Creating and configuring federated repositories

Add your custom repository to the default federated repositories. You must implement a custom registry adapter so that HCL Portal can access the repository. After you implement your custom registry adapter, you must define several parameters for your environment and run a task to add your repository to the federated repositories.

You must create a custom user registry adapter before you create your repository. To create the user registry adapter, implement the wim.Repository interface. Refer to the WebSphere® Application Server documentation for information and instructions.

Perform the following steps to create a federated repository:
1. Open wkplc.properties with any text editor from the following directory:
  - Windows™: wp_profile_root\ConfigEngine\properties
  - AIX®SolarisLinux™: wp_profile_root/ConfigEngine/properties
  - IBM® i: wp_profile_root/ConfigEngine/properties
2. Specify values for the following parameters under the VMM Federated CUR Properties heading:
  - federated.cur.id
  - federated.cur.adapterClassName
  - federated.cur.baseDN
  - federated.cur.isExtIdUnique
  - federated.cur.supportExternalName
  - federated.cur.supportPaging
  - federated.cur.supportSorting
  - federated.cur.supportTransactions
3. Save and close wkplc.properties.
4. Run the following task from the wp_profile_root/ConfigEngine directory:
  - Windows: ConfigEngine.bat wp-create-cur -DWasPassword=password
  - AIXSolarisLinux: ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-create-cur -DWasPassword=password
  - IBM i: ConfigEngine.sh wp-create-cur -DWasPassword=password
5. Restart the WebSphere_Portal server.
Perform the following steps to create custom properties for your federated repository:
1. Open wkplc.properties with any text editor from the following directory:
  - Windows: wp_profile_root\ConfigEngine\properties
  - AIXSolarisLinux: wp_profile_root/ConfigEngine/properties
  - IBM i: wp_profile_root/ConfigEngine/properties
2. Specify values for the following parameters under the VMM Federated CUR Properties heading in wkplc.properties:
  - cur.id
  - cur.name
  - cur.value
3. Save and close wkplc.properties.
4. Run the following task from the wp_profile_root/ConfigEngine directory:
  - Windows: ConfigEngine.bat wp-create-cur-custom-property -DWasPassword=password
  - AIXSolarisLinux: ./ConfigEngine.sh wp-create-cur-custom-property -DWasPassword=password
  - IBM i: ConfigEngine.sh wp-create-cur-custom-property -DWasPassword=password
5. Restart the WebSphere_Portal server.

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