Configuring a WebSphere Application Server with Federal Information Processing Standard enabled

You can set up the workbench to connect to a WebSphere® Application Server with Federal information Processing Standard (FIPS) enabled.

Before you begin

Important: Applicable to WebSphere Application Server traditional

About this task

To connect the workbench to a WebSphere Application Server with FIPS enabled:

Procedure

  1. Verify that you have the correct server configuration to enable FIPS:
    1. In addition to enabling the FIPS option on the server, such as selecting the Use the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) option in the administrative console of WebSphere Application Server, verify that you configured the sas.client.props and soap.client.props files correctly on the server.
      Important: The configuration changes to the sas.client.props and soap.client.props files must be done at the profile-level and not at the server-level. Modify the sas.client.props and soap.client.props files that are found in the profile-level at y:/profiles/profile_name/properties directory. Do not modify the soap.client.props file that is found in the server-level at y:/properties directory, where y is the installation directory of WebSphere Application Server.
      For configuration details, see the Configuring Federal Information Processing Standard Java Secure Socket Extension files topic links available in the Before you begin section.
      Tip: If the message FIPS is enabled displays in the SystemOut.log file, which is in the y:/profiles/profile_name/logs/server_name directory, where y is the installation directory of WebSphere Application Server, you successfully enabled FIPS on the server.
  2. If you are connecting to a remote server, verify that you made the same changes to the sas.client.props, soap.client.props, and java.security files in the following two locations.
    • The server files, as instructed in the Before you begin section and the previous steps.
    • The workbench files: The sas.client.props and soap.client props files are in the x:/runtimes/base_v<y>_stub/profiles/profile_name/properties directory. The java.security file is in the x:/runtimes/base_v<y>_stub/java/jre/lib/security directory, where x is the installation directory of this product and <y> is the version-level of the WebSphere Application Server.
  3. Open the workbench of the product.
  4. Start the WebSphere Application Server.
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