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Authenticating users for administration
Authentication is the process of establishing the identity of a user or system and verifying that the identity is valid. You can control access to the WebSphere® Message Broker administration interfaces by using the authentication capabilities that are provided with the product.
Before you start:
- WebSphere Message Broker web user interface
- WebSphere Message Broker RESTful application programming interface (API)
If administration security is enabled, users of the web user interface and the RESTful API must log in with a user ID and password, which are authenticated by checking them against the credentials held in the broker. Users' access to data and broker resources is controlled by the permissions that have been associated with their role (system user ID).
If administration security is not enabled, web users can interact with the web user interface without logging on; they interact with the web UI as the 'default' user and can access all data and broker resources. For users of the RESTful API, all REST requests are unrestricted if administration security is not enabled.
- WebSphere Message Broker Explorer
- WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit
- Message Broker API
- Command line
For more information about authenticating users for broker administration, see Managing web user accounts and Accessing the web user interface.