Importing a Driver Configuration for Initial Driver Setup

A driver configuration or preconfigured driver is a default set of rules and style sheets for a driver. It is intended to give you a good start in implementing your data sharing model. Most of the time, you will set up a driver using the configuration file that shipped with it and then modify the driver configuration according to your environment's requirements.

Importing the Driver Configuration

The driver configuration (XML) file creates and configures the objects needed in order for driver work properly. It also includes sample rules and style sheets you can modify for your implementation.

1. In iManager, select DirXML Management > Create Driver.

2. Select a driver set.

   If you place this driver in a new driver set, you must specify a driver set name, context, and associated server.

3. Mark Import a Preconfigured Driver from the Server and select the.xml file.

   The driver configuration file is installed on the Web server when you set up iManager.

4. You will be prompted to enter a name for the driver. Enter the driver's name and click Next to continue.

5. (Optional) Click Define Security Equivalences.

   1. Click Add, then select an object with Admin rights (or any other rights that you want the driver to have).

   2. Click Apply, then click OK.

6. (Optional) Click Exclude Administrative Roles to exclude objects from replication. (DirXML will not touch excluded objects.)

   1. Click Add, then select any users you want to exclude (such as the admin user).

   2. Click Apply, then click OK.

7. Click Next to view the import summary. Verify that the configuration is correct, then click Finish with Overview.

The necessary DirXML objects have now been created. If you didn't define security equivalences or exclude administrative users during the import, you can complete these tasks by modifying the driver object's properties.