Enabling global security

Why and when to perform this task

You can decide whether to enable IBM WebSphere Application Server security. You must enable security for all other security settings to function.

Steps for this task

  1. Configuring global security.
    It is important to click Security > Global Security and set the Enabled flag to on so that security is enabled upon a server restart.
  2. Before restarting the server, log off the administrative console.
    You can log off by clicking Logout at the top menu bar.
  3. Stop the server by going to the command line in the WebSphere Application Server /bin directory and issue a stopServer server_name command.
  4. Restart the server in secure mode by issuing the command startServer server_name.
    Once the server is secure, you cannot stop the server again without specifying an administrative user name and password. To stop the server once security is enabled, issue the command, stopServer server_name -username user_id -password password. Alternatively, you can edit the soap.client.props file in the install_root/properties directory and edit the com.ibm.SOAP.loginUserid or com.ibm.SOAP.loginPassword properties to contain these administrative IDs.

    If you have any problems restarting the server, review the output logs in the install_root/logs/server_name directory. Check the Troubleshooting security configurations article for any common problems.


Related concepts
Java 2 security policy files
Related tasks
Configuring global security
Configuring user registries
Configuring Lightweight Third Party Authentication
Related reference
Global security settings
Java 2 security



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Last updated: Jun 21, 2007 8:07:48 PM CDT    WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation, Version 5.0.2
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