How to cofigure openLDAP with multiple portal instances? - liferay

I want to configure openLDAP with mutiple portal instances in liferay. I want to export users into different dn.
for example
for portal instance1, i want to use ou=people,dc=test,dc=com
and for portal instance2,i want to use ou=employee,dc=test,dc=com

Have you looked at the documentation:
https://dev.liferay.com/discover/portal/-/knowledge_base/6-2/integrating-existing-users-into-liferay
and
https://dev.liferay.com/discover/deployment/-/knowledge_base/7-0/ldap
Follow the process for every instance and provide the appropriate filtering.

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Using terraform how can I create one service account used across multiple project?

I am currently trying to use a service account that is already created in one project and use it again in a different project. I do not want to create a new service account in the new project I want to use the already existing service account. I am clueless on how to go about implementing this.
You can use data terraform. But I think u need grant permisions or roles for the new project in this sa.

Is it necessary to create an ACS with Azure Active Directory?

Is it required that I create my own Azure ACS if I want to use the Active Directory? Am I able to simply create a new application instance on the Active Directory Pane (on the Azure Management Console) without having an ACS to build on? I don't want to need to pay to create my own ACS niche.
I think you're talking about creating an "Access Control Namespace".
It actually isn't necessary to do so. You can register an application with Azure AD without having an ACN "niche" - having an ACN is something that is generally better for larger enterprise applications or those that have to handle requests on many different levels (with many different applications). So unless you're building something very large, there's no reason to set an ACN up on the Management Console (and you can continue to use everything for free with the AD functionality without an ACN). Hope this helps.

Windows Azure for simulation

We are thinking of using Windows Azure for simulation. ~100 VM nodes each working on it's problem set and reporting back the result to a Master node.
I have created VM instances from the web UI. In order for this to work, we would need to use Azure API to bring servers up and shut them down once they are done.
Does anyone have any experience with something like this? I am looking for advise, gotchas etc.
thanks.
You sure can do it and I have helped other to make it happen on hundreds on nodes. Take a look at Windows Azure Rest API to configure your role as described here. While others may have other idea, I think the general steps would be as below:
Create a master machine or a webrole to manage your roles using REST API
Create a worker role instance and use it to clone multiple instances as if needed
Use REST API to start and shutdown worker role along with update the instance count when in need
Use Azure Boot Strapper to bootstrap the VM depend on your requirement
Azure REST based Service Management API can work from a web app or a standalone app, so you can also have a web role to make it happen from anywhere in world. This way you don't need any on premise components at all as it will be totally cloud solution. If you need any help on creating web role I sure can help.
You can provision Virtual Machines using Service Management REST API (there's also a managed API on NuGet).
But in your case you might want to consider using Cloud Services (PaaS). With Cloud Services you simply build your application, you package it and deploy it. Then using the portal or the management API you can simply configure the number of instances. There is even a command line tool (csmanage.exe) which allows you to to change the number of instances through the service configuration.

Why do I need to create Mutiple SSPs

Why do I need to create Multiple SSPs in MOSS?
My manager (sharepoint administrator) asked me to create another SSP which he wanted to use for TOP Management users. He didnt tell me what was the reason for it.
I was wondering what all scenarios we need to create Multiple SSPs. Any ideas?
Very vague question, please add more info!
And as a general answer, you don't need to, the concept is to share the services under the SSP between multiple web applications, what scenario do you have to need to create more than one?
Edit after question update:
An SSP host the services that will be used ( consumed ) by any associated Web applications. These services include :
Profiles
Audiences
Business Data Catalog Connections
Search and Indexing
Single Sign On
Excel Services
Usage Reporting
Source
So if your manager won't actually have something special on any of those services, I don't see a reason to do it. We had a customer once that needed the entire mysite and profiles customized, so we created a SSP just for that one web application.

Azure - Self service user creation

I am designing / building a solution, in order to learn Azure.
First requirement is that users should be able to register themselves, login and have a change password / forgotten passord functionality.
Is there some standard functionality that gives this? For example is it included in ASP.Net MVC2, and will that run on the current version of Azure?
If there is standard functionality for this, where will the data be stored? Is Azure SQL a requirement.
Have a look at the standard asp.net MembershipProvider and RoleProviders, you can use these out the box, or created custom providers to implement this functionality using your own storage/architecture.

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