Configuring Tivoli Access Manager plug-in for web servers for use with WebSphere Application Server
Tivoli® Access Manager plug-in for web servers can be used as a security gateway for your protected WebSphere® Application Server resources.
About this task
Procedure
- The Tivoli Access Manager plug-in for web servers configuration shows IV headers configured for post-authorization processing, and basic authentication that is configured as the authentication mechanism and for post-authorization processing, as shown in the following example.
- After a request is authorized, the basic authentication header is removed from the request (strip-hdr=always) and a new one is added (add-hdr=supply).
- Included in this new header is the password that is set when the SSO user is created in Creating a trusted user account in Tivoli Access Manager.
- Specify this password in the supply-password parameter and it is passed in the newly created header. This basic authentication header enables trust between WebSphere Application Server and the plug-in.
- An iv-creds header is also added (generate=iv-creds), which contains the credential information of the user passed onto WebSphere Application Server. Session cookies are used to maintain session state.
Example
[common-modules]
authentication = BA
session = session-cookie
post-authzn = BA
post-authzn = iv-headers
[iv-headers]
accept = all
generate = iv-creds
[BA]
strip-hdr = always
add-hdr = supply
supply-password = sso_user_password