Linux Commands Used in the collect-support-data Tool
MacOS Commands Used in the Collect Support Data Tool
As an administrative, recurring task
Available Tool Options
To Run the Collect Support Data Tool
Directory Server Troubleshooting Information
Error Log
server.out Log
Debug Log
Replication Repair Log
Config Audit Log and the Configuration Archive
Access and Audit Log
Setup Log
Tool Log
je.info and je.config Files
LDAP SDK Debug Log
About the Monitor Entries
Directory Server Troubleshooting Tools
Server Version Information
LDIF Connection Handler
dbtest Tool
Index Key Entry Limit
Embedded Profiler
To Invoke the Profile Viewer in Text-based Mode
To Invoke the Profile Viewer in GUI Mode
Oracle Berkeley DB Java Edition Utilities
Troubleshooting Resources for Java Applications
Java Troubleshooting Tools
jps
jstack
jmap
jhat
jstat
Java Diagnostic Information
JVM Crash Diagnostic Information
Troubleshooting Resources in the Operating System
Identifying Problems with the Underlying System
Examining CPU Utilization
System-Wide CPU Utilization
Per-CPU Utilization
Per-Process Utilization
Examining Disk Utilization
Examining Process Details
ps
pstack
dbx / gdb
pfiles / lsof
Tracing Process Execution
Problems with SSL Communication
Examining Network Communication
Common Problems and Potential Solutions
General Methodology to Troubleshoot a Problem
The Server Will Not Run Setup
A Suitable Java Environment Is Not Available
Oracle Berkeley DB Java Edition Is Not Available
Unexpected Arguments Provided to the JVM
The Server Has Already Been Configured or Used
The Server Will Not Start
The Server or Other Administrative Tool Is Already Running
There Is Not Enough Memory Available
An Invalid Java Environment or JVM Option Was Used
An Invalid Command-Line Option Was Provided
The Server Has an Invalid Configuration
You Do Not Have Sufficient Permissions
The Server Has Crashed or Shut Itself Down
Conditions for Automatic Server Shutdown
The Server Will Not Accept Client Connections
The Server is Unresponsive
The Server is Slow to Respond to Client Requests
The Server Returns Error Responses to Client Requests
The Server Must Disconnect a Client Connection
The Server is experiencing problems with replication
How to Regenerate the Server ads-certificate
The Server behaves differently from Sun/Oracle
Troubleshooting ACI Evaluation
Problems with the Administrative Console
Problems with the Administrative Console: JVM Memory Issues
Problems with the HTTP Connection Handler
Virtual Process Size on RHEL6 Linux is Much Larger than the Heap
Providing Information for Support Cases
Command-Line Tools
Available Command-Line Tools
Saving Options in a File
Creating a Tools Properties File
Evaluation Order
Running Task-based Tools
PingDirectoryProxy Server Administration Guide
PingDirectory Product Documentation
Introduction
Overview of the PingDirectoryProxy Server Features
Overview of the Directory Proxy Server Components and Terminology
About Locations
About LDAP External Servers
About LDAP Health Checks
About Load-Balancing Algorithms
About Proxy Transformations
About Request Processors
About Server Affinity Providers
About Subtree Views
About the Connection Pools
About Client Connection Policies
About Entry Balancing
Server Component Architecture
Architecture of a Simple Directory Proxy Server Deployment
Architecture of an Entry-Balancing Directory Proxy Server Deployment
Directory Proxy Server Configuration Overview
Installing the Directory Proxy Server
Before You Begin
System requirements
Platforms
Docker
Java Runtime Environment
Browsers
Defining a Naming Strategy for Server Locations
Software Requirements: Java
To Install Java (Oracle/Sun)
Preparing the Operating System
Configuring the File Descriptor Limits
To Set the File Descriptor Limit (Linux)
Enabling the Server to Listen on Privileged Ports (Linux)
To Set the File System Flushes
Disable File System Swapping
About Editing OS-Level Environment Variables
Install sysstat and pstack (Red Hat)
Install dstat (SUSE Linux)
Omit vm.overcommit_memory
Managing System Entropy
Set File System Event Monitoring (inotify)
Tune IO Scheduler
Getting the Installation Packages
To Unpack the Build Distribution
Ping license keys
Installing the Directory Proxy Server
About the setup Tool
Installing the First Directory Proxy Server in Interactive Mode
To Install the First Directory Proxy Server in Interactive Mode
To Install Additional Directory Proxy Server Instances in Interactive Mode
Installing the First Directory Proxy Server in Non-Interactive Mode
To Install the First Directory Proxy Server in Non-Interactive Mode
To Install Additional Directory Proxy Server in Non-Interactive Mode
To Install Additional Directory Proxy Server in Non-Interactive Mode
Installing the Directory Proxy Server with a Truststore in Non-Interactive Mode
To Install the Directory Proxy Server with a Truststore in Non-Interactive Mode
About the Layout of the Directory Proxy Server Folders
Running the Server
