Security installation tasks

When WebSphere MQ is first installed and customized, perform these security-related tasks:

1. Set up WebSphere MQ data set and system security by:

   • Authorizing the queue manager started-task procedure xxxxMSTR and the distributed queuing started-task procedure xxxxCHIN to run under RACF.

   • Authorizing access to queue manager data sets.

   • Authorizing access to resources for those user IDs that will use the queue manager and utility programs.

   • Authorizing access for those queue managers that will use the coupling facility list structures.

   • Authorizing access for those queue managers that will use DB2.

2. Set up RACF definitions for WebSphere MQ security.

3. If you want to use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), prepare your system to use certificates and keys (see Configuring your system to use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)).