While there is no single best way to set up security, the
following steps should be sufficient in most cases.
About this task
If you are upgrading from an earlier version, see
Migrating security from previous versions
Procedure
- Create an authorization realm. Authorization realms are
used by authentication realms to associate users with groups and to
determine user access. IBM UrbanCode Deploy includes
an internal database for storing security information as well as integration
with the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). LDAP is a widely-used
protocol for accessing distributed directory information over IP networks.
- Create an authentication realm. The authentication realm
is used to determine a user's identity within an authorization realm.
- Create roles and define permissions for them. For most
uses, the default security types should be adequate.
- Create and import users and groups.
- Create teams and assign users and groups to them.