Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows
Securing WSRP by LTPA for a Consumer portal
If the Producer from whom you consume WSRP services in your Consumer portal has enabled security by LTPA token authentication, you need to configure your Consumer portal for LTPA token authentication .
With IBM® WebSphere® Portal Express you can use all security tokens that IBM WebSphere Application Server supports. For most tokens the Consumer and Producer portal need to share the same user registry, for example, LTPA. The example scenarios and configuration procedures in the following sections use LTPA token forwarding. For more general and detailed information about how to configure LTPA refer to the WebSphere Application Server information center, especially under the following locations:
- http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r0/topic/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/twbs_confappwssassembly.html.
- http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r0/topic/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/info/ae/ae/catk_assemblytools.html
To configure LTPA token authentication for your Consumer portal, proceed by the tasks listed in the following. After completing all tasks, make sure that you restart the portal. In a cluster configuration, restart the portal on each node.
- Exporting the portal EAR file
When you configure WSRP security by LTPA authentication, you start by exporting the portal EAR file so that you can later make the modifications required for LTPA authentication. - Importing the portal EAR file into an assembly tool
Import the portal EAR file into an assembly tool in which you can later modify the file and configure it for WSRP security by LTPA authentication - Configuring the Consumer portal for LTPA token authentication
After you have exported the portal EAR file and imported it into the assembly tool, you can now make the modifications required to configure your Consumer portal for LTPA authentication. You can also have your Consumer portal support multiple Producers with different Web services security configurations. - Exporting the modified portal EAR file from the assembly tool
After you have made the modifications for security by LTPA authentication, you export the portal EAR file from the assembly tool so that you can redeploy it. - Redeploying the portal EAR file
After you have modified the portal EAR file for LTPA authentication and exported it from the assembly tool, you can now redeploy the file.