Use this topic if you are setting up the workbench to connect to
a WebSphere® Application
Server v6.x with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) enabled.
Prerequisites- Configure a WebSphere Application
Server v6.x with FIPS
To connect the workbench to a WebSphere Application Server v6.x
with FIPS enabled:
- Verify that you have the correct server configuration to enable
FIPS:
- In addition to enabling the FIPS option on the server, such
as selecting the Use the Federal Information Processing Standard
(FIPS) option in the administrative console of WebSphere Application
Server, verify that you have configured the sas.client.props and soap.client.props
files correctly on the server.
Important: The configuration
changes to the sas.client.props and soap.client.props files must be done at
the profile-level and not at the server-level. Modify the sas.client.props
and soap.client.props files found in the profile-level at y:/profiles/profile_name/properties
directory. Do not modify the soap.client.props file that is found in the server-level
at y:/properties directory, where y is the installation directory
of WebSphere Application
Server.
For configuration details, see the Configuring Federal Information
Processing Standard Java Secure Socket Extension files topic
in the prerequisite steps. Tip: If the message FIPS
is enabled displays in the SystemOut.log file, which is in the y:/profiles/profile_name/logs/server_name directory,
where y is the installation directory of WebSphere Application Server, you
successfully enabled FIPS on the server.
- If you are connecting to a remote server, verify that you have
made the same changes to the sas.client.props, soap.client.props, and java.security
files in the following two locations:
- The server files, as instructed in the prerequisite and the previous
steps.
- The workbench files: The sas.client.props and soap.client props files
are in the x:/runtimes/base_v6_stub/profiles/profile_name/properties
directory. The java.security file is in the x:/runtimes/base_v6_stub/java/jre/lib/security
directory, where x is the installation directory of this product.
- Open the workbench of the product. For example, WebSphere Application
Server Toolkit or IBM® Rational Software Development Platform.
- Start the WebSphere Application Server v6.x.
1 Not available in WebSphere Application Server Toolkit V6.1.x, but
available in products such as Rational
® Application Developer V7.0.x
or Rational Software
Architect V7.0.x