Portal and Netscape LDAP server integration

Question

Hi,
I am trying to integrate Netscape LDAP server (6.0) with portal server 7, but
having lots of trouble doing that.
I've followed the instructions in the developer guide and completed the following
steps:
1. added a CustomRealm named defaultLDAPRealmForNetscapeDirectoryServer in config.xml
and modified the entries to fit my environment.
2. Deployed ldapprofile.jar and customized the env variables.
After these two steps, nothing happened. Then I did the third step:
3. added a iPlanet Authenticator to the realm CompatibilityRealm, which is my
default realm for the server.
However, after step 3, I wasn't able to boot weblogic server. Please note I have
create two users, system and weblogic in my LDAP server.
I copied the stack trace below. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Weiguo
C:\prog\bea\user_projects\portalDemoDomain>"C:\prog\bea\jdk131_03\bin\java" -hotspot
-Xms128m -Xmx128m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -Dcommerce.properties="C:\prog\bea\weblogic700\portal\weblogiccommerce.properties"
-Dweblogic.Name=portalDemoServer
-Dbea.home="C:\prog\bea" -Dweblogic.management.username= -Dweblogic.management.p
assword= -Dweblogic.ProductionModeEnabled=true -Dweblogic.management.discover=fa
lse -Djava.security.policy=="C:\prog\bea\weblogic700\server\lib\weblogic.policy"
weblogic.Server
<Nov 4, 2002 1:18:45 PM EST> <Info> <Security> <090065> <Getting boot identity
from user.>
Enter username to boot WebLogic server:weblogic
Enter password to boot WebLogic server:
Starting WebLogic Server...
<Nov 4, 2002 1:19:06 PM EST> <Notice> <Management> <140005> <Loading configuration
C:\prog\bea\user_projects\portalDemoDomain\.\config.xml>
<Nov 4, 2002 1:19:21 PM EST> <Notice> <Security> <090093> <No configuration data
was found on server portalDemoServer for realm CompatibilityRealm.>
<Nov 4, 2002 1:19:21 PM EST> <Notice> <Security> <090082> <Security initializing
using realm CompatibilityRealm.>
<Nov 4, 2002 1:19:21 PM EST> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <000364> <Server failed
during initialization. Exception:java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for
user weblogic denied
java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for user weblogic denied at
weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.doBootAuthorization(
SecurityServiceManager.java:1028)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.initialize(SecurityS
erviceManager.java:1166)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize1(T3Srvr.java:697)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:589)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:277)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
>
<Nov 4, 2002 1:19:21 PM EST> <Emergency> <WebLogicServer> <000342> <Unable to
in
itialize the server: Fatal initialization exception
Throwable: java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for user weblogic denied
java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for user weblogic denied
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.doBootAuthorization(
SecurityServiceManager.java:1028)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.initialize(SecurityS
erviceManager.java:1166)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize1(T3Srvr.java:697)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:589)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:277)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
>
The WebLogic Server did not start up properly.
Exception raised:
java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for user weblogic denied
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.doBootAuthorization(
SecurityServiceManager.java:1028)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.initialize(SecurityS
erviceManager.java:1166)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize1(T3Srvr.java:697)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:589)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:277)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
Reason: Fatal initialization exception
Throwable: java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for user weblogic denied
java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for user weblogic denied
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.doBootAuthorization(
SecurityServiceManager.java:1028)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.initialize(SecurityS
erviceManager.java:1166)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize1(T3Srvr.java:697)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:589)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:277)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)

