Basic authentication (BasicAuth)
refers to the user ID and password of a valid user in the registry
of the target server. BasicAuth information can be collected in many
ways, including through an administrative console prompt, a standard
in (Stdin) prompt, or specified in the bindings that prevents user
interaction.
Before you begin
Important: There is an important distinction between
Version 5.x and Version 6.0.x 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.
For more information
on BasicAuth authentication, see: BasicAuth authentication method.
About this task
Attention: WebSphere Application
Server supports nonce (randomly generated token) with BasicAuth authentication.
For more information, see Nonce.
Complete the following steps
to specify BasicAuth as the authentication method:
Procedure
- Launch an assembly tool. See more information
on the assembly tools.
- Switch to the Java Platform,
Enterprise Edition (Java EE)
perspective. Click .
- Click .
- Right-click the application-client.xml file,
select .
- Click the WS Extensions tab, which
is located at the bottom of the deployment descriptor editor within
the assembly tool.
- Expand the section.
The only valid login configuration choices for a pure client
are BasicAuth and Signature.
- Select BasicAuth to authenticate
the client using a user ID and a password. This user ID
and password must be specified in the target user registry. The other
choice, Signature, attempts to authenticate the client using the certificate
used to digitally sign the message.