The Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) customization jobs
create an SSL keyring owned by the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS administrator.
This SSL keyring contains the digital certificate needed to communicate with
WebSphere Application Server. Other MVS user IDs, which require WebSphere
Application Server for z/OS administration require additional customization.
Before you begin
The Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) customization jobs create
an SSL keyring owned by the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS administrator
containing the digital certificate needed to communicate with WebSphere Application
Server. However, additional customization is required for administration by
other MVS user IDs.
Note that the MVS user ID in the description below
is the MVS user ID under which the wsadmin process is running, not
the user ID specified in the wsadmin request.
About this task
In the example below:
- yyyyy is the user ID of the new WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS administrator
- xxxxx is the name of the keyring that is specified in soap.client.props in
the profile_root/properties directory.
- zzzzz is the label name used in the BBOSBRAK jobs to specify
which certificate authority certificate was used to generate server keys
Procedure
- If the new administrator is not a member of the WebSphere Application
Server for z/OS administrative group, make sure that the new user ID has access
to the appropriate RACF keyrings and digital certificates. For
example:
PERMIT IRR.DIGTCERT.LIST CLASS(FACILITY) ID(yyyyy) ACC(READ)
PERMIT IRR.DIGTCERT.LISTRING CLASS(FACILITY) ID(yyyyy) ACC(READ)
- Use the setup completed by the customization jobs as a model for
the additional steps. This information is in the BBOCBRAK member
of the <HLQ>.DATA data set generated during the customization process.
The BBOCBRAK job contains the set of RACF commands that were used:
/* Generating SSL keyrings for WebSphere administrator */
RACDCERT ADDRING(xxxxx) ID( yyyyyy )
/* Connect WebSphere Application Server CA Certificates to Servers keyring */
"RACDCERT ID(yyyyy) CONNECT (RING(xxxxx) LABEL('zzzzz') CERTAUTH"
SETROPTS RACLIST(FACILITY) REFRESH"