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Set HTTP outbound TLS with an assembly tool


Configure the HTTP outbound TLS with an assembly tool.

Configure HTTP outbound TLS with assembly tools provided with WAS.

This task is one of several ways that we can configure the HTTP outbound TLS for a Web Service acting as a client to another Web service server. We can also configure the HTTP outbound TLS with the admin console or by using the Java properties. If we do not configure the HTTP outbound TLS, the Web services runtime defers to the Java EE security runtime in the WebSphere product for an effective SSL configuration. If there is no SSL configuration with the Java EE security runtime in the WebSphere product, the JSSE system properties are used.

If we configure the HTTP outbound TLS with assembly tool or with the admin console, the WS-Security binding information is modified. If we have not yet installed the Web services application into WAS, we can configure the HTTP SSL configuration with an assembly tool. This task assumes that you have not deployed the Web services application into the WebSphere product.

If we configure the HTTP outbound TLS using the standard Java properties for JSSE, the properties are configured as system properties. The configuration specified in the binding takes precedence over the Java properties. However, the configurations specified by the Java EE security programming model, or are associated with the Dynamic selection, have a higher precedence.

Review the topic Secure communications using SSL for more information.

 

  1. Start an assembly tool. Read about starting the assembly tool in the Rational Application Developer documentation.

  2. If we have not done so already, configure the assembly tool so that it works on Java EE modules. we need to make sure that the Java EE and Web categories are enabled. Read about configuring the assembly tool in the Rational Application Developer documentation.

  3. Migrate the WAR files that are created with the Assembly Toolkit, Application Assembly Tool (AAT) or a different tool to the Rational Application Developer assembly tool. To migrate files, import the WAR files to the assembly tool. Read about migrating code artifacts to an assembly tool in the Rational Application Developer documentation.

  4. Set the HTTP outbound TLS. Read about enabling Web service endpoints in the Rational Application Developer documentation.

 

Results

we have configured the HTTP outbound TLS for a Web Service acting as a client to another Web service with an assembly tool.


Assembly tools

 

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