Configure WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Commerce using basic authentication

To configure WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Commerce to use basic authentication, complete configuration tasks on each machine. About this task

Complete the following steps:

1. On your WebSphere Commerce machine:

   • Configure basic authentication for WebSphere Commerce.

2. On your WebSphere Portal machine:

   1. Enable WebSphere Portal security with a LDAP user registry.

   2. Install the WebSphere Commerce sample portal application.

   3. Configure basic authentication for WebSphere Portal.

   4. Configure the sample portlets.

• Configure basic authentication for WebSphere Commerce
  
  Basic authentication is an authentication method that is designed to allow client programs to provide credentials - in the form of a user name and password - when making a request. Basic authentication relies on the assumption that the connection between the client and server computers is secure and can be trusted.

• Configure basic authentication for WebSphere Portal
  
  Basic authentication is an authentication method that is designed to allow client programs to provide credentials - in the form of a user name and password - when making a request. Although the scheme is implemented, it relies on the assumption that the connection between the client and server computers is secure and can be trusted.

Related concepts

WebSphere Commerce integration with WebSphere Portal Authentication types Basic authentication WebSphere Commerce Portal Integration site architecture Portlet packaging structure - - -