Configure TAM plug-in for Web servers for use with WAS
Overview
Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) plug-in for Web servers can be used as a security gateway. The plug-in authorizes all user requests before passing the credentials of the authorized user to WAS in the form of an iv-creds header. Trust between the plug-in and WAS is established through use of basic authentication headers containing the single signon (SSO) user password.In the following example TAM plug-in for Web Servers V5.1 configuration shows IV headers configured for post-authorization processing and basic authentication configured as the authentication mechanism and for post-authorization processing. After a request has been authorized the basic authentication header is removed from the request (strip-hdr = always) and a new one added (add-hdr = supply). Included in this new header is the password set when the SSO user was created in...
Creating a trusted user account in TAMThis password needs to be specified in the supply-password parameter and is passed in the newly created header. This basic authentication header enables trust between WAS and the plug-in.
An iv-creds header is also added (generate = iv-creds) which contains the credential information of the user passed onto WAS.
Note also that session cookies are used to maintain session state.
Example
[common-modules]
authentication = BA
session = session-cookie
post-authzn = BA
post-authzn = iv-headers[iv-headers]
accept = all
generate = iv-creds[BA]
strip-hdr = always
add-hdr = supply
supply-password = sso_user_password
What to do next
Configure single signon using the trust association interceptor or Configure single signon using trust association interceptor ++
See Also
Single signon using WebSEAL or the TAM plug-in for Web servers
Related Tasks
Create a trusted user account in Tivoli Access Manager
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