HTTP basic authentication collection

Use this page to specify a user name and password for transport-level basic authentication security for this port. You can use this configuration when a web service is a client to another web service.

You can use transport-level security to enable basic authentication. Transport-level security can be enabled or disabled independently from message-level security. Because transport-level security provides minimal security, use message-level security when security is essential to the web service application.

To view this administrative console page, complete the following steps:
  1. Click Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise applications > application_name .
  2. Click Manage modules > URI_file_name > Web Services: Client Security Bindings .
  3. Under HTTP basic authentication, click Edit.

This administrative console page applies only to Java™ API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) applications.

Basic authentication ID

The user name for the HTTP basic authentication for this port is set in this field.

Use the Basic authentication ID field to specify the user name for the HTTP basic authentication for this port.

Basic authentication password

The password for the HTTP basic authentication for this port is set in this field.

Use the Basic authentication password field to specify the password for the HTTP basic authentication for this port.