Enabling message flow security for IBM App Connect Enterprise by using LDAP

You can use Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) or Secure LDAP (LDAPS) with IBM® App Connect Enterprise for two purposes: administration security and message flow security.

This topic describes the use of LDAP for message flow security. Message flow security controls access to individual messages in a message flow, by using the identity of the messages.

For more information about using LDAP for administration security, see Enabling administration security for IBM App Connect Enterprise by using LDAP.

Message flow security

You can use LDAP to achieve message flow security as described in the following topics:

Create a security profile for use with an external security provider such as Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), as described in Creating a security profile for LDAP.
Configure a message flow to perform identity authentication or security token validation by using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), as described in Authenticating incoming requests with LDAP.
Configure the integration node to use Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to authorize an identity in a message flow, as described in Configuring Authorization with LDAP.