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The Web Services SAM SDK

The Web Services SAM SDK lets you write Java applications that check in and check out privileged account passwords. You can use the Web Services SAM SDK on endpoints on which CA ControlMinder is not installed, for example, on mainframe endpoints.

Before you can use a Web Services SAM SDK application to check out or check in a privileged account password, you must create a user that represents the application in CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management and assign the user the appropriate privileged access role.

You must install the following components on the endpoint to use the Web Services SAM SDK:

• Apache Ant 1.7
• Apache Axis 1.4
• Java SDK 1.4.2
• (Optional) An integrated development environment (IDE), for example, Eclipse

The Web Services SAM SDK is located in the following directory:

ACServerInstallDir/IAM Suite/Access Control/tools/samples/webservice/Axis

This directory contains the following components for the Web Services SAM SDK:

• Readme.txt—A file that contains instructions on how to configure the environment, build the Java samples, and run the Java samples.
• build.xml—The Apache Ant build script.
• build.properties—A file that sets properties in build.xml.
• CheckInPrivilegedAccount.java—A sample Java application that checks in privileged account passwords.
• CheckOutPrivilegedAccount.java—A sample Java application that checks out privileged account passwords.
• client-config.wsdd—A file that configures Axis to save all incoming and outgoing XML messages to a file named axis.log.

  Note: The directory also contains sample Java applications that let you perform other administrative tasks, for example, creating or deleting privileged accounts.

More information:

How to Configure an Endpoint to Use a Web Services SAM SDK Application