Configuring the Directory Service

Important: You must install IBM Aspera Shares locally or on a remote host before you can configure a directory service. For information on installing the latest version of Shares, please review the Administrator's Guide.

Before continuing, please ensure that the following prerequisites have been satisfied:

  • Shares is installed locally or on a remote host: For instructions on how to install Shares on the same machine as Console, see Console and Shares on Same Machine.
  • Console is installed on the same machine as Shares: Configure your Shares web server to use a non-standard HTTPS port (for example, 8443, rather than 443). See the Shares Administrator's Guide (the "Setting up Shares" topic).
  • Console is installed on the same machine as Shares: Configure your Shares database with the correct host and port settings. For more information, see Working with Shares and Directory Services.
  1. Go to Accounts > Directories from the Console menu.
  2. Select Remote Authentication to enable remote authentication so that Console can access the groups and users on your Shares server.
  3. Enter the base URL.
    Shares users and groups are authenticated through this Node API base URL. The standard base URL is https://shares_IP_address/api/v1.
    Note: Because you must use HTTPS to connect to your Shares directory service, ensure that your Node API base URL uses HTTPS, rather than HTTP.
  4. Enter the admin Shares user with API login capabilities. You can set API login abilities for a user from the Shares Admin page (Admin > Users > username > Security > API login).
  5. Click Save and test settings.
Once the directory service is successfully connected, you can add remote users and remote groups by boing to Users > Groups. For more information, see Adding Remote Users and Adding Remote Groups.