Running Business Processes and Composite Applications 10.4 | Running Business Processes and Composite Applications | Administering My webMethods Server | Managing My webMethods Configuration | Managing Directory Services
 
Managing Directory Services
 
Setting Up the Internal System Directory Service
A directory is similar to a database in that it contains a collection of entries (in this case, individuals), each of which has a set of attributes, such as names, email addresses, and so forth. A directory service provides a mechanism for delivering information about the entries in the directory.
My webMethods Server includes an internal directory service. However, if you are using an external directory (for example, if you are using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), you can configure My webMethods Server to also access user and group information from the external directory service.
Internal Directory Service
The internal directory service that is provided by default with your My webMethods Server installation is called the system directory service. My webMethods Server stores information about users, groups, and roles that you define in this system directory service to the My webMethods Server database. Use the system directory service if you need to maintain only a moderate number of users and groups.
The following table lists the users and groups, defined by default in the system directory service:
User Name
Description
My webMethods Administrator
The default administrator of My webMethods. This user can perform user management functions and manage external directory services. As installed, the user ID is “Administrator” and the password is "manage".
Important: Change the password for this user.
System Admin
The system administrator for My webMethods Server. This user can manage My webMethods Server, including analysis, configuration, content, and user management. As installed, the user ID is “SysAdmin” and the password is "manage". This administrator does not use the My webMethods user interface. For more information about functions available to this account, see System Administrator Functions.
Important: Change the password for this user.
Deleted Items
A user account that is used internally by My webMethods Server to store work done by a user with administrative privileges when that user is deleted from the system. As installed, the user account is DeletedItems and the password is "manage".
Important: Change the password for this user.
Designer
The page designer for My webMethods Server. This user has privileges for My webMethods Server similar to those of the system administrator. As installed, the user ID is Designer and the password is "manage". For more information about functions performed by this account, see Server Page Development.
Important: Change the password for this user.
Guest
An anonymous user. This user can read pages that allow anonymous access, such as the login page. Otherwise, this user cannot read, modify, or delete content unless permission is explicitly granted by an administrator. As installed, the user ID for this user is Guest.
webMethods System
A user account that is used internally by My webMethods Server to invoke web services. My webMethods Server uses this account for web service authentication from one server to another. As installed, the user account is WEBM_SYSUSER and the password is "manage".
Important: Do not delete this user account. Change the password for this user. Changes to the password for this account must be provided to administrators for webMethods applications that use it when communicating with My webMethods Server.
webMethods Cluster
A user account that is used internally by My webMethods Server for authentication among servers in a cluster. As installed, the user account is WEBM_CLUSTERUSER and the password is "manage".
Important: Do not delete this user account. Change the password for this user on one node of the cluster and then restart all nodes for the password to take effect.
For security reasons, you must change the default passwords of the system users. For information about how to change passwords for these users, see Editing Information for a User.
External Directory Service
In addition to the system directory service, My webMethods Server can support multiple external directory services, allowing you to manage a much larger and diverse group of users. If your company has one or more directory services, My webMethods Server can connect to those services. In addition, you can use a database as a directory service, or create custom services to connect a directory provider to an external directory service in My webMethods Server. For more information about such services, see webMethods CAF and My webMethods Server Java API Reference.
Note: During login, conditions in which the role cache or group cache calculation involves user or group searches that take a long time can result in poor performance in My webMethods Server and in LDAP servers to which it is connected. For more information, see Configuring Role or Group Cache Lifecycle Calculation.
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