Securing WebSphere Application Server with IBM i authentication

The following steps describe one way to secure the WebSphere® Application Server using IBM® i as the security provider.

Note: Your WebSphere Application Server must be running to complete these steps. The steps in this example are for WebSphere Application Server V6.1, for WebSphere Application Server V7.0 the paths are slightly different.
  1. Navigate to the WebSphere Application Server administration directory using the cd command. For example: cd /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V61/Base/profiles/<yourWASInstanceName>/bin.
  2. Use the wsadmin command to start the WebSphere Application Server administration tool. For example:
    ./wsadmin
  WASX7209I: Connected to process "server1" on node LOTI19 using 
  SOAP connector  ;  The type of process is: UnManagedProcess
  WASX7029I: For help, enter: "$Help help"
wsadmin>
  3. Secure the WebSphere Application Server profile with a valid user ID and password by entering the following command: securityon <yourUserID> <yourPassword>. This user ID and password will be used to access the secure WebSphere Application Server administrative console, and has authority to stop the application server after it is secured.
  4. Use the quit command to stop the WebSphere Application Server administration tool.
  5. For the changes to take effect, you must stop the server using the ./stopServer command and restart it using the ./startServer command in /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V61/Base/profiles/<yourWASInstanceName>/bin. When the server has restarted, a message displays that is similar to: 
    CPC1221: Job 107206/QEJBSVR/SERVER1 submitted to job queue QWASJOBQ in
		library QWAS61.
CWNATV00I: Application server server1 in profile default has started and is
		ready to accept connections on admin port 9060.
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