Technical Note: Using Access Manager Distributed Authentication

ProcedureTo Build the Distributed Authentication Web Application

Steps
  1. Edit the Makefile.distAuthUI to provide the following required parameters:

    • JAVA_HOME

    • SERVER_PROTOCOL

    • SERVER_HOSTNAME

    • SERVER_PORT

    • SERVER_DEPLOY_URI

    • APPLICATION_USERNAME

    • APPLICATION_PASSWORD

    • DISTAUTH_DEPLOY_URI

    • DISTAUTH_PROTOCOL

    • DISTAUTH_HOSTNAME

    • DISTAUTH_PORT

  2. Enter the following command to run the makefile:

    make -f Makefile.distAuthUI

    This command generates a deployable war file (amauthdistui_deploy.war) that can be deployed in any Servlet 2.3 compliant container. The targets defined in the Makefile.distAuthUI are:

    properties

    Generates AMConfig.properties in the temporary directory. This file is used as a template for setting Access Manager Distributed Authentication Web Application's properties

    webapp

    Generates amauthdistui_deploy.war that can be deployed on any Servlet 2.3–compliant web container