uP101 Groups Management

An element of the uP101 pre-conference seminar

This page is not intended to be a general documentation of uPortal configuration. It is the specific ramblings that will be presented at the JA-SIG Vancouver uPortal 101 pre-conference seminar.

PAGS example

uPortal comes with a PAGS example commented out. To try it out:

Uncomment the PAGS definition in compositeGroupServices.xml which looks like this:

 <service>
    <name>pags</name>
    <service_factory>org.jasig.portal.groups.ReferenceIndividualGroupServiceFactory</service_factory>
    <entity_store_factory>org.jasig.portal.groups.pags.PersonAttributesEntityStoreFactory</entity_store_factory>
    <group_store_factory>org.jasig.portal.groups.pags.PersonAttributesGroupStoreFactory</group_store_factory>
    <entity_searcher_factory>org.jasig.portal.groups.pags.PersonAttributesEntitySearcherFactory</entity_searcher_factory>
    <internally_managed>false</internally_managed>
    <caching_enabled>true</caching_enabled>
  </service>

Look at PAGSGroupStoreConfig.xml. You will see definitions for

PAGS Root
- Users

- Short First Names
  - Ds and Students

Deploy the portal again with the new group configuration.

Login as Admin. In the Groups Manager Channel, Add the group "PAGS Root" to everyone. You will see the whole hierarchy but not the members.

Search for a Person whose name contains demo and look at the group information. Demo is now a member of Users, Short First Names, Developers, Ds and Students.