To Start the Directory Proxy Server
To Run the Server as a Foreground Process
To Start the Server at Boot Time
Logging into the Administrative Console
Stopping the Directory Proxy Server
To Stop the Server
To Schedule a Server Shutdown
To Restart the Server
Run the Server as a Microsoft Windows Service
To Register the Server as a Windows Service
To Run Multiple Service Instances
To Deregister and Uninstall Services
Log Files for Services
Uninstalling the Server
To Uninstall the Server in Interactive Mode
To Uninstall the Server in Non-Interactive Mode
To Uninstall Selected Components in Non-Interactive Mode
Updating the Directory Proxy Server
Update servers in a topology
To Update the Directory Proxy Server
Revert an update
Revert to the most recent server version
Configuring the Directory Proxy Server
About the Configuration Tools
Using the create-initial-proxy-config Tool
Configuring a Standard Directory Proxy Server Deployment
To Configure a Standard Directory Proxy Server Deployment
About dsconfig Configuration Tool
Using dsconfig in Interactive Command-Line Mode
Using dsconfig Interactive Mode: Viewing Object Menus
To Change the dsconfig Object Menu
Using dsconfig in Non-Interactive Mode
To Get the Equivalent dsconfig Non-Interactive Mode Command
Using dsconfig Batch Mode
To Configure the Directory Proxy Server in dsconfig Batch Mode
Using PingDirectory Server or PingDirectoryProxy Server with PingFederate OAuth Tokens
Topology Configuration
Topology Master Requirements and Selection
Topology Components
Monitor Data for the Topology
Certificates
Inter-server certificate
Replace the inter-server certificate
Prepare a new keystore with the replacement key pair
Use an existing key pair
Replace the certificate associated with the original key pair
Import earlier trusted certificates into the new keystore
Update the server configuration to use the new certificate
Replace the previous ads-truststore file with the new one
Retire the previous certificate
Server certificate
Replace the server certificate
Prepare a new keystore with the replacement key pair
Use an existing key pair
Replace the certificate associated with the original key pair
Import earlier trusted certificates into the new keystore
Update the server configuration to use the new certificate
Replace the keystore and truststore files with the new ones
Retire the previous certificate
Using the Configuration API
Authentication and Authorization with the Configuration API
Relationship Between the Configuration API and the dsconfig Tool
GET Example
GET List Example
PATCH Example
Configuration API Paths
Sorting and Filtering Objects
Updating Properties
Administrative Actions
Updating Servers and Server Groups
Configuration API Responses
Working with the Directory REST API
Generating a Summary of Configuration Components
To Generate a Summary of Configuration Components
Configuring Server Groups
About the Server Group Example
To Create a Server Group
Domain Name Service (DNS) Caching
IP Address Reverse Name Lookups
Configuring Traffic Through a Load Balancer
Managing Root Users Accounts
Default Root Privileges
Configuring Locations
To Configure Locations Using dsconfig
To Modify Locations Using dsconfig
Configuring Batched Transactions
To Configure Batched Transactions
Configuring Server Health Checks
About the Default Health Checks
About Creating a Custom Health Check
To Configure a Health Check Using dsconfig
Configuring LDAP External Servers
About the prepare-external-server Tool
To Configure Server Communication Using the prepare-external-server Tool
To Configure an External Server Using dsconfig
To Configure Authentication with a SASL External Certificate
Configuring Load Balancing
Configure Failover Load-balancing for Load Spreading
To Configure Load Balancing Using dsconfig
Configuring Criteria-Based Load-Balancing Algorithms
Preferring Failover LBA for Write Operations
To Route Operations to a Single Server
To Route Operations from a Single Client to a Specific Set of Servers
Understanding Failover and Recovery
Configuring HTTP Connection Handlers
To Configure an HTTP Connection Handler
HTTP Correlation IDs
Configure HTTP Correlation ID Support
HTTP Correlation ID Example Use
Configuring Proxy Transformations
To Configure Proxy Transformations Using dsconfig
Configuring Request Processors
To Configure Request Processors Using dsconfig
To Pass LDAP Controls with the Proxying Request Processor
Configuring Server Affinity
To Configure Server Affinity
Configuring Subtree Views
To Configure Subtree View
Configuring Client Connection Policies
Understanding the Client Connection Policy
When a Client Connection Policy is Assigned
Restricting the Type of Search Filter Used by Clients
Defining Request Criteria
Setting Resource Limits
Defining the Operation Rate
Client Connection Policy Deployment Example
Defining the Connection Policies
How the Policy is Evaluated
To Configure a Client Connection Policy Using dsconfig
Configuring Globally Unique Attributes
