Security integration with external providers

To protect your data, the product can integrate with several security providers.

WebSphere® eXtreme Scale can integrate with an external security implementation. This external implementation must provide authentication and authorization services for WebSphere eXtreme Scale. WebSphere eXtreme Scale has plug-in points to integrate with a security implementation.WebSphere eXtreme Scale has been successfully integrated with the following components:
  • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
  • Kerberos
  • ObjectGrid security
  • Tivoli® Access Manager
  • Java™ Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)
eXtreme Scale uses the security provider for the following tasks:
  • Authenticating clients to servers.
  • Authorizing clients to access certain eXtreme Scale artifacts or to specify what can be done with eXtreme Scale artifacts.
eXtreme Scale has the following types of authorizations:
Map authorization
Clients or groups can be authorized to perform insert, read, update, evict or delete operations on maps.
ObjectGrid authorization
Clients or groups can be authorized to perform object or entity queries on objectGrids.
DataGrid agent authorization
Clients or groups can be authorized to allow DataGrid agents to be deployed to an ObjectGrid.
Server-side map authorization
Clients or groups can be authorized to replicate a server map to client side or create a dynamic index to the server map.
Administration authorization
Clients or groups can be authorized to perform administration tasks.
Note: If you had security already enabled for your back end , remember that these security settings are no longer sufficient to protect your data. Security settings from your database or other datastore does not in any way transfer to your cache. You must separately protect the data that is now cached using the eXtreme Scale security mechanism, including authentication, authorization, and transport level security.
Important: Use a Development Kit or Runtime Environment at Version 1.6 and later to support SSL Transport security with WebSphere eXtreme Scale Version 7.1.1 and later.