Configure HTTP outbound transport level security with an assembly tool

This topic explains how to configure the HTTP outbound transport level security with an assembly tool.

You can configure HTTP outbound transport level security with assembly tools provided with WebSphere Application Server.

You must configure the assembly tool before you can use it.

This task is one of three ways that you can configure the HTTP outbound transport level security for a Web Service acting as a client to another Web service. You can also configure the HTTP outbound transport level security with the
administrative console or by using the Java properties. The configuration of HTTP outbound transport-level security for a Web service is based on the Secured Sockets Layer (SSL) configuration repertoires of the WebSphere Application Server. Review Configuring Secure Sockets Layer for more information.

If you choose to configure the HTTP outbound transport level security with assembly tool or with the administrative console, the Web services security binding information is modified. If you have not yet installed the Web services application into WebSphere Application Server, you 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 you configure the HTTP outbound transport level security using the Java properties, the properties are configured as system properties. However, the configuration specified in the binding takes precedence over the Java properties.

Configure the HTTP outbound transport level security with the following steps provided in this task section.

1. Start an assembly tool. The assembly tools, Application Server Toolkit (AST) and Rational Web Developer, provide a graphical interface for developing code artifacts, assembling the code artifacts into various archives (modules) and configuring related Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Version 1.2, 1.3 or 1.4 compliant deployment descriptors.

2. Configure the HTTP outbound transport level security in the Web Services Client Port Binding page for a Web service client. The Web Services Client Port Binding page is available after double-clicking the client deployment descriptor file.

ResultYou have configured the HTTP outbound transport level security for a Web Service acting as a client to another Web service with an assembly tool.

What to do next

Related concepts
HTTP basic authentication

Related tasks
Configuring Federal Information Processing Standard Java Secure Socket Extension files
Securing Web services for version 5.x applications based on WS-Security

Related reference
HTTP SSL Configuration collection