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Configure eTrust SiteMinder for authentication and authorization

You can configure Computer Associates eTrust SiteMinder to perform both authentication and authorization for IBM WebSphere Portal. Using eTrust SiteMinder to perform only authorization is not supported at this time.

To configure eTrust SiteMinder for authentication and authorization:

  1. Copy the smagent.properties file from the eTrust SiteMinder application server agent installation directory to the following directory:

    Option Description
    Windows WP_PROFILE\properties
    UNIX WP_PROFILE/properties

  2. By default, the Netegrity Application Server Agent installation enables agents other than the one used for authentication. These agents have not been tested with WebSphere Portal and should be disabled. Modify the following files under the eTrust SiteMinder installation directory to set EnableWebAgent=no:

    • Asa-Agent-az.conf

    • Asa-Agent-auth.conf

  3. Edit wkplc_comp.properties file:

    Option Description
    Windows in WP_PROFILE\ConfigEngine\properties directory
    UNIX in WP_PROFILE/ConfigEngine/properties directory

  4. Enter only the following parameters in the wkplc_comp.properties file under the Namespace management parameters heading:

    1. For wp.ac.impl.EACserverName, type the Namespace context information to further distinguish externalized portal role names from other role names in the namespace.

      If set, wp.ac.impl.EACcellName and wp.ac.impl.EACappname must also be set.

    2. For wp.ac.impl.EACcellName, type the Namespace context information to further distinguish externalized portal role names from other role names in the namespace.

      If set, wp.ac.impl.EACserverName and wp.ac.impl.EACappname must also be set.

    3. For wp.ac.impl.EACappname, type the Namespace context information to further distinguish externalized portal role names from other role names in the namespace.

      If set, wp.ac.impl.EACcellName and wp.ac.impl.EACserver must also be set.

    4. For wp.ac.impl.reorderRoles, type false to keep the role order or true to reorder the roles by resource type first.

  5. Enter the following parameters in the wkplc_comp.properties file under the Netegrity SiteMinder heading:

    1. For wp.ac.imp.SMDomain, type the eTrust SiteMinder Domain containing all externalized resources.

    2. For wp.ac.impl.SMScheme, type the eTrust SiteMinder Authentication scheme object name to use when creating realms.

    3. For wp.ac.impl.SMAgent, type the agent name that is created on eTrust SiteMinder for a specific external security manager instance.

    4. For wp.ac.impl.SMAgentPwd, type the password for wp.ac.impl.SMAgent.

    5. For wp.ac.impl.SMadminId, type the administrative user ID that eTrust SiteMinder will use to access the eTrust SiteMinder policy server.

    6. For wp.ac.impl.SMAdminPwd, type the password for wp.ac.impl.SMadminId.

    7. For wp.ac.impl.SMUserDir, type the eTrust SiteMinder User Directory object referencing the LDAP user registry.

    8. For wp.ac.impl.SMFailover, type true if more than one server is listed in wp.ac.impl.SMServers or type false if no additional servers are available for failover.

    9. For wp.ac.impl.SMServers, type a comma-delimited list of servers for the eTrust SiteMinder agent.

  6. Save changes to the wkplc_comp.properties file.

  7. Run the following task to configure eTrust SiteMinder for authentication and authorization:

    Option Description
    Windows ConfigEngine.bat enable-sm-all from the WP_PROFILE\ConfigEngine directory
    UNIX ./ConfigEngine.sh enable-sm-all from the...

    WP_PROFILE/ConfigEngine

    ...directory

  8. To stop and restart the server1 and WebSphere_Portal servers:

    1. Open a command prompt and change to the following directory:

      • Windows: WP_PROFILE\bin

      • UNIX: WP_PROFILE/bin

    2. Stop the WAS:

    3. Stop the WebSphere_Portal server:

      • Windows: stopServer.bat WebSphere_Portal -username adminid -password passwd

      • UNIX: ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username adminid -password passwd

    4. Start the WAS:

      • Windows: startServer.bat server1

      • UNIX: ./startServer.sh server1

    5. Start the WebSphere_Portal server:

      • Windows: startServer.bat WebSphere_Portal

      • UNIX: ./startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal

Depending on your configuration, the XML configuration interface may not be able to access WebSphere Portal through eTrust SiteMinder. To allow the XML configuration interface to access, use eTrust SiteMinder to define the configuration URL (/wps/config) as unprotected. Refer to the eTrust SiteMinder documentation for specific instructions.

 

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Configure eTrust SiteMinder