How to deploy a custom security adapter to Information Console

Actuate Information Console reference : Using Actuate Information Console security : Creating a custom security adapter : Deploying a custom security adapter : How to deploy a custom security adapter to Information Console

1 Compile the IPSE application. Use a command similar to this one in a console window:

javac SecurityCode.java

2 Create a JAR file to contain the IPSE application. Use a command similar to this one in a console window:

jar cvf SecurityCode.jar SecurityCode.class

3 Using Windows Explorer, copy SecurityCode.jar to this directory:

<your application context root>\WEB-INF\lib

4 Using a UTF-8 compliant code editor, open the following file:

<your application context root>\WEB-INF\web.xml

5 Navigate to the parameter name SECURITY_ADAPTER_CLASS.

6 Change the param-value parameter of the SECURITY_ADAPTER_CLASS to the fully qualified class name for the security adapter class. Use an entry similar to this one:

<param-name>SECURITY_ADAPTER_CLASS</param-name>

<param-value>SecurityCode</param-value>

7 Save and close web.xml.

8 Restart the application server running Information Console. For the default installation, restart the Actuate 11 Apache Tomcat for Information Console Service.