Deploying applications that have security constraints (secured applications) is similar to deploying applications with no security constraints. The only difference is that you might need to assign users and groups to roles for a secured application, which requires that you have the correct active user registry. If you are installing a secured application, roles would have been defined in the application. If delegation was required in the application, RunAs roles also are defined and a valid user name and password must be provided.
Before you perform this task, verify that you have designed, developed, and assembled an application with all the relevant security configurations. For more information about these tasks, see the WebSphere® Integration Developer information center. In this context, deploying and installing an application are considered the same task.
One of the required steps to deploy secured applications is to assign users and groups to the roles that were defined when the application was constructed. This task is completed as part of the step entitled, "Map security roles to users and groups". If an assembly tool was employed, this assignment might have been completed in advance. In that case, you can confirm the mapping by completing this step. You can add new users and groups and modify existing information during this step.
If a RunAs role has been defined in the application, the application will invoke methods using an identity setup during deployment. Use the RunAs role to specify the identity under which the downstream invocations are made. For example, if the RunAs role is assigned user "bob", and the client, "alice", is invoking a servlet (with delegation set) that calls the enterprise beans, the method on the enterprise beans is invoked with "bob" as the identity.
As part of the deployment process, one of the steps is to assign or modify users to the RunAs roles. This step is entitled, "Map RunAs roles to users". Use this step to assign new users or modify existing users to RunAs roles when the delegation policy is set to SpecifiedIdentity.
The steps described below are common for both installing an application and modifying an existing application. If the application contains roles, you see the Map security roles to users and groups link during application installation and also during managing applications, as a link in the Additional properties section.