About the Globally Unique Attribute plugin
To Configure the Globally Unique Attribute plugin
Configuring the Global Referential Integrity plugin
Sample Global Referential Integrity plugin
Configuring an Active Directory Server Back-end
Managing Access Control
Overview of Access Control
Key Access Control Features
Improved Validation and Security
Global ACIs
Access Controls for Public or Private Backends
General Format of the Access Control Rules
Summary of Access Control Keywords
Targets
Permissions
Bind Rules
Working with Targets
target
targetattr
targetfilter
targattrfilters
targetscope
targetcontrol
extOp
Examples of Common Access Control Rules
Administrator Access
Anonymous and Authenticated Access
Delegated Access to a Manager
Proxy Authorization
Validating ACIs Before Migrating Data
To Validate ACIs from a File
To Validate ACIs in Another Directory Proxy Server
Migrating ACIs from Sun/Oracle to PingDirectory Server
Support for Macro ACIs
Support for the roleDN Bind Rule
Targeting Operational Attributes
Specification of Global ACIs
Defining ACIs for Non-User Content
Limiting Access to Controls and Extended Operations
Tolerance for Malformed ACI Values
About the Privilege Subsystem
Identifying Unsupported ACIs
Working with Privileges
Available Privileges
Privileges Automatically Granted to Root Users
Assigning Additional Privileges for Administrators
Assigning Privileges to Normal Users and Individual Root Users
Disabling Privileges
Deploying a Standard Directory Proxy Server
Introduction
Automatic Server Discovery
Joining a PingDirectoryProxy Server to an Existing PingDirectory Server topology
Joining a Topology with Interactive Setup
Joining a Topology with Non-Interactive Setup
Joining a Topology with manage-profile setup
Joining a Topology with manage-topology add-server
Creating an LDAP External Server Template
Defining the Load-Balancing Algorithm Configuration
Associating PingDirectory Server Instances with the Appropriate Load-Balancing Algorithms
Automatic Backend Server Discovery with Entry Balancing
Creating a Standard Multi-Location Deployment
Overview of the Deployment Steps
Installing the First Directory Proxy Server
To Install the First Directory Proxy Server
Configuring the First Directory Proxy Server
To Configure the First Directory Proxy Server
Defining Locations
To Define Proxy Locations
Configuring the External Servers in the East Location
To Configure the External Servers in the East Location
To Configure the External Servers in the West Location
Apply the Configuration to the Directory Proxy Server
To Apply the Changes to the Directory Proxy Server
Configuring Additional Directory Proxy Server Instances
To Configure Additional Directory Proxy Server Instances
Testing External Server Communications After Initial Setup
To Test the External Communications After Initial Setup
Testing a Simulated External Server Failure
To Test a Simulated External Server Failure
Expanding the Deployment
Overview of Deployment Steps
Preparing Two New External Servers Using the prepare-external-server Tool
To Prepare Two New External Servers Using the prepare-external-server Tool
Adding the New PingDirectory Servers to the Directory Proxy Server
To Add the New PingDirectory Servers to the Directory Proxy Server
Adding New Locations
To Add a New Location
Editing the Existing Locations
To Edit Existing Locations
Adding New Health Checks for the Central Servers
To Add New Health Checks for the Central Servers
Adding New External Servers
To Add New External Servers
Modifying the Load Balancing Algorithm
To Modify the Load-Balancing Algorithm
Testing External Server Communication
To Test External Server Communication
Testing a Simulated External Server Failure
To Test a Simulated External Server Failure
Merging Two Data Sets Using Proxy Transformations
Overview of the Attribute and DN Mapping
About Mapping Multiple Source DNs to the Same Target DN
An Example of a Migrated Sample Customer Entry
Overview of Deployment Steps
About the Schema
Creating Proxy Transformations
To Create Proxy Transformations
Creating the Attribute Mapping Proxy Transformations
To Creating the Attribute Mapping Proxy Transformations
Creating the DN Mapping Proxy Transformations
To Create the DN Mapping Proxy Transformations
Creating a Request Processor to Manage the Proxy Transformations
To Create a Request Processor to Manage Proxy Transformations
Creating Subtree Views
To Create Subtree Views
Editing the Client Connection Policy
To Edit the Client Connection Policy
Testing Proxy Transformations
Testing Proxy Transformations
Deploying an Entry-Balancing Directory Proxy Server
Deploying an Entry-Balancing Proxy Configuration
Determining How to Balance Your Data
Entry Balancing and ACIs
Overview of Deployment Steps
Installing the Directory Proxy Server
To Install the Directory Proxy Server
Configuring the Entry-Balancing Directory Proxy Server
To Configure the Entry-Balancing Directory Proxy Server
Configuring the Placement Algorithm Using a Batch File
