Configure SSO between IBM® FileNet® and IBM® Connections

Configure single sign-on (SSO) between IBM® FileNet® Collaboration Services and IBM® Connections.

About this task

Single sign-on between IBM® FileNet® Collaboration Services and IBM® Connections is mandatory for use of the Library widget.

Single sign-on between IBM® FileNet® Collaboration Services and IBM® Connections is not mandatory for use of the Linked Library widget, but is supported and always preferable for a better user experience.

To configure SSO between WebSphere® Application Server using a Lightweight Third Party Authentication (LTPA) mechanism, you generate and export an LTPA key from one server, and then import it to the other. In the following instructions, LTPA keys are generated and exported from the IBM® Connections server and imported into the IBM® FileNet® Collaboration Services server, but it doesn't matter which server exports and which imports.

To generate and export an LTPA key on the IBM® Connections server, perform the following steps:

  1. Open the WebSphere® Application Server administration console.
  2. Navigate to Security > Global security >LTPA.
  3. Type and confirm a password and make a note of it.
  4. Type a fully qualified key file name.
  5. Click Export keys. The LTPA keys are exported to the location typed in Step 4.
  6. Copy the LTPA key file you have just generated to the IBM® FileNet® Collaboration Services server and note the location.
Tip: For more information related to the previous steps, see Configuring the Lightweight Third Party Authentication mechanism in the WebSphere® Application Server information center.

To import an LTPA key on the IBM® FileNet® Collaboration Services server, perform the following steps.

  1. Open the WebSphere® Application Server administration console.
  2. Navigate to Security > Global security >LTPA.
  3. Enter the password that you entered when you configured the WebSphere® Application Server administration console for IBM® Connections server.
  4. Enter the full path and filename of the key file that you exported.
  5. Click Import keys.
  6. Click OK and Save.