Setting up security for a Network Deployment environment

Increasing the security of your Network Deployment environment requires steps in addition to those required for a stand-alone version of WebSphere Process Server.

Before you begin

You must be running the administrative console on the server which is acting as the deployment manager.

Why and when to perform this task

Take the following steps to set up security in a Network Deployment environment.

Steps for this task

  1. Enable global security.

    On the administrative console, expand Security, click Global security, and select the Enable global security check box.

  2. Optional: Enable Java 2 security permission checking, if required.

    Select the Enforce Java 2 security check box to enforce Java 2 security.

    With Java 2 security enabled, an application that requires more Java 2 security permissions than are granted in the default policy might fail to run properly until the required permissions are granted in either the app.policy file or the was.policy file of the application. AccessControl exceptions are generated by applications that do not have all the required permissions. For more information about Java 2 security, see the topic on Configuring Java 2 security policy files in the WebSphere Application Server Information Center.

  3. Set the Lightweight Third Party Authentication (LTPA) as the authentication mechanism.

    Click Lightweight Third Party Authentication (LTPA) on the Active authentication mechanism list. LTPA is the only authentication mechanism that is supported in WebSphere Process Server.

  4. Enter a password to be used for LTPA key storage.

    Expand Authentication mechanisms and select LTPA. In the Password field, enter a password and type the same password in the Confirm password field. This password is used for the LTPA key storage. Confirm your changes by clicking Apply.

  5. Configure LDAP as the user registry. You must use LDAP as the user registry in a network deployment environment. See Configuring Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) as the user registry for details.
  6. Ensure that the security information is propagated to the nodes of the cell.

    Select the Synchronize with Nodes check box.

  7. Save your changes

    Click OK.

  8. Restart the deployment manager, the nodes, and the servers.
Related information
Configuring Java 2 security policy files

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