Configure a Web Service client for LTPA token authentication: specifying LTPA token authentication
Overview
Use this task to configure Lightweight Third-Party Authentication (LTPA) token authentication. Only configure the client for LTPA token authentication if the authentication mechanism configured in WAS is LTPA. When a client authenticates to a WebSphere Application Server, the credential created contains an LTPA token. When a Web service calls a downstream Web service, one can configure the first Web service to send the LTPA token from the originating client. Do not attempt to configure LTPA from a pure client. LTPA works only when you configure the client-side of a Web service acting as a client to a downstream Web service. For the downstream Web service to validate the LTPA token, the LTPA keys on both servers must be the same.
Complete the following steps to specify LTPA token as the authentication method:
Procedure
- Launch an assembly tool.
- Click...
Windows | Open perspective | Other | J2EE | Application Client Projects | appname | appClientModule | META-INF | application-client.xml (right-click) | Open with | Deployment descriptor editor- Click the Extensions tab, which is located at the bottom of the deployment descriptor editor within the assembly tool.
- Expand the Request sender configuration | Login configuration section.
- Select LTPA as the authentication method.
What to do next
After you specify LTPA token as the authentication method, specify how to collect the LTPA token information.
See Also
Lightweight Third Party Authentication
Related Tasks
Configuring the client for LTPA token authentication: collecting the authentication method information
Configuring the client security bindings using an assembly tool
Configuring the security bindings on a server acting as a client using the administrative console