How to create a user using microstrategy SDK in java (External Security Module) - microstrategy

Question

My goal is to create user using microstrategy SDK and assign filters and groups to the user.
I have a java class CreateUser & SSOESM from SDK. Do I have to create a plugin of the create user class and deploy it in microstrategy intelligence server.
public class CreateUser {
public static WebIServerSession sessionInfo;
public static final String loginName = "NewUser";
public static final String password= "";
public static final String fullName= "New User";
public static final String description="New User Created Programattically";
/* The following information is required to login and manipulate the User management API */
/* iServerName is the IServer we are connecting to */
public static final String iServerName = "localhost";
/* projectName is the project name we are connecting to */
public static final String projectName = "";
/* loginName is the user name we use to login the project */
public static final String adminLoginName = "administrator";
/* loginPasswd is the password we use to login the project */
public static final String adminLoginPasswd = "";
public static void main(String[] args) {
sessionInfo = getServerSession(iServerName, projectName, adminLoginName, adminLoginPasswd);
UserBean user = null;
try {
//Instantiate a new user
user = (UserBean)BeanFactory.getInstance().newBean("UserBean");
user.setSessionInfo(sessionInfo);
user.InitAsNew();
//Fetch properties for the user
WebUser ua = (WebUser) user.getUserEntityObject();
WebStandardLoginInfo loginInfo = ua.getStandardLoginInfo();
//Set basic user information
ua.setLoginName(loginName);
ua.setFullName(fullName);
user.getObjectInfo().setDescription(description);
loginInfo.setPassword(password);
//Set other properties
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(2012, 11, 21);
Date d = cal.getTime();
loginInfo.setPasswordExpirationDate(d); //Password expires on November 21, 2012
loginInfo.setPasswordExpirationFrequency(90); //90 days to expire
loginInfo.setPasswordExpiresAutomatically(true); //If set to false, password never expires
loginInfo.setStandardAuthAllowed(true); //The user can log in using standard auth
user.save();
} catch (WebBeanException ex) {
System.out.println("Error creating a user: " + ex.getMessage());
}
}
public static WebIServerSession getServerSession(String serverName, String Project, String loginName, String password) {
WebIServerSession sessionInfo = null;
try {
WebObjectsFactory woFact = WebObjectsFactory.getInstance();
sessionInfo = woFact.getIServerSession();
sessionInfo.setServerName(serverName);
sessionInfo.setProjectName(Project);
sessionInfo.setLogin(loginName);
sessionInfo.setPassword(password);
sessionInfo.setApplicationType(EnumDSSXMLApplicationType.DssXmlApplicationCustomApp);
//Create a new session
sessionInfo.getSessionID();
} catch (WebObjectsException ex) {
System.out.println("Error creating a sesion");
}
return sessionInfo;
}
}
My goal is when a user try to logon the user should be created on the fly using the sdk classes.

Answer 1

I have to create a plugin and configure the plugin to use the java class you have created as an ESM.
https://lw.microstrategy.com/msdz/MSDZ_World2015/docs/projects/WebSDK/output/HTML5/Content/topics/esm/specifying_the_custom_esm_to_use.htm
With that said its important to understand that the actions you are performing are very expensive. They may degrade the user experience if you are attempting to provide a fast SSO experience. Depending on the implementation you have it may be better to create a custom task, which can be fired when the user authenticates with the third party application. This task can perform all the actions you are describing, and then return a session state. Which can be used in any subsequent connections to MicroStrategy Web.