Update and redeploying secured applications
Before you begin
Before you perform this task, secure Web applications, secure EJB
applications, and deploy them in WebSphere Application Server. This section
addresses the way to update existing applications.
Procedure
- Use the administrative console to modify the existing users and
groups mapping to roles. For information on the required steps,
see Assigning users and groups to roles.
- Use the administrative console to modify the users for the RunAs
roles. For information on the required steps, see Assigning users to RunAs roles .
- Complete the changes and save them.
- Stop and restart the application for the changes to become effective.
- Use the an assembly tool. For more information, see Assembling applications.
- Use an assembly tool to modify roles, method permissions, auth-constraints,
data-constraints and so on. For more information, see Assembling
applications.
- Save the Enterprise Archive (EAR) file, uninstall the old application,
deploy the modified application and start the application to make the changes
effective.
Result
The applications are modified and redeployed. This step is required
to modify existing secured applications.
What to do next
If information about roles is modified make sure you update the user
and group information using the administrative console. Once the secured applications
are modified and either restarted or redeployed, make sure that the changes
are effective by accessing the resources in the application.
Related Tasks
Assigning users and groups to roles
Assigning users to RunAs roles
See Also
Security: Resources for learning
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