This document covers the following topics:

• Login to the Adabas Manager

• Default Configuration of the Adabas REST Server After Installation

• Default Authentication Mode of the Adabas REST Server After Installation

• Port Number for Adabas Manager Host Connection to the Adabas REST Server

• Authentication Configuration for Adabas Manager Host Connection to the Adabas REST Server

• Configuring the REST Server to use Adabas Manager Login Credentials

• Configuring the Adabas REST Server to use Different Login Credentials

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Login to the Adabas Manager

Adabas Manager accepts log-ins from the following:

• Operating system (e.g. Windows) local user

• LDAP domain user

If the username of local user and LDAP user are identical, then the local user credentials take precedence.

For further information about Adabas REST Server connection authentication using its default authentication mode, refer to Adabas Rest Administration, Installation and First Steps for the Adabas REST Server default login credentials.

Default Configuration of the Adabas REST Server After Installation

The default configuration of the REST server can be found in config.default.xml file.

Default Authentication Mode of the Adabas REST Server After Installation

Adabas REST Server uses Java JAAS with the standard "Adabas" configuration as its default authentication mode (see the XML tag <LoginService...> in the config.xml file located in the Adabas REST Server installation configuration directory). By default it is <LoginService class="" module="Adabas" type="jaas"/>. It authenticates the Adabas REST Server login credentials (including the Adabas REST Server post-installation default login credentials) contained in the realm.properties file located in the same Adabas REST Server installation configuration directory. The authentication mode can be changed by adapting the server module of the <LoginService...> in the config.xml file. Refer to Adabas Rest Administration, Authentication for further information.

Port Number for Adabas Manager Host Connection to the Adabas REST Server

Use the Adabas REST Server default port (assigned during Adabas REST Server installation), which is port 8190 for connection via HTTP, or port 8191 for a secured connection via HTTPS. The port is evaluated in the config.xml file located in the Adabas REST Server installation configuration directory.

Select the Secured Connection (via HTTPS) check box if you want to use a secured connection via HTTPS to the Adabas REST Server.

Authentication Configuration for Adabas Manager Host Connection to the Adabas REST Server

To connect to the REST Server using Adabas Manager credentials turn the switch AMN Auth to Yes.

To connect to the REST Server using Adabas REST Server credentials and its default authentication mode turn the AMN Auth switch to No and specify the Adabas REST Server user name in the field Alt. User.

Configuring the REST Server to use Adabas Manager Login Credentials

To configure the REST server to use Adabas Manager login credentials

• Follow the steps below if you select Use Adabas Manager login credentials and use LDAP domain user credentials:

  1. Go to the Adabas REST Server installation directory <installation directory>\AdabasRestAdministration\configuration.

  2. Open the file config.xml and search for the XML tag <LoginService...>.

  3. Edit the value of module to module="windows" (for Windows).

     Note
     The module name is case sensitive and must match the module name defined in the security.conf file located in the same directory

  4. Save the edited version of config.xml.

     

If you select Use Adabas Manager login credentials and use OS local user credentials, see Configuring the Adabas REST Server to use Different Login Credentials

If local and domain user names are identical, the local user name authentication takes precedence.

Configuring the Adabas REST Server to use Different Login Credentials

To configure the Adabas REST server to use different login credentials (other than its default login credentials and LDAP domain user)

1. Go to the Adabas REST Server installation directory (<installation directory>\AdabasRestAdministration\bin).

2. Run the command service.bat(sh) add_user. You will be prompted to enter the user name and password for that new user.

3. Restart the Adabas REST Server by running the command service.bat/sh stop/start or sudo system_service.sh stop/start from <installation directory>\AdabasRestAdministration\bin.