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RadiantOne VDS comes with specialized tools to simplify the design and management of DITs (Directory Information Trees) and virtual namespaces. For simple deployments use the VDS console and its wizards to generate proxy and simple virtual trees. For richer configurations involving heterogeneous sources with complex schemas, use Schema Manager and View Designer.
The Administration Console enables the configuration of all server parameters related to VDS, including, but not limited to; VDS logging, caching options, naming contexts, interception scripts and security parameters such as SSL, Mutual Authentication, Kerberos, and Access Control Instructions (ACI).
Proxy views of data sources can be easily created using built-in wizards inside the VDS Administration Console. The naming contexts (views) can be based on virtual trees, local trees in the LDAP storage, trees from remote LDAP servers (via VDS proxy), trees created from relational databases, or any combination of the above.
In order to achieve complex mappings (concatenations, or string manipulations), override the incoming query (pre-processing), or process/change a result (post processing), interception scripts can be introduced. Interception scripts can be configured at a global level, a specific proxy branch, or on a specific virtual view. For more complex logic, performance reasons, or correlation of objects and attributes in absence of a unique identifiers see ICS.
For more complex views (data model views) see RadiantOne Schema Manager, and RadiantOne View Designer (below).
RadiantOne Schema Manager allows you to extract metadata from each source that you want to virtualize. A wizard driven process guides you through connecting data sources and inventorying the different objects and attributes into the virtualized namespace.
After the schema is extracted, metadata can be managed and modified by setting mappings for object classes and attributes, declaring keys, and even relationships between objects.
With RadiantOne Schema manager you can:
- Analyze existing data structures, data formats and relationships
- Inventory the types of information available to use in the virtual view directory design
- Map attributes and data structures into a common schema
The Directory View Designer is used to build virtual trees from LDAP directories, JDBC accessible databases, and any data source accessible through a Java API. The view designer is a data modeling tool for designing multiple directory trees to meet the needs of your application.
With RadiantOne View Designer:
- Design view definitions for use with the Virtual Directory Server
- Build DITs leveraging existing relationships from the metadata captured by the Schema Manager
- Create federated tree structures that span multiple data sources Simulate designs with live data.
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