Signature authentication, the use of an X.509 certificate to login
on the target server, can be configured.
About this task
Important: There is an important distinction between
Version 5.x and Version 6 and later applications. The information in this
article supports Version 5.x applications only that are used with WebSphere
Application Server Version 6.0.x and later. The information does not apply
to Version 6.0.x and later applications.
This task
is used to configure signature authentication. A signature refers to the use
of an X.509 certificate to login on the target server. For more information
on signature authentication, see Signature authentication method
.
Complete the following steps to specify signature
as the authentication method:
Procedure
- Launch an assembly tool. For more information on the
assembly tools, see Assembly tools
.
- Switch to the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) perspective.
Click Window > Open Perspective > J2EE.
- Click Application Client Projects > application_name >
appClientModule > META-INF.
- Right-click the application-client.xml file, select Open
with > Deployment descriptor editor.
- Click the WS Extension tab, which is located at the bottom of the
deployment descriptor editor within the assembly tool.
- Expand the Request sender configuration > Login configuration section.
The following login configuration options are valid for a managed client
and Web services acting as a client are:
- BasicAuth
- Use this option for a managed client.
- Signature
- Use this option for a managed client.
- IDAssertion
- Use this option for Web services acting as a client.
- Select Signature to authenticate the client using the certificate
used to digitally sign the request.