Enabling LDAP REST API Authentication

If you are not using LDAP authentication then you can skip this section.

If you attempted to connect to Maximo using MaxQuickLoad and you received an error related to Application Security Settings, then it is possible that Maximo is using LDAP authentication and the REST API has not been configured to use application security.

These IBM Technotes provide instructions for enabling application server security:

• Configuring the system to use application server security
• Files to change when enabling Application Server Security

Below are the general steps to configure the REST API to use application security. Contact your Maximo system administrator regarding this configuration.

Steps:

In the web.xml file for the mearestweb application make the following changes:

1. Make a backup copy of the web.xml file.
2. Open the \applications\maximo\webmodule\maxrestweb\web.xml in a text editor.
3. Set the value of useAppServerSecurity to 1.
4. Remove the comments from the <security-constraint> and the <login-config> sections.
5. Rebuild/Deploy the EAR file in the appropriate application server.
6. Synchronize the users and groups from LDAP into the system using the cron task.