3.3 Setting Up Role-Based Services

When iManager is installed in connection with OES 2, the administrative tasks available through the Roles and Tasks icon are available to all users until you run the configuration wizard. In this exercise, you create a Role-Based Services (RBS) collection that contains all of the management roles in the tree.

When the installation process finishes as outlined below, the eDirectory Admin user is the only user configured to perform the administrative tasks available through the Roles and Tasks icon. If you want to create other administrative users and assign them a subset of administrative roles, you need to create additional collections with subsets of roles and assign the other administrative users to them. For more information, see Configuring and Customizing iManager in the Novell iManager 2.7.4 Administration Guide.

  1. At your Windows workstation, log in to iManager on the OES 2 getting-started lab server, using the eDirectory Admin user account and password. For more information, see the steps in Section 1.9, Accessing iManager.

    If you receive a Tomcat error, see Section A.2, iManager Tomcat Error.

  2. Click the Configure icon Configure icon.

  3. Select Role Based Services > RBS Configuration.

  4. Click iManager 2.x collections > New > Collection and Setup.

  5. If you are prompted to extend the schema, click Next.

  6. In the Name field, type the following:

    Tree Admin Role

  7. Click the Browse icon Browse icon next to the Container field.

  8. Click COMPANY, then click Next.

  9. Click the Browse icon Browse icon next to the Scope field.

  10. Click EXAMPLE_TREE.

  11. Click Start.

  12. Do not close iManager. After the operation finishes, continue with the next section, Updating the iManager Plug-in Modules.