controls::enable ssl communication with ldap server
Overview
Puppet controls are Puppet defined types that ensure a certain security control is implemented. Puppet changes the system in order to make the system compliant.
Description of the control
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.
Skipping
To deliberately skip this control (e.g. meaning don’t use Puppet to enforce this setting), we provide you with two ways:
1) Add db2_secured::controls::enable_ssl_communication_with_ldap_server: skip to your hiera data. This will skip this control for ALL systems.
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.
Benchmarks
This control is used in the following benchmarks:
- db10 CIS V1.1.0 - paragraph 9.5
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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