To Configure the Placement Algorithm Using a Batch File
Rebalancing Your Entries
About Dynamic Rebalancing
To Configure Dynamic Rebalancing
About the move-subtree Tool
About the subtree-accessibility Tool
Managing the Global Indexes in Entry-Balancing Configurations
When to Create a Global Attribute Index
Reloading the Global Indexes
To Reload All of the Index
To Reload the RDN and UID Index
To Prime the Backend Server Using the --fromDS Option
Monitoring the Size of the Global Indexes
Sizing the Global Indexes
To Size the Global Index
Priming the Global Indexes on Start Up
To Configure All Indexes at Startup
To Configure the Global Indexes Manually
To Persist the Global Index from a File
Priming or Reloading the Global Indexes from Sun Directory Servers
Working with Alternate Authorization Identities
About Alternate Authorization Identities
Configuring Alternate Authorization Identities
To Configure Alternate Authorization Identity DNs
Managing Entry-Balancing Replication
Overview of Replication in an Entry-Balancing Environment
Replication Prerequisites in an Entry-Balancing Deployment
About the --restricted Argument of the dsreplication Command-Line Tool
To Use the --restricted Argument of the dsreplication Command-Line Tool
Checking the Status of Replication in an Entry-Balancing Deployment
To Check the Status of Replication in an Entry-Balancing Deployment
Example of Configuring Entry-Balancing Replication
Assumptions
Configuration Summary
To Install the Directory Server
To Create the Database Backends and Define the Replication Set Name
To Create and Set the Locations
To Import the Entries
To Enable Replication in an Entry-Balancing Deployment
To Check the Status of Replication
Managing the Directory Proxy Server
Managing Logs
About the Default Logs
Error Log
server.out Log
Debug Log
Audit log
Config Audit Log and the Configuration Archive
Access and Audit Log
Setup Log
Tool Log
LDAP SDK Debug Log
Types of Log Publishers
Creating New Log Publishers
To Create a New Log Publisher
To Create a Log Publisher Using dsconfig Interactive Command-Line Mode
About Log Compression
About Log Signing
About Encrypting Log Files
To Configure Log Signing
To Validate a Signed File
To Configure Log File Encryption
Configuring Log Rotation
To Configure the Log Rotation Policy
Configuring Log Rotation Listeners
Configuring Log Retention
To Configure the Log Retention Policy
Setting Resource Limits
Setting Global Resource Limits
Setting Client Connection Policy Resource Limits
Monitoring the Directory Proxy Server
Monitoring System Data Using the PingDataMetrics Server
To Monitor Server Using the Status Tool
About the Monitor Entries
Working with Alarms, Alerts, and Gauges
To Test Alarms and Alerts
Indeterminate Alarms
Working with Administrative Alert Handlers
Configuring the JMX Connection Handler and Alert Handler
To Configure the JMX Connection Handler
To Configure the JMX Alert Handler
Configuring the SMTP Alert Handler
Configuring the SMTP Alert Handler
Configuring the SNMP Subagent Alert Handler
To Configure the SNMP Subagent Alert Handler
Working with Virtual Attributes
Managing Monitoring
The Monitor Backend
Monitoring Disk Space Usage
Monitoring with the PingDataMetrics Server
Monitoring Key Performance Indicators by Application
Configuring the External Servers
Preparing the Servers Monitored by the PingDataMetrics Server
Configuring the Processing Time Histogram Plugin
Setting the Connection Criteria to Collect SLA Statistics by Application
Updating the Global Configuration
Proxy Considerations for Tracked Applications
Monitoring Using SNMP
SNMP Implementation
Configuring SNMP
To Configure SNMP
MIBS
Monitoring with the Administrative Console
To View the Monitor Dashboard
Accessing the Processing Time Histogram
To Access the Processing Time Histogram
Monitoring with JMX
Running JConsole
To Run JConsole
Monitoring the Directory Proxy Server Using JConsole
To Monitor the Directory Proxy Server using JConsole
Monitoring Using the LDAP SDK
Monitoring over LDAP
Profiling Server Performance Using the Stats Logger
To Enable the Stats Logger
To Configure Multiple Periodic Stats Loggers
Adding Custom Logged Statistics to a Periodic Stats Logger
To Configure a Custom Logged Statistic Using dsconfig Interactive
To Configure a Custom Stats Logger Using dsconfig Non-Interactive
StatsD monitoring endpoint
Sending Metrics to Splunk with StatsD
DevOps and Infrastructure as Code
Server Profiles
Variable Substitution
Profile Structure
setup-arguments.txt
dsconfig/
server-root/
server-sdk-extensions/
variables-ignore.txt
server-root/permissions.properties
misc-files/
About the manage-profile Tool
manage-profile generate-profile
manage-profile setup
manage-profile replace-profile
Server Profiles in a Pets Service Model
Troubleshooting the Directory Proxy Server
Garbage Collection Diagnostic Information
Working with the Troubleshooting Tools
Working with the Collect Support Data Tool
Available Tool Options
To Run the Collect Support Data Tool
