Enabling global security

The first step in securing your WebSphere Process Server environment and your applications is to enable global security.

Before you begin

Install WebSphere Process Server and verify the installation before commencing these tasks.

Why and when to perform this task

Open the administrative console for the profile that you want to secure. Log in to the console using any user identity; until the profile is secure, any user name will be accepted.

Steps for this task

  1. Open the global security panel in the administrative console.

    Expand Security and click Global security.

  2. Enable global security.

    Select the Enable global security check box.

  3. Optional: Enforce Java 2 security, if required.

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

    When you enable Java 2 security, 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.

  4. Apply these changes.

    Click the Apply button at the bottom of the panel.

  5. Save the changes to the local configuration.

    Click Save in the message pane.

  6. If necessary stop and restart the server.

    If the server needs to be restarted, a message will appear in the administrative console to this effect.

What to do next

You must turn on global security for each profile that you create.
Related information
Configuring Java 2 security policy files

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