Use this task to propagate security policies and roles
to the external Java™ Authorization Contract for
Containers (JACC) provider.
Before you begin
The external JACC
provider must be configured before following these steps.
About this task
After switching to use the external JACC provider you can
follow these steps to avoid having to redeploy your existing applications.
Updating using these steps retrieves the security policy and roles
from the deployed applications and propagates it to the external JACC
provider removing the need for the applications to be redeployed.
Procedure
- From the WebSphere® Application Server
administrative console, click .
- Select
the appropriate security policy and role updating option.
- Select Don't update provider to not
propagate any security policies or roles
- Select Update
with all applications to propagate security policies and
roles for all applications
- Select Update
with application names listed to propagate security policies
and roles for the selected applications. If multiple applications
should be updated, separate the application names with commas.
- Click Apply.
Results
After completing this task your security policies
and roles have been successfully propagated to the external JACC provider.