Thank you Pierre for pointing Apache Directory Server. I'll look on that.
On Jul 5, 2014 6:15 PM, Pierre Smits <[email protected]> wrote: > > HI Eric, > > First of all, OFBiz has a unique set of functionalities that caters first > to the handling of business transactions. Adding some component > functionality that isn't inline with that is putting the handling of those > business transactions at risk. In the case of forum functionality related > to eCommerce, it could be so that the number of forum postings grows to > such proportions that it might jeopardise the transaction handling. > > So, from a business continuity angle having both in/on one system is not > advisable. > > Apart from that, leveraging JForum with OFBiz data and vice-versa is > doable. But there are intricacies. You have to take the following into > consideration: > > > 1. You're JForum participants can also register without ever using OFBiz > eCommerce. So you need means to get the user's profile data into OFBiz > 2. When using LDAP as the means to do authentication and authorization > in both JForum and OFBiz you need to set both up to use that. > 3. For OFBiz, currently there is no integrated functionality available > that updates the LDAP data when user details (userid, first name, last > name, password, etc) are modified in OFBiz. I expect that to be the same > for JForum. > > If you want to implement implement functionality in either OFBiz or JForum > to update the LDAP data I suggest you have al look at the Apache Directory > Server project (http://directory.apache.org). Not only does the community > have a (clusterable) Directory server and a good LDAP management solution, > but also api's that you can use for integration. > > Regards, > > > Pierre Smits > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > Based Manufacturing, Professional > Services and Retail & Trade > http://www.orrtiz.com
