Why and when to perform this task
This topic describes how to establish a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection between WebSphere Application Server and a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server. This page provides an overview. Refer to the linked pages for more details. To understand SSL concepts, refer to Secure Sockets Layer.
Setting up an SSL connection between WebSphere Application Server and an LDAP server requires the following steps:
Steps for this task
This common name is the host name where the WebSphere Application Server plug-in runs.
For a Network Deployment environment, see Enabling global security.
Restarting the servers ensures that the security settings are synchronized between the deployment manager and the application servers.
Result
You can test the configuration by accessing https://fully_qualified_host_name:9443/snoop. You are presented with a login challenge. This test can be beneficial when using LDAP as your user registry. Sensitive information can flow between the WebSphere Application Server and the LDAP server, including passwords. Using SSL to encrypt the data protects this sensitive information.What to do next
Related concepts
Secure Sockets Layer
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Local operating system user registries
Custom user registries
Related tasks
Creating a keystore file
Creating self-signed personal certificates
Creating certificate signing requests
Creating truststore files
Importing signer certificates
Configuring global security
Enabling global security