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Connection Handler

Note: this is an abstract component that cannot be instantiated.

Connection Handlers are responsible for handling all interaction with the clients, including accepting the connections, reading requests, and sending responses.

Direct Subcomponents
Relations to This Component
Properties
dsconfig Usage

Direct Subcomponents

The following Connection Handlers are available in the server :

These Connection Handlers inherit from the properties described below.

Properties

The properties supported by this managed object are as follows:


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ description  None
↓ enabled
↓ allowed-client
↓ denied-client

Basic Properties

description

Description
A description for this Connection Handler
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

enabled

Description
Indicates whether the Connection Handler is enabled.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

allowed-client

Description
Specifies a set of address masks that determines the addresses of the clients that are allowed to establish connections to this connection handler.
Default Value
All clients with addresses that do not match an address on the deny list are allowed. If there is no deny list, then all clients are allowed.
Allowed Values
An IP address mask
Multi-Valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Changes to this configuration attribute take effect immediately and do not interfere with connections that may have already been established.

denied-client

Description
Specifies a set of address masks that determines the addresses of the clients that are not allowed to establish connections to this connection handler. If both allowed and denied client masks are defined and a client connection matches one or more masks in both lists, then the connection is denied. If only a denied list is specified, then any client not matching a mask in that list is allowed.
Default Value
If an allow list is specified, then only clients with addresses on the allow list are allowed. Otherwise, all clients are allowed.
Allowed Values
An IP address mask
Multi-Valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Changes to this configuration attribute take effect immediately and do not interfere with connections that may have already been established.


dsconfig Usage

To list the configured Connection Handlers:

dsconfig list-connection-handlers
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To view the configuration for an existing Connection Handler:

dsconfig get-connection-handler-prop
     --handler-name {name}
     [--tab-delimited]
     [--script-friendly]
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To update the configuration for an existing Connection Handler:

dsconfig set-connection-handler-prop
     --handler-name {name}
     (--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}
     [(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To delete an existing Connection Handler:

dsconfig delete-connection-handler
     --handler-name {name}