Editing JNDI Providers

Use this page to view the details of a JNDI Provider and edit the configuration, if required. Additionally, you can reset the JNDI Provider cache and to test the connection to the JNDI Provider.

  1. If you have not already done so, click Create to create a new session or click Edit to enter an existing session. See Using the Change Center.
  2. Locate the JNDI Provider. See Viewing JNDI Providers.
  3. Click the JNDI Provider name.
  4. The View JNDI Provider - Configuration page displays the JNDI Provider information shown in Table 28-2.

    Table 28-2 JNDI Provider Information 
    Property
    Description
    Last Modified By
    The user who created or modified this JNDI Provider resource, or imported it into the configuration.
    Last Modified On
    The date and time that the user created or modified this JNDI Provider resource, or imported it into the configuration. Click the date and time link to view the change history of this resource. See View Change History page.
    References
    The number of objects that this JNDI Provider references. If such references exist, click the numeric link to view a list of the references. See Viewing References to Resources.
    Referenced By
    The number of objects that reference this JNDI Provider. If such references exist, click the numeric link to view a list of the objects. See Viewing References to Resources.
    Description
    A description of this JNDI Provider.
    JNDI Cache
    Enabled or Disabled. When enabled, the JNDI context and JNDI objects are cached locally which improves performance when doing an object lookup. BEA recommends that you keep the JNDI cache enabled.
    Provider URL
    The URL for the JNDI Provider.
    User Name
    The user name used to access a secure JNDI Provider.

  5. Click Edit to display the Edit JNDI Provider - [provider-name] page.
  6. The Name field is not editable.

  7. In the Description field, you can edit the short description of the JNDI Provider.
  8. In the Provider URL field, you can edit the URL of the JNDI Provider.
  9. You can edit the User Name and Password fields.
  10. If the JNDI Provider was configured with a user name and password, then the User Name will not be editable. You can edit the New Password and Confirm Password fields. If the JNDI was not configured with a user name and password, then the User Name field will be editable, and you can enter a new user name.

  11. Click Save to commit the updates in the current session.
  12. To end the session and deploy the configuration to the run time, click Activate under Change Center.