Creating a Secured Websphere Application Server (IBM i)

About this task

To create a secured WebSphere® Application Server, follow these steps:

Procedure

  1. Start the IBM® Web Administration for IBM i console. Typically, you can start the Web Administration for IBM i console at the address of http://MYSERVER:2001/HTTPAdmin.
  2. Select Create a New Application Server.
  3. Advance through the wizard, accepting the default values or setting them as needed until you reach the Configure Identity Token SSO for Web to IBM i Access pane.
  4. Select Configure Identity Tokens and fill in the values that match your LDAP configuration.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Select your source registry from the drop-down.
  7. Continue through the wizard to the end.
  8. Click Finish to create the server.

Parent topic: Securing your Web applications with single signon

Configure the connection factory

About this task

To configure the connection factory, follow these steps:

Procedure

  1. Start server you just created and open its administrative console. Click Launch Administrative Console.
  2. Set the connection factory custom properties to match your installation, such as eimDomainName, ldapHostName, parentDomain, and sourceRegistryName.
  3. Click Save to save the changes.