You can use the Java Authorization Contract for Containers (JACC) provider for Tivoli Access Manager to manage authentication to enterprise information systems (EIS) such as databases, transaction processing systems, and message queue systems that are located within the WebSphere Application Server security domain. Such authentication is achieved using the global single signon (GSO) principal mapper JAAS login module for J2EE Connector Architecture (J2C) resources.
With GSO principal mapping, a special-purpose JAAS login module inserts a credential into the subject header. This is used by the resource adapter to authenticate to the enterprise information system (EIS). The JAAS login module used is configured on a per-connection factory basis. The default principal mapping module retrieves the user name and password information from XML configuration files. The JACC provider for Tivoli Access Manager bypasses the credential stored in the XML configuration files and instead uses the Tivoli Access Manager GSO database to provide the authentication information for the EIS security domain.
WebSphere Application Server provides a default principal mapping module that associates user credential information with EIS resources. The default mapping module is defined in the WebSphere Application Server administration console on the Application login panel. To access the panel, click Security > Global security. Under JAAS configuration, click Application logins. The mapping module name is DefaultPrincipalMapping.
The EIS security domain user ID and password are defined under each connection factory by an authDataAlias attribute. The authDataAlias attribute does not contain the user name and password; this attribute contains an alias that refers to a user name and password pair that is defined elsewhere.
The Tivoli Access Manager principal mapping module uses the authDataAlias attribute to determine the GSO resource name and the user name that is required to perform the lookup on the Tivoli Access Manager GSO database. The Tivoli Access Manager Policy Server retrieves the GSO data from the user registry.
Tivoli Access Manager stores authentication information on the Tivoli Access Manager GSO database against a resource and user name pair. GSO principal mapping architecture
Related concepts
Single signon
Related tasks
Configuring global signon principal mapping