Directory Proxy Server Troubleshooting Tools
Server Version Information
LDIF Connection Handler
Embedded Profiler
To Invoke the Profile Viewer in Text-based Mode
To Invoke the Profile Viewer in GUI Mode
Troubleshooting Resources for Java Applications
Java Troubleshooting Tools
jps
jstack
jmap
jhat
jstat
Java Diagnostic Information
Garbage Collection Diagnostic Information
JVM Crash Diagnostic Information
Troubleshooting Resources in the Operating System
Identifying Problems with the Underlying System
Monitoring System Data Using the PingDataMetrics Server
Examining CPU Utilization
System-Wide CPU Utilization
Per-CPU Utilization
Per-Process Utilization
Examining Disk Utilization
Examining Process Details
ps
pstack
dbx / gdb
pfiles / lsof
Tracing Process Execution
Problems with SSL Communication
Examining Network Communication
Common Problems and Potential Solutions
General Methodology to Troubleshoot a Problem
The Server Will Not Run Setup
A Suitable Java Environment Is Not Available
Unexpected Arguments Provided to the JVM
The Server Has Already Been Configured or Used
The Server Will Not Start
The Server or Other Administrative Tool Is Already Running
There Is Not Enough Memory Available
An Invalid Java Environment or JVM Option Was Used
An Invalid Command-Line Option Was Provided
The Server Has an Invalid Configuration
You Do Not Have Sufficient Permissions
The Server Has Crashed or Shut Itself Down
Conditions for Automatic Server Shutdown
The Server Will Not Accept Client Connections
The Server is Unresponsive
The Server is Slow to Respond to Client Requests
The Server Returns Error Responses to Client Requests
The Server Must Disconnect a Client Connection
Problems with the Administrative Console
Problems with the Administrative Console: JVM Memory Issues
Global Index Growing Too Large
Forgotten Proxy User Password
Providing Information for Support Cases
Managing the SCIM 1.1 and 2.0 Servlet Extensions
Overview of SCIM 1.1 Fundamentals
Summary of SCIM 1.1 Protocol Support
About the Identity Access API
Creating Your Own SCIM 1.1 Application
Configuring SCIM 1.1
Before You Begin
Configuring the SCIM 1.1 Servlet Extension
To Configure the SCIM Servlet Extension
To Enable Resource Versioning
Configuring LDAP Control Support on All Request Processors (Proxy Only)
To Configure LDAP Control Support on All Request Processors
SCIM 1.1 Servlet Extension Authentication
Enabling HTTPS Communications
To Configure Basic Authentication Using an Identity Mapper
To Enable OAuth Authentication
Using HTTP Basic Authentication with Bare UID on the Directory Proxy Server
Verifying the SCIM 1.1 Servlet Extension Configuration
To Verify the SCIM Servlet Extension Configuration
Configuring Advanced SCIM 1.1 Extension Features
Managing the SCIM 1.1 Schema
About SCIM Schema
Mapping LDAP Schema to SCIM Resource Schema
About the <resource> Element
About the <attribute> Element
About the <simple> Element
About the <complex> Element
About the <simpleMultivalued> Element
About the <complexMultiValued> Element
About the <subAttribute> Element
About the <canonicalValue> Element
About the <mapping> Element
About the <subMapping> Element
About the <LDAPSearch> Element
About the <resourceIDMapping> Element
About the <LDAPAdd> Element
About the <fixedAttribute> Element
Validating Updated SCIM Schema
Mapping SCIM Resource IDs
Using Pre-defined Transformations
Mapping LDAP Entries to SCIM Using the SCIM-LDAP API
SCIM Authentication
SCIM Logging
SCIM Monitoring
Configuring the Identity Access API
To Configure the Identity Access API
To Disable Core SCIM Resources
To Verify the Identity Access API Configuration
Monitoring the SCIM Servlet Extension
Testing SCIM Query Performance
About the HTTP Log Publishers
Monitoring Resources Using the SCIM Extension
Managing the SCIM 2.0 Servlet Extension
Supported SCIM 2.0 Endpoints
Configuring SCIM 2.0 on Your Server
Creating Your Own SCIM 2 Application
Authentication Requirements for SCIM 2.0 Requests
Defining Permissions for SCIM 2.0 Requests
SCIM 2.0 Components
Correlated LDAP Data Views
Configuring an LDAP mapped SCIM resource type
Configuring Permissions for SCIM 2.0 Operations Proxy
SCIM 2.0 Searches
SCIM 2.0 PATCH Operations
Troubleshoot the SCIM 2.0 Servlet Extension
Disable the SCIM 2.0 Servlet Extension
Managing Server SDK Extensions
About the Server SDK
Available Types of Extensions
Command-Line Tools
Available Command-Line Tools
Saving Options in a File
Creating a Tools Properties File
Evaluation Order
Running Task-based Tools
Consent Solution Guide
PingDirectory Product Documentation
Introduction to the Consent Service and Consent API
Consent Service overview
Consent API overview
How consents are collected
How consents are enforced
How applications use the Consent API
Consent Service configuration
Configuration overview
Example configuration scenarios
Set up with the configuration scripts
Setup in a replicated PingDirectory Server environment
Configuration reference
