IBM® Content
Navigator uses Java™ Authentication and Authorization
Service (JAAS) to authenticate users’ login credentials. You must
configure your web application server to use JAAS authentication (also
called container login).
Before you begin
This task assumes that you have a configuration profile open
in the IBM Content
Navigator Configuration and Deployment
Tool.
About this task
If you use IBM Content
Navigator to
access IBM Content
Manager Enterprise Edition or IBM Content
Manager OnDemand repositories, JAAS authentication
is used to determine whether a user is an administrative user.
If
you use
IBM Content
Navigator to
access
IBM FileNet® P8 repositories,
JAAS authentication is used to:
- Determine whether a user is an administrative user
- Authenticate to the LDAP server
Procedure
To configure JAAS authentication on your web application
server:
- Open the following task in your configuration profile: Configure
JAAS Authentication on Your Web Application .
- Complete the task by using the values that you entered
in the Worksheet for configuring JAAS authentication on your web application server.
- Click Next to run the task.
If you are manually running the tasks in the IBM Content
Navigator Configuration and Deployment Tool, you can take
one of the following actions:
- Click Run Task to run the task now. This option is
recommended because it makes it easier to troubleshoot and resolve problems if they
occur.
- Wait until all of the tasks are complete and then click Run All
Tasks to run all of the tasks that are required to configure and deploy
the web application.