Set security domains using scripting

Use this topic to create multiple security domains in the configuration. By creating multiple security domains, we can configure different security attributes for admin and user applications within a cell environment.

You must have the administrator role to configure security domains. Also, enable global security in the environment before configuring multiple security domains.

We can create multiple security domains to customize the security configuration. Use multiple security domains to achieve the following goals:

• Set different security attributes for admin and user applications within a cell

• Consolidate server configurations by managing different security configurations within a cell

• Restrict access between applications with different user registries, or configure trust relationships between applications to support communication across registries

Use the following steps to create a new security domain with wsadmin:

 

1. Launch the wsadmin scripting tool using the Jython scripting language.

2. Create a security domain.

   To create a security domain, we can create a new security domain, copy an existing security domain, or copy the existing global security configuration.

   • Use the createSecurityDomain command to create the domain-security.xml and domain-security-map.xml security files in the $WP_PROFILE/config/waspolicies/default/security_configuration_name directory. No configuration data is added to domain-security.xml. Use the following Jython command example to create a security domain:

     AdminTask.createSecurityDomain('-securityDomainName securityDomain1 -securityDomainDescription "handles user applications"')

     The command returns the object name of the security domain created, as the following example output demonstrates:

     'waspolicies/default/securitydomains/mydomain:domain-security.xml#AppSecurity_1183132319126'

   • Use the copySecurityDomain command to create a new security domain with the attributes of an existing security domain. If the security configuration of the existing domain has an active user registry defined, then a new realm name for that registry must be used in the new security configuration. If a realm name is not specified with the copySecurityDomain command, then the command assigns a name. Specify the following parameters to copy an existing security domain:

     
     

     Table 1. copySecurityDomain command parameter descriptions

     Parameter	Description
     -securityDomainName	Name of the new security domain to create (String, required)
     -copyFromSecurityDomainName	Name of the existing security domain to copy (String, required)
     -realmName	Name of the realm in the security domain to create. The system assigns the realm name to the active user registry in the security domain (String, optional)
     -securityDomainDescription	Description for the security domain to create (String, optional)

     Use the following Jython command to copy an existing security domain:

     AdminTask.copySecurityDomain('-securityDomainName copyOfDomain1 -copyFromSecurityDomainName securityDomain1')

     The command returns the object name of the new security domain, as the following example output demonstrates:

     'waspolicies/default/securitydomains/copyOfDomain1:domain-security.xml#AppSecurity_1183132319186'

   • Use the copySecurityDomainFromGlobalSecurity command to create a security domain by copying the global security configuration. If the global security configuration has an active user registry defined, then a new realm name for that registry must be used for the security domain to create. If we do not specify a realm name, then the command assigns a name. Specify the following parameters to copy the global security configuration:

     
     

     Table 2. copySecurityDomainFromGlobalSecurity command parameter descriptions

     Parameter	Description
     -securityDomainName	Name of the new security domain to create (String, required)
     -realmName	Name of the realm in the security domain to create. The system assigns the realm name to the active user registry in the security domain (String, optional)
     -securityDomainDescription	Description for the security domain to create (String, optional)

     Use the following Jython command to copy the global security configuration:

     AdminTask.copySecurityDomainFromGlobalSecurity('-securityDomainName GScopy')

     The command returns the object name of the new security domain, as the following example output demonstrates:

     'waspolicies/default/securitydomains/copyOfDomain1:domain-security.xml#AppSecurity_1183132319186'

3. Save the configuration changes...

   AdminConfig.save()

 

What to do next

Use wsadmin to map a scope to the security domain. Additionally, we can configure security artifacts in the newly created domain, by:

• configuring user registries.
• enabling application and Java EE security.
• setting LTPA timeout.
• configuring System and Application JAAS login.
• configuring J2C authorization data.
• configuring Remote Method Invocation over Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (RMI/IIOP) security.

 

Related tasks

Mapping resources to security domains using scripting
Remove security domains using scripting