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Overview

The SiteMinder Authentication Provider authenticates a user within the WebLogic security realm by checking the user's credentials against a SiteMinder directory.

After validating a user, the Authentication Provider adds the SiteMinder principal to the subject. The Authentication Provider can also obtain the groups that users belong to and populate the subject with a principal for each group.

For more information about how the SiteMinder Authentication provider works, see SiteMinder Authentication Provider. For more information about WebLogic principals and subjects and principals, see the WebLogic Documentation.

The following are the steps required to configure the SiteMinder Authentication provider.

1. Configure a SiteMinder realm for authentication.
2. Configure the SiteMinder Authentication provider in WebLogic.
3. Decide the following:
   1. To return physical or virtual group membership to WebLogic Server only.
   2. To return physical group membership to the WebLogic Server.
4. Enable the Authentication provider.
5. Configure an Authorization provider.
6. Create SiteMinder policies to protect WebLogic resources.
7. Verify that the SiteMinder Authentication Provider is configured correctly.