Broker 10.5 | webMethods Broker Documentation | Administering webMethods Broker | Managing Broker Security | Broker Security and My webMethods Server
 
Broker Security and My webMethods Server
 
Configuring a Basic Authentication Identity for the Broker User Interface Component
Configuring an SSL Identity for the Broker User Interface Component
Configuring for One-way SSL Authentication
Reconfiguring the Identity of the Broker User Interface Component
Disabling the Identity of User Interface Component to the Broker Server
Viewing the Identity Details of the Broker User Interface Component to the Broker Server
The following figure shows the Broker security model within the context of My webMethods applications. In the figure, the lines represent connections, the shaded padlocks illustrate Broker connections that can be SSL-enabled, and the white padlock illustrates the connection between the local machine and the My webMethods Server machine, which can be SSL-enabled.
Broker SSL authentication and My webMethods Server authentication
The connection between the local machine hosting your browser and the My webMethods Server machine is established with user name and password authentication. This connection (which can be made with HTTPS, or HTTP over SSL) is under the control of My webMethods security, and is not part of the Broker security model.
Basic authentication or SSL enabled connections under Broker control can exist between:
*A Broker client and the Broker Server.
*The Broker user interface and the Broker Server. (To the Broker Server, the Broker user interface is simply another client.)
You set either a basic authentication identity or an SSL Identity for the Broker Server in My webMethods.