Configure the client for basic authentication: specifying the method

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Configure the client for basic authentication: specifying the method

Basic authentication (BasicAuth) refers to the user ID and password of a valid user in the registry of the target server. BasicAuth information can be collected in many ways, including through an administrative console prompt, a standard in (Stdin) prompt, or specified in the bindings that prevents user interaction.

There is an important distinction between Version 5.x and V6.0.x and later applications. The information in this article supports V5.x applications only that are used with WebSphere Application Server V6.0.x and later. The information does not apply to V6.0.x and later applications.

For more information on BasicAuth authentication, see: BasicAuth authentication method.

Overview

Attention: WebSphere Application Server supports nonce (randomly generated token) with BasicAuth authentication. For more information, see Nonce.

Complete the following steps to specify BasicAuth as the authentication method:

Procedure

Launch an assembly tool. For more information on the assembly tools, see Assembly tools.
Switch to the J2EE perspective. Click Window > Open Perspective > J2EE.
Click Application Client Projects > application_name > appClientModule > META-INF.
Right-click the application-client.xml file, select Open with > Deployment descriptor editor.
Click the WS Extensions tab, which is located at the bottom of the deployment descriptor editor within the assembly tool.
Expand the Request sender configuration > Login configuration section. The only valid login configuration choices for a pure client are BasicAuth and Signature.
Select BasicAuth to authenticate the client using a user ID and a password. This user ID and password must be specified in the target user registry. The other choice, Signature, attempts to authenticate the client using the certificate used to digitally sign the message.

What to do next

For more information on getting started with the Web services client editor within the assembly tool, see either of the following topics:

After you specify the BasicAuth authentication method, specify how to collect the authentication information. See Configuring the client for basic authentication: collecting the authentication information.

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BasicAuth authentication method

Related concepts

Nonce, a randomly generated token