Administrative security

Access to the Java Management Extension (JMX) administrative subsystem requires role-based access control when administrative security is enabled.

A client, which can be a user or an administrative client program, can access an MBean method only if at least one of the required roles is granted to the client. WebSphere Application Server uses the declarative security approach to specify the security policy on the JMX MBean. This approach has the advantage of not requiring Bean developers to add security code. Moreover, WAS provides a default security policy for an MBean so in most case MBean developers do not need to specify a security policy at all. With WAS, we can define explicit security policy for our MBeans if the default security policy does not meet your specific security requirements.

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Default MBean security policy

Define an explicit MBean security policy