controls::enable ssl communication with ldap server
Overview
The communication layer between a DB2 instance and the LDAP server should be encrypted. It is recommended that the ENABLE_SSL
parameter in the IBMLDAPSecurity.ini
file be set to TRUE.
Rationale:
Enabling SSL will help ensure the confidentiality of authentication credentials and other information that is sent between the DB2 instance and the LDAP server.
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Benchmarks
This control is used in the following benchmarks:
- DB2 Database 10 CIS V1.1.0 - paragraph 9.5
Skipping
To deliberately skip this control (e.g. meaning don’t use Puppet to enforce this setting), we provide you with three ways:
1) Add db2_secured::controls::enable_ssl_communication_with_ldap_server: skip
to your hiera data. This will skip this control for ALL databases.
2) Add db2_secured::controls::enable_ssl_communication_with_ldap_server::instance_name::dbname: skip
to your hiera data. This will skip this control for specified database only.
3) Add an entry with the content enable_ssl_communication_with_ldap_server
to the array value db2_secured::skip_list
in your hiera data.
Attributes
Attribute Name | Short Description |
---|---|
title | The database identifier to apply the control to. |
title
The database identifier to apply the control to.
All controls need an database identifier to apply the control to. Here is a simple example:
db2_secured::controls::control_name { 'db2inst1/MYDB':}
In this example, the string dbinst1
is the instance, the string MYDB
is the database to apply the control to.
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