You can enable security and credential authentication to
authenticate clients. In addition, you can authorize administrative
clients to access the data grid.
Authenticating application clients
Application client authentication consists of enabling
client-server security and credential authentication, and configuring
an authenticator and a system credential generator.
Authorizing application clients
Application client authorization consists of ObjectGrid
permission classes, authorization mechanisms, a permission checking
period, and access by creator only authorization.
Authorizing administrative clients
Through administrative security, you
can authorize users to access the data grid. Certain conditions are
required, depending on your WebSphere® eXtreme Scale installation environment and the users that you want to have
access.