Requirements for a Distributed Authentication UI server deployment include:
The Distributed Authentication UI server must be installed in one of these web containers:
Sun Java System Application Server
Sun Java System Web Server
BEA WebLogic Server
IBM WebSphere Application Server
For the specific versions supported of each web container, see the Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Release Notes.
A Distributed Authentication UI server must use the same password encryption key as the Access Manager server instances in the deployment.
Several other considerations for a Distributed Authentication UI server include:
If you are deploying multiple Distributed Authentication UI servers behind a load balancer, stickiness is not required for the load balancer to talk to only one Distributed Authentication UI server for authentication process completion.
The HTTP Basic and MSISDN authentication modules are not supported through the Distributed Authentication UI.