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Enable Web Services Authentication and Authorization

CA AuthMinder provides Web Services to programmatically perform credential issuance, user authentication, and administration operations. You can secure these Web Services calls by enabling authentication and authorization. You can use the Administration Console to select the Web Services for which you want to enable authentication and authorization.

Note: See "Managing Web Services Security" in the CA Strong AuthenticationWeb Services Developer’s Guide for more information.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Services and Server Configurations tab.
2. Click the Administration Console option on the submenu of the tab.
3. Under the Web Services section on the side-bar menu, click the Authentication and Authorization link to display the page.
4. In the Web Services section, select the Web Services from the Disabled list to the Enabled list.

   Click the > button to move selected Web Services to the desired list. You can also click the >> button to move all Web Services to the desired lists.

   Note: Hold the Ctrl key to select more than one Web Service at a time.

5. Click Save.
6. Refresh all deployed CA AuthMinder Server instances. See Refresh the Cache for instructions on how to refresh the system cache.