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Workspace Content Manager OnDemand (CMOD)
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 18, 2026

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Support seamless Microsoft Entra ID SSO between IBM Content Navigator and IBM Content Manager OnDemand (CMOD) while preserving CMOD authorization model. Running on ARO.

The important Automotive Customer is modernizing its content archive environment by deploying IBM Navigator on OpenShift(ARO) and migrating enterprise authentication to Microsoft Entra ID. Navigator can already authenticate users via Entra ID, but CMOD continues to rely on LDAP-based authentication and authorization. The important Automotive Customer needs a supported IBM architecture that enables true Single Sign-On from Entra ID through Navigator into CMOD without requiring additional authentication steps and without changing existing CMOD permissions management.
Current Situation
- IBM Navigator is being introduced as the primary user interface for the CMOD archive environment.
- Navigator authentication is integrated with Microsoft Entra ID.
- CMOD authorization and access control are managed inside CMOD and should remain there.
- CMOD currently relies on LDAP-based authentication and does not natively support Microsoft Entra ID authentication.
Requested Enhancement
Provide a supported and documented integration that enables Microsoft Entra ID authentication for IBM Navigator, automatic federation of authenticated user identity into CMOD, seamless SSO experience, preservation of existing CMOD authorization, support for hybrid Active Directory/Entra ID environments, and a reference architecture for OpenShift deployments.

Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
    Oct 1, 2026

    To be clear, we have already achieved full SSO with IBM Content Navigator (Navigator) communicating with Entra ID. Since Content Manager OnDemand (CMOD) has no other integration mechanism, it accepts communication only from configured Trusted Hosts. The remaining issue is the network identity of Navigator when communicating with CMOD. CMOD Trusted Hosts does not support FQDNs and requires IP addresses. Therefore, we need a stable source IP for traffic originating from Navigator in OpenShift. In the current Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment, Navigator does not guarantee a stable source IP. Navigator runs as a Pod, which can be rescheduled to another worker node, and the source IP observed by CMOD may therefore change. The Navigator Operator currently does not provide a mechanism to guarantee a static source IP or otherwise ensure a stable network identity for outbound communication. Please provide or document the IBM-supported mechanism for IBM Content Navigator deployed on Kubernetes/OpenShift to guarantee a stable source IP for outbound communication with Content Manager OnDemand. CMOD Trusted Hosts requires IP addresses and does not support FQDNs, while Navigator does not guarantee a static Pod or Node IP. We therefore need a supported mechanism that ensures Navigator traffic is consistently presented to CMOD from a stable source IP, independently of Pod rescheduling or worker-node changes.

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