Configuring the Active Directory adapter

You configure an adapter in Grid Manager. The configuration provides information about how the adapter interacts with the BMC Performance Manager Portal application. While each adapter must have a unique name, you can create multiple adapters with the same adapter type to allow for different configuration properties.

The form view provides an easy-to-use interface for configuring adapters. The form view prevents human errors that might occur as a result of copying the configuration XML from the XML sample into the UI when configuring an adapter. You can switch to the XML view to configure those elements and attributes that are not available as fields or to configure all the elements and attributes using XML only. However, after you switch to the XML view, and save the configuration in the XML from that view, you cannot thereafter use the form view for modifying that configuration.

The following video (5:20) describes how to configure the Microsoft Active Directory adapter on TrueSight Orchestration Platform version 7.9.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/xuimNRBDLac

The following video (7:05) describes how to use the Active Directory module.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sua_fRzaDtY

To configure the adapter

1. Log on to the TrueSight Orchestration Grid Manager.
2. Access the adapters page, by clicking the Manage tab; then click the Adapters tab.
3. In the Adapters in Repository list, select the bmc-adapter-active-directory-actor check box.
4. Click Add to Grid to include the adapter in the Adapters on Grid list.
5. Click Configure corresponding to the newly added adapter.
6. On the Add an Adapter Configuration page, perform the following substeps to configure the adapter using the form view or jump to step 7 to configure the adapter using the XML view:

   1.  Enter a name for the adapter.

      Note

      The Name field does not support single-quote (') and ampersand (&) characters.

   2. Enter a description for the adapter.
   3. Under Properties, enter or select values for the configuration elements.
      
      Include all required elements indicated with an asterisk (*).
7. ( optional ) Configure the adapter in the XML view using the following substeps:
   1. Enter a name and a description for the adapter.
   2. Click Switch to XML View.
   3. On the Warning message that appears, click Switch View.

   4. Copy the configuration elements and attributes from the XML sample into the Properties text box, and then click OK.

      Note

      If the default value for an optional element is acceptable, omit the element. Do not include empty elements.

   5. On the Warning message that appears, click Save.
      
      This saves the adapter configuration with settings in the XML view permanently. The newly configured adapter is now listed in the Adapters on Grid list.

The following table describes the node elements required for configuring the actor adapter.

The following figure shows an XML sample for configuring the actor adapter.

XML sample for configuring the actor adapter

XML sample for configuring the actor adapter for a local host if you don't want to use the xCmd utility

Enabling custom logging

To enable custom logging for the adapter, you must specify a log file name. You can also provide additional parameters for logging.

• Log File Name: Provide a name for the log file.
  This file will be stored in the AO_HOME/tomcat/logs directory. If Log File Max Backup Index value is greater than 0, the log file name is suffixed with the backup index. For example, if the parameter value is a.log, backup log files will have names, such as a.log.1, a.log.2.
• Log File Size: Specify a size limit for the log file. 
  If the value specified for Log File Max Backup Index is greater than 0, when the specified size is reached, the current file is renamed with the suffix .1. Otherwise, the log file will be reset and over-written. The default value is 10MB. The available units are KiloBytes (KB), MegaBytes (MB) or GigaBytes (GB).
• Log File Max Backup Index: Enter the maximum number of backup files allowed. The default value is 10.
• Log File Append: Select this option to append new log information to the existing information in the file. If unselected, the file will be overwritten with new log information.

• Log Level: Enter the logging level using one of the following choices:

  Logging level	Description
  DEBUG	The most detailed logging level; logs low-level messages, normal execution, recoverable erroneous conditions, and unrecoverable erroneous conditions
  INFO (default)	Logs normal execution, recoverable erroneous conditions, and unrecoverable erroneous conditions
  WARN	Logs recoverable erroneous conditions and unrecoverable erroneous conditions
  ERROR	The least detailed logging level; logs only error conditions that are not usually recoverable

Encrypting an element's contents

You can add the attribute secure="true" to an XML adapter element XML view to ensure that the element's contents is encrypted when displayed.