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Verify the Prerequisites

The first step in protecting the ClaimsWS service is verifying the prerequiites.

Verify the following prerequisites before protecting the Claims WS service with SSL:

• Farm administrator privileges and local administrator privileges for each SharePoint server in the farm.
• The java_home variable in your environment points to the proper JDK installation directory.
  For example, if you are using Java 1.6, your java_home variable must point to the installation directory for the Java 1.6 JDK.
• For UNIX/Linux operating environments, verify the following conditions:
  • The Agent for SharePoint environment variables are exported to your environment. Run the following script:

    Agent-for-SharePoint_home\ca_sps_env.sh