Security Resource Templates

Security features are provided by a set of resource templates that provide access to various types of security providers: identity, trust, mutual identity, keystore, SSL client and server, and authentication.

Identity, keystore, trust, and mutual identity providers enable clients and servers to assert and establish identity. SSL resource templates are used to enable SSL configurations for use in resource templates that define connections to various types of servers. For example, the SSL configuration for an HTTP Client, is set by an SSL Client Provider. The SSL Client Provider in turn references a Keystore Provider to establish the identity of a trusted server. Authentication providers enable connections to authentication services. Some resource templates types, for example authentication providers, are only available in Administrator.

Type Resource Template

Identity

  • Identity Provider - The Identity Provider resource template provides access to a username and password credential stored in a keystore.
  • Kerberos Identity Provider - The Kerberos Identity Provider resource template provides access to an identity stored in a Kerberos authentication server.
  • Keystore Provider - The Keystore Provider resource template provides access to a keystore.
  • Mutual Identity Provider - A Mutual Identity Provider resource template is an identity provider that supplies an identity and serves as a trust store.
  • Trust Provider - Maintains the identity of a trusted resource.

SSL

  • SSL Client Provider - Maintains the credentials required by an SSL client.
  • SSL Server Provider - An SSL Server Provider resource template maintains the credentials required by an SSL server.

Authentication

  • Kerberos Authentication - The Kerberos Authentication resource template represents a Kerberos authentication service.
  • LDAP Authentication - The LDAP Authentication resource template represents an LDAP server providing authentication services.
  • SiteMinder Authentication - The SiteMinder Authentication resource template represents a SiteMinder authentication service.
  • WS-Security ASP - Enables a connection to Web Services Security authentication services.