Web Agents

A Web Agent uses the following properties in the AMAgent.properties file to store its user name and password used to authenticate to Access Manager:

• com.sun.am.policy.am.username contains the name of the user that the Web Agent uses to login to Access Manager. The default name is UrlAccessAgent.

• com.sun.am.policy.am.password contains the encrypted password of the user that the Web Agent uses to login to Access Manager. The password must be encrypted using the crypt_util utility.

When an Access Manager instance is initially configured, the Java ES installer or the amconfig script creates the amService-UrlAccessAgent user in the top-level realm with the same password as the amldapuser user.

By default, all Web Agents use the same user name and password to authenticate to an Access Manager instance. To improve security and to allow each Web Agent to use a unique name and password, you can create an agent profile in the Access Manager Administration Console for a Web Agent to use for authentication. For more information, see Using an Agent Profile for Authentication.