General Consent Service configuration
Create a container entry for consent records
Create an internal service account
Configure an identity mapper
Authentication methods
Configure basic authentication
Configure bearer token authentication
Configure Consent Service scopes
Authorization
Manage consents
Overview of consent management
Consent definitions and localizations
Create consent definition and localization
Perform an audit on consents
Logging
Correlating user and consent data
Troubleshooting
Error cases
Delegated Admin Application Guide
PingDirectory Product Documentation
Delegated Admin overview
Introduction
Features
Install Delegated Admin
Installation locations
Prerequisites
Supported browsers
Obtain the installation files
Before you install
Install the application
Unix or Linux
Windows
All environments
PingDirectoryProxy Server
Replicated instances of PingDirectory Server
External web server
All locations except replicated PingDirectory Server instances
Next steps
Configure Delegated Admin
Configuration overview
Authentication configuration
Configure delegated administrator rights on PingDirectory Server
Parameterized Delegated Administrator Rights
Configure user self-service
Configure attributes and attribute search on PingDirectory Server
Constructed attributes
Set an attribute to read-only
Users and groups
Enable user creation
Manage groups
Create a group
Add a user to a group
Add a new user to a configured group
Add a user from the Manage Users page
Add a user from the Manage Groups page
Generic resource types
Define a generic resource type
Differentiate resource types within the same subtree
Customize UI form fields
Set up email invitations for a new user
Edit and copy the email template to PingDirectory Server
Create request criteria to match Delegated Admin user ADD requests
Create an SMTP external server
Create a multi-part Email Account Status notification handler for Delegated Admin user ADD requests
Enable Password Policy State Virtual Attribute
Enable the referential integrity plugin
Enable log tracing
Specify a custom hostname and port for your Directory Server
Change the application logo
Configure the session timeout
Verify the installation
Upgrade Delegated Admin
Upgrade PingDirectory Server
Overview and considerations
Update servers in a topology
Upgrade PingDirectory Server
Upgrade the application
Compatibility matrix
Configure PingFederate Server
Configure PingFederate as the identity provider
Configure the OAuth server
Configure PingDirectory Server as the token validator (create OAuth client for PingDirectory)
Configure Delegated Admin as a new client (create OAuth client for Delegated Admin)
Set Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) settings
Configure PingFederate as a new client (create OAuth client for PingFederate)
Optional configuration tasks
PingDataSync Administration Guide
Introduction
Overview of PingDataSync Server
Data synchronization process
Synchronization architecture
Change tracking, monitoring, and logging
Synchronization modes
Standard synchronization
Notification synchronization
PingDataSync Server operations
Real-time synchronization
Data transformations
Bulk resync
The sync retry mechanism
Configuration components
Sync flow examples
Modify operation example
Add operation example
Delete operation example
Delete after source entry is re-added
Standard modify after source entry is deleted
Notification add, modify, modifyDN, and delete
Sample synchronization
Install PingDataSync Server
System requirements
Platforms
Docker
Java Runtime Environment
Browsers
Install the JDK
Optimize the Linux operating system
Setting the file descriptor limit
Set the file system flushes
Install sysstat and pstack on Red Hat
Install the dstat utility
Disable file system swapping
Manage system entropy
Set file system event monitoring (inotify)
Tune IO scheduler
Enable the server to listen on privileged ports
Ping license keys
Installing PingDataSync Server
Log on to the Administrative Console
Server folders and files
Start and stop the server
Start the server as a background process
Start the server at boot time
Stop the server
Restart the server
Run the server as a Microsoft Windows service
Register the service
Run multiple service instances
Deregister and uninstall
Log files
Uninstall the server
Update servers in a topology
Update the server
Reverting an update
Revert an update
Revert from version 7.x to a version earlier than 7.0
To revert to the most recent server version
Install a failover server
Administrative accounts
Change the administrative password
Configure PingDataSync Server
Configuration checklist
External servers
Sync pipes
Sync classes
Sync user account
Configure PingDataSync Server in Standard mode
Use the create-sync-pipe tool to configure synchronization
Configuring attribute mapping
Configure server locations
Use the Configuration API
Authentication and authorization
Relationship between the Configuration API and the dsconfig tool
API paths
