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Connect to SiteMinder

To connect to a SiteMinder Policy Server, perform the following steps. For a cluster, perform these steps on each cluster member.

Follow these steps:

1. On the WebSphere application server system, navigate to was_home/bin/.
2. Edit the startServer.sh file. Add the following path to the SMPS variable under the Start CA IAM Suite section:

   was_home/profiles/profile_name/installedApps/profile_name/iam_im.ear/library

3. Start the WebSphere application server.
4. In the WebSphere Administrative Console, go to Application servers, your_server, Install Applications, IdentityMinder, Manage Modules, policyserver.rar, IdentityMingerPolicyServerRA, J2C connection factories.
5. Click on the object with the following JNDI name:

   nete/rar/PolicyServerConnection

6. Click on Custom Properties.
7. Set the following properties:
   • ValidateSMHeadersWithPS = true
   • Enabled = true
   • ConnectionUrl = hostname of the SiteMinder system
   • Username = SiteMinder administrative user
   • AdminSecret = SiteMinder administrative user password
   • AgentName = SiteMinder Agent name
   • AgentSecret = SiteMinder Agent secret
8. In the SiteMinder Administrative UI, create an Agent configuration object for the Agent protecting your WebSphere resources.

   Note: For more details on creating an Agent configuration, see the SiteMinder Policy Server Configuration Guide.

9. Navigate to the following location:

   was_home\config\cells\cellname\applications\iam_im.ear\deployments\IdentityMinder\user_console.war\WEB-INF

10. Edit the web.xml file and set enabled=false for the AgentFilter and the FrameworkAuthFilter. For example:

       <filter-name>AgentFilter</filter-name>
         <filter-class>com.netegrity.proxy.AgentFilter</filter-class>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>EnableAgent</param-name>
                <param-value>false</param-value>
            </init-param>
     <filter-name>FrameworkAuthFilter</filter-name>
    
        <filter-class>com.netegrity.webapp.authentication.FrameworkLoginFilter</filter-class>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>Enable</param-name>
                <param-value>false</param-value>
            </init-param>
    

11. Run the CA IdentityMinder installer on the SiteMinder system and install the Extensions for SiteMinder.