This topic applies only to the IBM Business Automation Workflow Advanced configuration.

Importing SAML policy sets

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML-based OASIS standard for exchanging user identity and security attributes information. When you configure a web service (JAX-WS) binding in Integration Designer, you can specify an SAML policy set. You first use the administrative console of IBM® Business Automation Workflow to make the SAML policy sets available so that they can be imported into Integration Designer.

Before you begin

The SAML policy sets are typically located in the profile configuration directory:

profile_root/config/templates/PolicySets

Before you begin this procedure, verify that the following directories (which contain the policy sets) are located in the profile configuration directory:
  • SAML11 Bearer WSHTTPS default
  • SAML20 Bearer WSHTTPS default
  • SAML11 Bearer WSSecurity default
  • SAML20 Bearer WSSecurity default
  • SAML11 HoK Public WSSecurity default
  • SAML20 HoK Public WSSecurity default
  • SAML11 HoK Symmetric WSSecurity default
  • SAML20 HoK Symmetric WSSecurity default
  • Username WSHTTPS default

If the directories are not in the profile configuration directory, copy them to that directory from the following location:

app_server_root/profileTemplates/default/documents/config/templates/PolicySets

About this task

You import the policy sets into the administrative console, select the ones you want to make available to Integration Designer, and then save a .zip file for each of those policy sets to a location that is accessible by Integration Designer.

Procedure

  1. Import the policy sets by following these steps:
    1. From the administrative console, click Services > Policy Sets > Application policy sets.
    2. Click Import > From Default Repository.
    3. Select the SAML default policy sets, and click OK.
  2. Export the policy sets so that they can be used by Integration Designer:
    1. From the Application policy sets page, select the SAML policy set you want to export, and click Export.
      Note: If the Application policy sets page is not currently displayed, click Services > Policy Sets > Application Policy Sets from the administrative console.
    2. On the next page, click the .zip file link for the policy set.
    3. In the File Download window, click Save and indicate a location that is accessible by Integration Designer.
    4. Click Back.
    5. Complete steps 2.a through 2.d for each policy set you want to export.

Results

The SAML policy sets are saved in .zip files and are ready to be imported into Integration Designer.

What to do next

Import the policy sets into Integration Designer, as described in the topic Policy sets.