Services are used by Penrose Server to provide interface for Penrose clients. Services are configured in conf/server.xml:

<server>

  <service name="...">

    <service-class>...</service-class>

    <parameter>
      <param-name>...</param-name>
      <param-value>...</param-value>
    </parameter>

  </service>

</server>

Penrose contains 2 built-in services:

• JMX Service
• LDAP Service

JMX Service

JMX Service is responsible for handling requests from JMX clients (e.g. Penrose Studio). The default service name is "JMX Service" and class name is "org.safehaus.penrose.management.PenroseJMXService".

LDAP Service

LDAP Service is responsible for handling requests from LDAP clients (e.g. LDAP command line tool, LDAP browser). The default service name is "LDAP Service" and the class name is "org.safehaus.penrose.ldap.PenroseLDAPService".