Creating a Liberty cluster with security considerations

For secure applications to work in a Liberty clustered environment, all the members in the cluster must have the same LTPA keys.

About this task

The following information provides details on what must be done for secure applications to work in a Liberty clustered environment when you use IHS or the plug-in.

Procedure

  1. Choose the LTPA key file from one of the cluster members and copy it to all of the other members in the cluster.
    The default LTPA key file is ${server.ouput.dir}/resources/security/ltpa.keys.

    Alternatively, you can create a new LTPA key file and store the file at the default location and customize the LTPA key configuration.

  2. If the LTPA keys do not dynamically reload after the LTPA key file update, restart the cluster members or enable the dynamic reloading of the LTPA keys. For more information, see Configuring LTPA in Liberty.