Friday, April 3, 2015

TWS LTPA key update / exchange

Sometimes the LTPA (Lightweight Third-Party Authentication) key need to be updated for TWS / TDWC or exchanged between several TWS / TDWC servers in order to connect from any TDWC (tivoli Dynamic Workload Console) to any TWS / TDWC. Usually this exchange is done automatically (totally transparent for end user) but it some cases it doesn't work and manual exchange is needed.

To update or export / import LTPA key perform the following steps:

   
   1. Connect to TWS / TDWC WebSphere, administrative console:
Default path: https://:31124/ibm/console/logon.jsp?action=OK

   2. Log in using the administrative account and navigate to Security -- Global security -- Authentication -- LTPA



   3. To generate a new key press the Generate keys button from Key Generation menu or if you need to export / import the key in Cross-cell single sign-on menu add a Password / Confirm Password and a Fully qualified key file name and press Export Keys.



   4. To import the key, copy the exported key from step 3. on the target server, repeat steps 1 and 2 for the target and in Cross-cell single sign-on menu add a the  Password / Confirm Password from step 3. type the path and file name in Fully qualified key file name and press Import Keys.



   5. Save the changes are you are done (there is no need to restart the WebSphere).



No comments:

Post a Comment