The following example shows how to configure the Globally Unique Attribute plugin. The example defines an attribute set consisting of the telephoneNumber and mobile attributes within the test-view subtree view.

The multiple-attribute-behavior property determines the scope of how attributes might differ among entries and is the same property for the Directory Server plugin. The property is set to unique-across-all-attributes-including-in-same-entry, which indicates that the telephone and mobile attributes must be unique throughout the subtree view, even within an entry.

The pre-commit-validation property ensures that the Globally Unique Attribute Plugin performs one or more searches to determine whether any entries conflict with the change, such as add, modify, or modifyDN. If a conflict is detected, the change request is rejected.

Note:

You should index all configured attributes for equality in all backend servers.

  • To create the Globally Unique Attribute plugin, run dsconfig with the create-plugin option. 
    $ bin/dsconfig create-plugin \
  --plugin-name "Globally-Unique telephone and mobile" \
  --type globally-unique-attribute \
  --set enabled:true \
  --set type:telephoneNumber \
  --set type:mobile \
  --set subtree-view:test-view \
  --set multiple-attribute-behavior:unique-across-all-attributes-including-in-same-entry \
  --set pre-commit-validation:all-available-backend-servers