IBM App Connect Enterprise, Version 11.0.0.2 Operating Systems: Windows, Linux


Enabling administration security by using the node.conf.yaml or server.conf.yaml configuration file

Enable administration security on an integration node or integration server to control which users can complete specific tasks against it and its resources.

About this task

If you do not enable administration security for an integration node, all users are able to complete all actions against the integration node and all its managed integration servers. If you do not enable administration security for an independent integration server (which is not managed by an integration node), all users are able to complete all actions against that integration server and its resources. If administration security is not enabled, web users can access the web user interface as the default user, with unrestricted access to data and resources.

You can enable administration security and specify the authorization mode for the integration node or server, by setting the adminSecurity and authMode properties in the node.conf.yaml or server.conf.yaml configuration file for the relevant integration node or server.

Procedure

  1. Stop the integration node or server, as described in Starting and stopping an integration node on Windows and Linux systems.
  2. Open the node.conf.yaml or server.conf.yaml configuration file for your integration node or server, by using a YAML editor.

    If you do not have access to a YAML editor, you can edit the file by using a plain text editor; however, you must ensure that you do not include any tab characters, because they are not valid characters in YAML and would cause your configuration to fail. If you are using a plain text editor, ensure that you use a YAML validation tool to validate the content of your file.

  3. In the relevant node.conf.yaml or server.conf.yaml file, set the adminSecurity and authMode properties, which control the settings for administration security:
    1. Enable administration security by setting the adminSecurity property to active:
      adminSecurity: active
    2. Specify the authorization mode that you require, by setting the authMode property. For example, to enable administration security with the file-based authorization mode:
      authMode: file
  4. Save the modified .yaml file.
  5. Restart the integration node or server for the changes to take effect.

What to do next

Set the required permissions to enable users to complete the appropriate tasks on the integration node or server and its resources. This task is described in Authorizing users for administration. For more information about specifying authorization modes, see Configuring administration security to use file-based or queue-based authorization.

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