Configuring Web services security using JAX-RPC at the platform level
In the platform configuration, general properties and additional properties can be specified, and the default binding is included. We can configure security for Web services at a platform level with a variety of tasks including configuring key locators, trust anchors, and the collection certificate at the generator, consumer binding, and sever levels.
Before you begin
Besides the application-level constraints, there is a cell-level and server-level Web services security (WSS) configuration called a platform-level configuration:
- These configurations are global for all applications and include some configurations only for WAS V5.x applications and some only for version 6.0.x applications.
- Use the default binding as an application-level binding configuration so that applications do not have to define the binding in the application. There is only one set of default bindings that can be shared by multiple applications. This set is only available for WAS V6.x applications.
Therefore, binding configuration files can be specified at these levels: application, server, and cell. Each binding configuration overrides the next higher one. For any deployed application, the nearest configuration binding is applied. The visibility scope of the binding depends on where the file is located. If the binding is defined in an application, its visibility is scoped to that particular application. If it is located at the server level, the visibility scope is all applications that are deployed on that server. For Network Deployment, if it is located at the cell level, the visibility scope is all applications deployed on all servers of the cell.
About this task
To ensure Web services security at the platform level, we can configure:
- A nonce on the server or cell level
- The key locator for the generator or consumer binding on the application level, server level, or cell level
- Trust anchors for the generator or consumer binding on the application level, server level, or cell level
- The collection certificate store for the generator or consumer binding on the application level, server level or cell level
- Trusted ID evaluators on the server or cell level
Procedure
- To configure a nonce on the server or cell level, see the steps in Configuring a nonce on the server or cell level
- To configure the key locator for the generator binding on the application level, see the steps in Configuring the key locator using JAX-RPC for the generator binding on the application level
- To configure the key locator for the consumer binding on the application level, see the steps in Configuring the key locator for the consumer binding on the application level
- To configure the key locator on the server or cell level, see the steps in Configuring the key locator on the server or cell level
- To configure trust anchors for the generator binding on the application level, see the steps in Configuring trust anchors for the generator binding on the application level
- To configure trust anchors for the consumer binding on the application level, see the steps in Configuring trust anchors for the consumer binding on the application level
- To configure trust anchors on the server or cell level, see the steps in Configuring trust anchors on the server or cell level
- To configure the collection certificate store for the generator binding on the application level, see the steps in Configuring the collection certificate store for the generator binding on the application level
- To configure the collection certificate store for the consumer binding on the application level, see the steps in Configuring the collection certificate store for the consumer binding on the application level
- To configure the collection certificate on the server or cell level, see the steps in Configuring the collection certificate on the server or cell level
- To configure trusted ID evaluators on the server or cell level, see the steps in Configuring trusted ID evaluators on the server or cell level
Results
By completing these steps, you have configured Web services security at the platform level.
See also
Configuring a nonce on the server or cell level
Distributing nonce caching to servers in a cluster
Configuring the key locator using JAX-RPC for the generator binding on the application level
Configuring the key locator for the consumer binding on the application level
Configuring the key locator on the server or cell level
Configuring trust anchors for the generator binding on the application level
Configuring trust anchors for the consumer binding on the application level
Configuring trust anchors on the server or cell level
Configuring the collection certificate store for the generator binding on the application level
Configuring the collection certificate store for the consumer binding on the application level
Configuring the collection certificate on the server or cell level
Configuring trusted ID evaluators on the server or cell level
Related tasks
Securing Web services applications using JAX-RPC at the message level