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Software Requirements

Supported versions of the following software are always required before you install the SiteMinder Agent.

• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. For hardware and software requirements, see the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform documentation.
• One of the following Policy Servers:
  • SiteMinder Policy Server (for web application protection)
  • SOA Security Manager Policy Server (for web service and, if also licensed for SiteMinder, web application protection)
• Java virtual machine (JVM) with the path to the JVM present in the host environment. For example, on UNIX systems, if the JVM is not in the PATH variable, run the following commands:

  PATH=$PATH:JVM/bin
  export PATH
  

  JVM

  Specifies the location of your Java virtual machine (for example /opt/jre1.5.0_06/bin).

To use the SiteMinder Agent Web Interceptor to validate identities obtained from SiteMinder session cookies during perimeter authentication, the following software is also required:

• SiteMinder Web Agent
• A web server and proxy plug-in supported by SiteMinder and JBoss

  For supported web servers and proxy plug-ins, see:

  • Platform Support Matrices on the Technical Support site.
  • Supported Configurations for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform in the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform documentation.

The following illustration shows where each of these software components is installed in an environment that uses SiteMinder SSO-based perimeter authentication.

For a complete list of supported software, operating systems, Java environments, and prerequisite A product versions, refer to the SiteMinder Agent for Application Servers Platform Support Matrix on the Technical Support site.