Lession 4.1: Enable WebSphere eXtreme Scale authorization

To enable authorization in WebSphere® eXtreme Scale, you must enable security on a specific ObjectGrid.

1. Optional: Extract the files in the XSDeployment.ear file, and then unzip the XSDeploymentWeb.war file.
2. Optional: Open the objectGrid.xml file and set the securityEnabled attribute to true on the ObjectGrid level. See an example of this attribute in the following example:

   <objectGridConfig xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://ibm.com/ws/objectgrid/config ../objectGrid.xsd"
    xmlns="http://ibm.com/ws/objectgrid/config">
   
       <objectGrids>
           <objectGrid name="Grid" txTimeout="15" securityEnabled="true">
   			            <backingMap name="Map1" />
           </objectGrid>
       </objectGrids>
   
   </objectGridConfig>

   If you have multiple ObjectGrids defined, then you must set this attribute on each grid.
3. Optional: Repackage the XSDeploymentWeb.war and XSDeployment.ear files to include your changes.
4. Required: Uninstall the XSDeployment.ear file and then install the updated XSDeployment.ear.
   You can either use the file you modified in the previous steps, or you can install the XSDeployment_sec.ear file that is provided in the samples_home/WASSecurity directory. See Lesson 2.4: Install and run the sample for more information about installing the application.
5. Restart all of the application servers to enable WebSphere eXtreme Scale authorization.