Configure security

We can configure security and wsadmin.sh.

Before starting this task, wsadmin.sh must be running.

If we enable security for an application server cell, supply authentication information to communicate with servers. The sas.client.props and the soap.client.props files are located in the following properties directory for each application server profile:

• profile_root/properties

• The nature of the properties file updates required for running in secure mode depend on whether you connect with a Remote Method Invocation (RMI) connector, a JSR160RMI connector, an Inter-Process Communications (IPC) or a SOAP connector:

  • If we use a Remote Method Invocation (RMI) connector or a JSR160RMI connector, set the following properties in the sas.client.props file with the appropriate values:

    com.ibm.CORBA.loginUserid=
    com.ibm.CORBA.loginPassword=

    Also, set the following property:
    com.ibm.CORBA.loginSource=properties

    The default value for this property is prompt in the sas.client.props file. If we leave the default value, then a dialog box is displayed with a password prompt. If the script is running unattended, then the system stops.

  • If we use a SOAP connector, set the following properties in the soap.client.props file with the appropriate values:

    com.ibm.SOAP.securityEnabled=true
    com.ibm.SOAP.loginUserid=
    com.ibm.SOAP.loginPassword=

    (dist)(zos) Optionally, set the following property:

    com.ibm.SOAP.loginSource=none

    The default value for this property is prompt in the soap.client.props file. If we leave the default value, a dialog box is displayed with a password prompt. If the script is running unattended, then the system stops.

  • If we use an IPC connector, set the following properties in the ipc.client.props file with the appropriate values:

    com.ibm.IPC.loginUserid=
    com.ibm.IPC.loginPassword=

    (dist)(zos) Optionally, set the following property:

    com.ibm.IPC.loginSource=prompt

    The default value for this property is prompt in the soap.client.props file. If we leave the default value, a dialog box appears with a password prompt. If the script is running unattended, it appears to hang.

• Specify user and password information. Choose one of the following methods:

  • Specify user name and password on a command line, using the -user and -password commands, as the following examples demonstrate:
    wsadmin -conntype JSR160RMI -port 2809 -user u1 -password secret1

    (zos)

    wsadmin.sh -conntype JSR160RMI -port 2809 -user u1 -password secret1

  • Specify user name and password in the sas.client.props file for an RMI connector, the ipc.client.props file for the IPC connector, or the soap.client.props file for a SOAP connector.

  If we specify user and password information on a command line and in the sas.client.props file or the soap.client.props file, the command line information overrides the information in the props file.

  The use of -password option may result in security exposure as the password information becomes visible to the system status program such as ps command which can be invoked by other user to display all the running processes. Do not use this option if security exposure is a concern. Instead, specify user and password information in the soap.client.props file for the SOAP connector, the sas.client.props file for the JSR160RMI connector or the Remote Method Invocation (RMI) connector, or the ipc.client.props file for the IPC connector. The soap.client.props, sas.client.props, and ipc.client.props files are located in the properties directory of the profile.

Subtopics

• Enable security
• Enable Java 2 security
• WizardCommands (AdminTask)
• Configure multiple security domains
• Secure communications
• Enable authentication in the file transfer service
• Propagating security policy of installed applications to a JACC provider
• Disable embedded Tivoli Access Manager client using wsadmin
• Configure security auditing
• SSLMigrationCommands (AdminTask)
• IdMgrRepositoryConfig (AdminTask)
• IdMgrRealmConfig (AdminTask)
• IdMgrDataModel (AdminTask)
• IdMgrDBSetup (AdminTask)
• JaspiManagement (AdminTask)
• LTPACommandGroup (AdminTask)
• WIMManagementCommands (AdminTask)
• DescriptivePropCommands (AdminTask)
• AuthorizationGroupCommands (AdminTask)
• FIPSCommands (AdminTask)
• SpnegoTAICommands group (AdminTask) (deprecated)
• The Kerberos configuration file
• SPNEGO web authentication configuration commands
• SPNEGO web authentication filter commands
• Kerberos authentication commands
• (dist)(zos) LTPA_LDAPSecurityOn and LTPA_LDAPSecurityOff command usage

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