Configure authentication aliases for the Liberty profile

We can configure an authentication data alias to use with a resource reference for authentication on the Liberty profile.

We can use an authentication data alias by defining a user and password for authentication in the Liberty profile. To do this, add the jdbc-4.0 Liberty feature to server.xml and add at least one authData element.

There is no authentication alias principal mapping module support.

1. Add the jdbc-4.0 Liberty features in server.xml.

       <featureManager>
           <feature>jdbc-4.0</feature>
       </featureManager>

2. Configure the authData element in server.xml as follows. Use a unique name for the assigned id attribute value.
   <authData id="auth1" user="dbuser1" password="dbuser1pwd"/>

3. Configure the IBM deployment descriptor, for example, the ibm-web-bnd.xml file, of the application using the authentication-alias element in the resource reference. The name attribute value must match the id attribute defined in server.xml.

      <resource-ref name="jdbc/mydbresource" binding-name="jdbc/mydbresource">
        <authentication-alias name="auth1"/>
      </resource-ref>

Parent topic: Secure the Liberty profile and its applications

Tasks:

Authorizing access to resources

Reference:

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