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  • 1.  Federated repositories on WAS 7

    Posted Thu March 10, 2011 02:12 PM
    Hi all,

    I need to configure my application to work with Websphere 7.0 container managed security and wish someone can help me out with this task.

    Here's a summary of my problem: part of my app's users must be authenticated against an Active Directory, in which their logins and passwords are stored, and another part must be authenticated against a relational database. For both cases, the roles needed for authorization are stored in this same database.

    Briefly, I need two different repositories (LDAP and DB) working in a complementary (authentication happens on one OR another) and integrated (login/password and roles retrieved from different sources) way.

    After some searching, it seems I need to configure a Federated Repository and use some VMM adapters (PER and ERM).

    Can you give me a sign whether I'm on the good path or not? It feels like a painful job...


  • 2.  Federated repositories on WAS 7

    Posted Thu March 10, 2011 11:27 PM

    I am not expert on this subject; but I would look at WebSphere Login Modules via JAAS


    See the following links on the info center for help:


    General overview:
    publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinf...

    Developing Custom Login Module:
    publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinf...


    I hope this helps.