A provider file contains profile information for a security provider.
If you want to use your own third-party security providers, you must explicitly register them though the Security Providers tool. To register a security provider, you upload a provider file that contains the profile information needed for registration.
A provider file is a JAR file that contains the following data:
A manifest that describes one or more external security providers. Each security provider has the following settings:
Provider Name
Provider Description
Provider Type
Provider Factory Class Name
Properties that specify configuration details for the provider. This can be a list of name-value pairs: property names with default values.
Provider implementation and any required third-party libraries.
The
Informatica
Resource Kit
copies a sample implementation of a provider file on the
Hub Server
. For more information about the sample provider file, see the