Sorting and filtering configuration objects
Update properties
Administrative actions
Update servers and server groups
Configuration API responses
Configuration with the dsconfig tool
Use dsconfig in interactive mode
Use dsconfig in non-interactive mode
Use dsconfig batch mode
Topology configuration
Topology master requirements and selection
Topology components
Monitor data for the topology
Certificates
Inter-server certificate
Replace the inter-server certificate
Prepare a new keystore with the replacement key pair
Use an existing key pair
Replace the certificate associated with the original key pair
Import earlier trusted certificates into the new keystore
Update the server configuration to use the new certificate
Replace the previous ads-truststore file with the new one
Retire the previous certificate
Server certificate
Replace the server certificate
Prepare a new keystore with the replacement key pair
Use an existing key pair
Replace the certificate associated with the original key pair
Import earlier trusted certificates into the new keystore
Update the server configuration to use the new certificate
Replace the keystore and truststore files with the new ones
Retire the previous certificate
Domain Name Service (DNS) caching
IP address reverse name lookups
Configure the synchronization environment with dsconfig
Configure server groups with dsconfig interactive
Start the Global Sync configuration with dsconfig interactive
Prepare external server communication
HTTP connection handlers
Configure an HTTP connection handler
HTTP correlation IDs
Configure HTTP Correlation ID Support
HTTP Correlation ID Example Use
Resync tool
Test attribute and DN maps
Verify the synchronization configuration
Populate an empty sync destination topology
Set the synchronization rate
Synchronize a specific list of DNs
Realtime-sync tool
Start real-time synchronization globally
Start or Pause synchronization
Set startpoints
Restart synchronization at a specific change log event
Change the synchronization state by a specific time duration
Schedule a real-time sync as a task
Configure the PingDirectory Server backend for synchronizing deletes
Configure DN maps
Configure a DN map by using dsconfig
Configure synchronization with JSON attribute values
Synchronize ubidEmailJSON fully
Synchronize a subset of fields from the source attribute
Retain destination-only fields
Synchronize a field of a JSON attribute into a non-JSON attribute
Synchronize a non-JSON attribute into a field of a JSON attribute
Synchronize multiple non-JSON attributes into fields of a JSON attribute
Correlating attributes based on JSON fields
Configure fractional replication
Configure failover behavior
Conditions that trigger immediate failover
Failover server preference
Configuration properties that control failover behavior
The max-operation-attempts property
The response-timeout property
The max-failover-error-code-frequency property
The max-backtrack-replication-latency property
Configure traffic through a load balancer
Configure authentication with a SASL external certificate
Configure an LDAPv3 Sync Source
Server SDK extensions
Synchronize with PingOne for Customers
Prerequisites
Worker application
PingOne user resource model
Synchronize changes to a PingOne for Customers environment
Create a PingOne for Customers sync destination
Configure JSON attribute mapping
Configure constructed attribute mapping
Correlating entries
Considerations and limitations
Synchronize changes from a PingOne for Customers environment
Create a PingOne for Customers sync source
Configure attribute mapping
Considerations and limitations
Synchronize with Active Directory systems
Overview of configuration tasks
Configuring synchronization with Active Directory
Active Directory sync user account
Prepare external servers
Configure sync pipes and sync classes
Configure password encryption
Password sync agent
Install the password sync agent
Upgrade or uninstall the password agent
Manually configure the password sync agent
Synchronize with relational databases
Use the server SDK
RDBMS synchronization process
DBSync example
Example directory server entries
Configure DBSync
Create the JDBC extension
Implement a JDBC sync source
Implement a JDBC sync destination
Configure the database for synchronization
Considerations for synchronizing to database destination
Configure a directory-to-database sync pipe
Create the sync pipe
Configure the sync pipe and sync classes
Considerations for synchronizing from a database source
Synchronize a specific list of database elements
Synchronize with Apache Kafka
Restrictions
Configure a Kafka sync destination
SSL configuration
Message format
Example ADD
Example MODIFY
Example DELETE
Message customization
Synchronize through PingDirectoryProxy servers
Synchronization through a Proxy Server overview
Change log operations
PingDirectory Server and PingDirectoryProxy Server tokens
Change log tracking in entry balancing deployments
Example configuration
Configure the source PingDirectory Server
