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Configure the Test Application

After the test application is deployed, add users to the TestAppSecurityRole that is configured for the test application.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open the J2EE Engine Visual Admin console. In the left pane, click Server, Services, Security Provider.
  2. In the right pane, click the Runtime tab, and then click the Policy Configurations tab.
  3. Click the testapp application displayed in the Components list.
  4. On the right pane, click the Security Roles tab, and then select the TestAppSecurityRole.
  5. From within the Mappings group-box, click Add, and then select users from the user tree. Click OK.

    Note: Verify that the WASUSERNAME response attribute returns this username.

    The users that you selected appear in the Users list box.

  6. Click the Authentication tab and select the siteminder authentication template (see Selecting Applications to Use the Authentication Template).
  7. Configure a SiteMinder Policy that contains a realm for the application in the Policy Server with the resource /testapp/.
  8. Create the rules and responses and bind them to the SiteMinder policy.
  9. Configure the front-end web server to forward this URL (/testapp/) to the Web AS J2EE Engine. For proxy configuration details for the respective web server, as detailed in FrontEnd Web Server Configuration.
  10. Access the following URL:
    http://webserver:port/testapp/testconfig.jsp
    
  11. Enter valid SiteMinder credentials for authentication.

    Upon successful authentication, the test page displays the following HTTP headers:

  12. Refresh the page, and then verify that the following cookies are visible:

    SMSESSION,

    JSESSIONID

    MYSAPSSO2

  13. Verify that the user principal displayed matches the WASUSERNAME.

    The test application is configured.

More information:

Configure SiteMinder Policies