The web service plugin supports two authentication methods in the communication between a backend information system and the web service plugin interface:
username/password
TLS certificate.
This article explains how to configure the TLS certificate based authentication (2).
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The command generates a private key (mykey.pem) and a certificate (mycert.pem).
Prerequisites
Before starting the actual configuration steps, the certificate ID of the backend system’s client certificate must be constructed.
The certificate ID is constructed taking the CN, O and C fields, and combining them with the serial number converted to decimal value:
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The TLS certificate based authentication can be configured by following the steps below.
Log in to the Access Point admin UI.
Create a new plugin user using the “Certificate” type.
Type in the Plugin User details - including the certificate ID.
Click OK and then Save.
Import the backend information system’s client certificate to the Access Point’s TLS truststore following these instructions.
Send a test request using the
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client certificate. For example:
Code Block curl -E <MY_CERT>.pem --key <MY_KEY>.pem --header "Content-Type: text/xml;charset=UTF-8" --data @<MY_REQUEST_FILE>.xml https://<MY_AP_HOST>:8443/services/backend -v -k
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