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,
read about assembly tools.
- Switch to the Java™ Platform,
Enterprise Edition (Java EE)
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.