Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Federation and SAML Administration Guide

ProcedureTo Configure Access Manager for Basic Authentication

Basic authentication allows a provider originating a request to authenticate itself by transmitting a username and password. The credentials are presented in response to a challenge from the provider to which the request is being sent. You need to configure Access Manager to support basic authentication using the following procedure.

  1. In the Access Manager Console, click the Federation tab.

  2. Under Federation, click the SAML tab.

  3. Select New under the Trusted Partners attribute.

  4. Select the Web Browser Artifact Profile (Artifact) under Source and click Next.

  5. Type a value for the Source ID attribute.

    This is a 20–byte sequence (encoded using the Base64 format) that comes from the partner site. It is generally the same value as that used for the Site ID attribute when configuring Site Identifiers.

  6. Enter the SOAP Receiver URL for the site you are configuring as a value for the SOAP URL attribute.

    General information on SOAP endpoints is in SAML SOAP Receiver.

  7. Select BASICAUTH or SSLWITHBASICAUTH (if the endpoint is configured with Secure Sockets Layer) as the authentication type.

  8. Enter a user identifier for the user on the partner side being used to protect their SOAP Receiver.

  9. Enter and reenter the password associated with the user on the partner side being used to protect their SOAP Receiver.

  10. Click Finish to complete the configuration.

  11. Click Save to save the configuration.