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Implementing form based authentication in WAS cluster load balanced by IHS

  • 1.  Implementing form based authentication in WAS cluster load balanced by IHS

    Posted Fri September 25, 2015 10:31 AM
    Confguration:

    • F5 VIP for IHS server/s will be used to abstract additions/changes to IHS server counts, server names, port names, etc.

    • IHS will be load-balance transactions across JVMs in the cluster

    • Encryption: SSL from client facing URL to IHS URL; either clear or SSL acceeptable from IHS to App servers.


    The requirement is that as a developer I need to provide login/logout functionality for the end users, logout to allow session cleanup and for security purposes. It appears to do this I would need to use form based (not basic) authentication in WAS to get the logout capability. Can I use form based authentication on the WAS nodes in the above configuration? I am concerned the form based authentication may not propogate through the IHS servers, and I may need another solution, but I don't know.


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