Answer 1

Thanks a lot Scott. I followed your instructions and got it working to a certain
degree. I am pretty happy about the results.
There are still a few issues:
1. I had to create groups and users in my directory server in order to boot up
and logon to the server. This is expected, but is it possible to export these
user/group settings from the embedded LDAP server so that I can import them into
my directory server? Currently, the only way is manual and it's error prone. A
lot of trial and error has to happen to get there.
2. It seems that using Netscape LDAP server only allows read-only access. This
means we have to create new users/groups outside of the portal server and one
other side effect is self-registration is impossible, unless we use custom security
providers. Is this assessment correct? Since LDAP integration is so important,
wouldn't it be nice if BEA have that built-in and all we need to do is to switch
to and configure it?
3. I got duplicate users and groups in compatibility security. Obviously, one
set is from my LDAP server and the other is from the embedded one. I tried to
remove to embedded LDAP authenticator, but the duplicates are still there. How
can I get rid of the duplicates - I only want the ones from my LDAP server?
Thanks again Scott.
Weiguo
Scott Dunbar <[email protected]> wrote:
Weiguo,
WLP 7.0 uses a compatibility realm only and will not work with the
custom realm that you created for the Netscape directory server.
Configuring an LDAP compatibility realm isn't too bad and its
configuration is much like 4.0. However, it can be hard to configure
initially from the console. One way is to shut your server down and
modify config.xml directly - but make sure you make a backup copy first!
Then add something like:
<CachingRealm BasicRealm="myRealm" CacheCaseSensitive="true"
Name="wlcsCachingRealm"/>
<CustomRealm
ConfigurationData="user.filter=(&(uid=%u)(objectclass=person));
user.dn=ou=people,dc=beasys,dc=com;
server.principal=uid=dirmanager,ou=people,dc=beasys,dc=com;
membership.filter=(&(uniquemember=%M)(objectclass=groupofuniquenames));
group.filter=(&(cn=%g)(objectclass=groupofuniquenames));
server.host=somehost.beasys.com;
group.dn=ou=groups,dc=beasys,dc=com"
Name="myRealm" Password="your_password_here"
RealmClassName="weblogic.security.ldaprealmv2.LDAPRealm"/>
will enable your LDAP server. After this is setup it will be much
easier to configure via the console. Obviously you'll need to update
the parameters above for your configuration.
Weiguo Wang wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to integrate Netscape LDAP server (6.0) with portal server7, but
having lots of trouble doing that.
I've followed the instructions in the developer guide and completedthe following
steps:
1. added a CustomRealm named defaultLDAPRealmForNetscapeDirectoryServerin config.xml
and modified the entries to fit my environment.
2. Deployed ldapprofile.jar and customized the env variables.
After these two steps, nothing happened. Then I did the third step:
3. added a iPlanet Authenticator to the realm CompatibilityRealm, whichis my
default realm for the server.
However, after step 3, I wasn't able to boot weblogic server. Pleasenote I have
create two users, system and weblogic in my LDAP server.
I copied the stack trace below. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Weiguo
C:\prog\bea\user_projects\portalDemoDomain>"C:\prog\bea\jdk131_03\bin\java"-hotspot
-Xms128m -Xmx128m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -Dcommerce.properties="C:\prog\bea\weblogic700\portal\weblogiccommerce.properties"
-Dweblogic.Name=portalDemoServer
-Dbea.home="C:\prog\bea" -Dweblogic.management.username= -Dweblogic.management.p
assword= -Dweblogic.ProductionModeEnabled=true -Dweblogic.management.discover=fa
lse -Djava.security.policy=="C:\prog\bea\weblogic700\server\lib\weblogic.policy"
weblogic.Server
<Nov 4, 2002 1:18:45 PM EST> <Info> <Security> <090065> <Getting bootidentity
from user.>
Enter username to boot WebLogic server:weblogic
Enter password to boot WebLogic server:
Starting WebLogic Server...
<Nov 4, 2002 1:19:06 PM EST> <Notice> <Management> <140005> <Loadingconfiguration
C:\prog\bea\user_projects\portalDemoDomain\.\config.xml>
<Nov 4, 2002 1:19:21 PM EST> <Notice> <Security> <090093> <No configurationdata
was found on server portalDemoServer for realm CompatibilityRealm.>
<Nov 4, 2002 1:19:21 PM EST> <Notice> <Security> <090082> <Securityinitializing
using realm CompatibilityRealm.>
<Nov 4, 2002 1:19:21 PM EST> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <000364> <Serverfailed
during initialization. Exception:java.lang.SecurityException: Authenticationfor
user weblogic denied
java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for user weblogic deniedat
weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.doBootAuthorization(
SecurityServiceManager.java:1028)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.initialize(SecurityS
erviceManager.java:1166)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize1(T3Srvr.java:697)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:589)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:277)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
<Nov 4, 2002 1:19:21 PM EST> <Emergency> <WebLogicServer> <000342><Unable to
in
itialize the server: Fatal initialization exception
Throwable: java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for user weblogicdenied
java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for user weblogic denied
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.doBootAuthorization(
SecurityServiceManager.java:1028)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.initialize(SecurityS
erviceManager.java:1166)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize1(T3Srvr.java:697)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:589)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:277)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
The WebLogic Server did not start up properly.
Exception raised:
java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for user weblogic denied
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.doBootAuthorization(
SecurityServiceManager.java:1028)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.initialize(SecurityS
erviceManager.java:1166)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize1(T3Srvr.java:697)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:589)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:277)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
Reason: Fatal initialization exception
Throwable: java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for user weblogicdenied
java.lang.SecurityException: Authentication for user weblogic denied
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.doBootAuthorization(
SecurityServiceManager.java:1028)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.initialize(SecurityS
erviceManager.java:1166)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize1(T3Srvr.java:697)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:589)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:277)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
scott dunbar bea systems,
inc.
[email protected] boulder, co
303 998 2125 usa