WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 Feature Pack for Web Services
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Modifying the security context token provider configuration for the trust service using the administrative console

WebSphere Application Server provides a pre-configured token, the Security Context Token (SCT). Use the administrative console to modify the configuration of the security context token provider.

Before you begin

WebSphere Application Server provides a trust service. The trust service provides both a security token service and additional WebSphere Application Server trust-related functionality. To configure the trust service, in addition to managing the security context token provider, you must first complete the following tasks:

The order in which you complete these tasks is not important.

About this task

This task describes how to configure the security context token provider and how to define the token provider properties.

Procedure

  1. To configure the security context token provider, click Services > Trust services > Token provider.
  2. If you want to change the configuration of the security context token provider, click the link for the token provider name (token_provider_name). For an existing token, the token name is displayed only. You cannot edit the name.
    1. Change the token schema Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). The format must be in a valid URI format.
  3. Optional: Change the amount of time, in minutes, in the Token timeout field that the issued token is valid. The default value is 120 minutes, and you cannot type a value that is less than 10 minutes.
  4. Optional: Change the amount of time, in minutes, in the Renewal Time field that the expired token is kept in cache and where the token can still be renewed. The default value is 120 minutes, and you cannot type a value that is less than 10 minutes.
  5. Optional: Select the Allow renewal after timeout check box to enable the renewal of a token, after the timeout time has expired. If selected, the amount of time, within which an expired token can still be renewed, is specified in the Time in cache after expiration field.
  6. Optional: Select the Allow postdated tokens check box to enable postdated tokens. Use postdated tokens to specify whether a client can request a token to become valid at a later time.
  7. Optional: Select the Distributed cache check box to enable the use of a distributed cache. Use a distributed cache if the server is in a clustered environment and if you want the tokens to be shared across the cluster.
  8. Click Add if you want to define a new custom property. Specify additional configuration using the Custom Properties setting. Custom properties are used to set internal system configuration properties. Custom properties are arbitrary name-value pairs of data, where the name might be a property key or a class implementation, and where the value might be a string or Boolean value.
    1. If defining a new custom property, type a name. If you define a custom property, you might type: cancelActionRST
    2. If defining a new custom property, type a value. For example, you might type the following Boolean value: true
    3. Repeat the name and value steps for each new custom property.
  9. Click OK. You are returned to the Token provider panel.
  10. Save your changes before applying the changes to the Web services security runtime configuration.
  11. On the Token provider panel, click Update Runtime to update the Web services security runtime configuration with any data changes for token providers, trust service attachments, and targets. Whether the confirmation window is displayed depends on whether you select the Show confirmation for update runtime command check box. Expand Preferences to view the check box.
  12. Optional: Confirm or click Cancel when the confirmation window appears. If you deselected the Show confirmation for update runtime command check box, all changes are made immediately without displaying the confirmation window.

Results

You have completed the required steps to modify the configuration of the security context token provider and to update the Web services security runtime configuration. You can also modify the configuration of the security context token provider for the trust service using the wsadmin tool. The wsadmin tool examples are written in the Jython scripting language.

What to do next

If you have not done so already, you must also configure targets or configure attachments to complete the trust service configuration.




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Last updated: Nov 25, 2008 2:35:59 AM CST
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