Configure a proxy server
Configure PingDataSync Server
Test the configuration
Index the LDAP changelog
Changelog synchronization considerations
Synchronize in Notification Mode
Notification mode overview
Implementation considerations
Use the server SDK and LDAP SDK
Notification mode architecture
Sync source requirements
Failover capabilities
Notification sync pipe change flow
Configure notification mode
Use the create-sync-pipe-config tool
No resync command functionality
LDAP change log features required for notifications
LDAP change log for Notification and Standard Mode
Implementing the server extension
Configure the Notification sync pipe
Considerations for configuring sync classes
Create the sync pipe
Configure the sync source
Configure the destination endpoint server
Access control filtering on the sync pipe
Considerations for access control filtering
Configure the sync pipe to filter changes by access control instructions
Configure synchronization with SCIM
Synchronize with a SCIM sync destination overview
SCIM destination configuration objects
Considerations for synchronizing to a SCIM destination
Rename a SCIM resource
Password considerations with SCIM
Configure synchronization with SCIM
Configure the external servers
Configure the PingDirectory Server sync source
Configure the SCIM sync destination
Configure the sync pipe, sync classes, and evaluation order
Configure communication with the source server
Start the sync pipe
Map LDAP schema to SCIM resource schema
<resource> element
<attribute> element
<simple> element
<complex> element
<simpleMultiValued> element
<complexMultiValued> element
<subAttribute> element
<canonicalValue> element
<mapping> element
<subMapping> element
<LDAPSearch> element
<resourceIDMapping> element
<LDAPAdd> element
<fixedAttribute> element
Identify a SCIM resource at the destination
Manage logging, alerts, and alarms
Logs and log publishers
Types of log publishers
View the list of log publishers
Log compression
Configure log file encryption
Synchronization logs and messages
Sync log message types
Create a new log publisher
Configure log signing
Configure log retention and log rotation policies
Configure the log rotation policy
Configure the log retention policy
Configure log listeners
System alarms, alerts, and gauges
Alert handlers
Configure alert handlers
Test alerts and alarms
Use the status tool
Synchronization-specific status
StatsD monitoring endpoint
Sending Metrics to Splunk with StatsD
Monitor PingDataSync Server
DevOps and Infrastructure as Code
Server Profiles
Variable Substitution
Profile Structure
setup-arguments.txt
dsconfig/
server-root/
server-sdk-extensions/
variables-ignore.txt
server-root/permissions.properties
misc-files/
About the manage-profile Tool
manage-profile generate-profile
manage-profile setup
manage-profile replace-profile
Server Profiles in a Pets Service Model
Troubleshooting
Synchronization troubleshooting
Management tools
Troubleshooting tools
Use the status tool
Use the collect-support-data tool
Use the Sync log
Sync log example 1
Sync log example 2
Sync log example 3
Troubleshoot synchronization failures
Troubleshoot "Entry Already Exists" failures
Troubleshoot "No Match Found" failures
Troubleshoot "Failed at Resource" failures
Installation and maintenance issues
The setup program will not run
The server will not start
The server has shutdown
The server will not accept client connections
The server is unresponsive
Problems with the Administrative Console
Problems with SSL communication
Conditions for automatic server shutdown
Insufficient memory errors
Enable JVM debugging
Command-Line Tools
Available Command-Line Tools
Saving Options in a File
Creating a Tools Properties File
Evaluation Order
Running Task-based Tools
PingDataSync 8.0.0.0 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server Release Notes archive
PingDataSync Server 7.3.0.7 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 7.3.0.3 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 7.3.0.1 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 7.3.0.0 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 7.2.1.0 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 7.2.0.0 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 7.0.1.3 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 7.0.1.2 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 7.0.1.0 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 7.0.0.0 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 6.2.0.0 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 6.0.0.0 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 5.2.0.0 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 5.1.5.2 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 5.1.5.0 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 5.1.0.0 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 5.0.1.0 Release Notes
PingDataSync Server 5.0.0.0 Release Notes

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