J2C Connection Factories settings
Use this page to specify settings for a connection factory.
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Resources | Resource Adapters | resource_adapter | J2C Connection Factories | connection_factory
- Connection Factory Interface
Specifies the fully qualified name of the Connection Factory Interfaces supported by the resource adapter.
This is a required property. For new objects, the list of available classes is provided by the resource adapter in a drop-down list. After you create the connection factory, the field is a read only text field.
Data type Drop-down list or text - Authentication Alias for XA Recovery
This optional field is used to specify the authentication alias that should be used during XA recovery processing.
If the resource adapter does not support XA transactions, then this field will not be displayed. The default value will come from the selected alias for application authentication (if specified).
- Use Component-managed Authentication Alias
- Select this radio button specifies that the alias set for component-managed authentication is used at XA recovery time.
Data type Radio button - Specify:
- Select this radio button enables you to choose an authentication alias from a drop-down list of configured aliases.
Data type Radio button
Configuration tab
- Name
Specifies a list of connection factory display names.
This is a required property.
Data type String - JNDI Name
Specifies the JNDI name of this connection factory.
For example, the name could be eis/myECIConnection.
After you set this value, save it and restart the server. We can see this string when you run the dumpNameSpace tool. This is a required property. If you do not specify a JNDI name, it is filled in by default using the Name field.
Data type String Default eis/display name - Description
Specifies a text description of this connection factory.
Data type String - Category
Specifies a string that use to classify or group this connection factory.
Data type String - Component-managed Authentication Alias
Specifies authentication data for component-managed signon to the resource.
Choose from aliases defined under Security>JAAS Configuration> J2C Authentication Data.
To define a new alias not already appearing in the pick list:
- Click Apply to expose Related Items.
- Click J2C Authentication Data Entries.
- Define an alias.
- Click the connection factory name at the top of the J2C Authentication Data Entries page to return to the connection factory page.
- Select the alias.
Data type Pick-list - Container-managed Authentication Alias (deprecated)
Specifies authentication data (a string path converted to userid and password) for container-managed signon to the resource.
Note: Beginning with WAS v6, the container-managed authentication alias is superseded by the specification of a login configuration on the resource-reference mapping at deployment time, for components with res-auth=Container.
Choose from aliases defined under Security>JAAS Configuration> J2C Authentication Data.
To define a new alias not already appearing in the pick list:
- Click Apply to expose Related Items.
- Click J2C Authentication Data Entries.
- Define an alias.
- Click the connection factory name at the top of the J2C Authentication Data Entries page to return to the connection factory page.
- Select the alias.
Data type Pick-list - Authentication Preference (deprecated)
Specifies the authentication mechanisms defined for this connection factory.
Note: Beginning with WAS v6, the authentication preference is superseded by the combination of the <res-auth> application component deployment descriptor setting and the specification of a login configuration on the resource-reference mapping at deployment time.
This setting specifies which of the authentication mechanisms defined for the corresponding resource adapter applies to this connection factory. Common values, depending on the capabilities of the resource adapter, are: KERBEROS, BASIC_PASSWORD, and None.
If None is chosen, the application component is expected to manage authentication (<res-auth>Application</res-auth>). In this case, the user ID and password are taken from one of the following:
- The component-managed authentication alias
- UserName, Password Custom Properties
- Strings passed on the getConnection method
For example, if two authentication mechanism entries are defined for a resource adapter in the ra.xml document:
- <authentication-mechanism-type>BasicPassword</authentication-mechanism-type>
- <authentication-mechanism-type>Kerbv5</authentication-mechanism-type>
the authentication preference specifies the mechanism to use for container-managed authentication. An exception is issued during server startup if a mechanism that is not supported by the resource adapter is selected.
Data type Pick-list Default BASIC_PASSWORD - Mapping-Configuration Alias (deprecated)
Allows users to select from the Security > JAAS Configuration > Application Logins Configuration list.
Note: Beginning with WAS v6, the Mapping-Configuration Alias is superseded by the specification of a login configuration on the resource-reference mapping at deployment time, for components with res-auth=Container.
The DefaultPrincipalMapping JAAS configuration maps the authentication alias to the userid and password. You may define and use other mapping configurations.
Data type Pick-list