Why and when to perform this task
BasicAuth refers to the user ID and the password of a valid user in the registry of the target server. Collection of BasicAuth information can occur in many ways including through a user interface prompt, a standard in (Stdin) prompt, or specified in the bindings, which prevents user interaction. For more information on BasicAuth authentication, see BasicAuth authentication method.
Complete this task to specify the authentication information needed for BasicAuth authentication:
Steps for this task
Result
Other basic authentication entries: There is a basic authentication entry in the Port Qualified Name Binding Details section. This entry is used for HTTP transport authentication, which might be required if the router servlet is protected.
Information specified in the Web services security basic authentication section overrides the basic authentication information specified in the Port Qualified Name Binding Details section for authorizing the Web service.
For a server that acts as a client, do not specify a user interface or non-user interface prompt callback handler. To configure BasicAuth authentication from one Web service to a downstream Web service, select the com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.auth.callback.NonPromptCallbackHander implementation and explicitly specify the BasicAuth user ID and password. If you want the client identity of the originator to flow downstream, configure the Web service client to use ID assertion.
What to do next
To use the BasicAuth authentication method, you must specify the method in the Login configuration section of the assembly tool . See Configuring the client for basic authentication: specifying the method if you have not previously specified this information.Related concepts
BasicAuth authentication method
Related tasks
Configuring the client for basic authentication: specifying the method
Configuring the client for identity assertion: specifying the method
Configuring the client for identity assertion: collecting the authentication
method
Configuring the client for LTPA token authentication: specifying LTPA
token authentication
Configuring the client for LTPA token authentication: collecting the
authentication method information
Configuring the client security bindings using an assembly tool
Configuring the security bindings on a server acting as a client using
the administrative console