How to enable Websphere Security after profile creation

How to Enable Security after profile creation

1. Login to admin console
2. Go to Security --> Global Security

3. Here you can enable administrative security. But be aware when you select administrative security, the application security and java 2 security check boxes are enabled automatically. If you are not prepared to use application security at this time, be sure to uncheck that.
4. You need to setup “Security Configuration Wizard”.
5. To do so click on “Security Configuration Wizard”. You will come to following screen.

6. Check Enable application security and Use Java 2 security to restrict application access to local resources. If You want

7. Click on next button you will come to following page.

8. Now click on next button. You will come to next page where you need to specify the user name and password.

9. You will come to summary page.

10. Click on Finish button.

11. Click on Save button.
12. After Saving the configuration, make sure to restart the application server.

If you have some problem with security setting and you are not able to open the Admin console page then manually you can change the setting in security.xml file.

To do so go to

C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\config\cells\amitroy1Node01Cell

Open security.xml and from the second line

enabled="true" make that false.