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Workspace z/OS Connect
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Created on Feb 28, 2019

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External security manager support as an alternative for group access in server.xml

Currently securing API/service access is managed within server.xml. This takes management of security away from our security team and into the hands of systems teams having to maintain and manage the access for every individual API or service.

the requirement is to provide external security manager support, e.g. RACF, to control access to API/service resources via classes and profiles. This would include resources to provide the equivalent of current access groups:
adminGroup
invokeGroup
operationsGroup
readerGroup

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Mar 23, 2022

    This requirement is addressed by z/OS Connect V3.0.55 / APAR PH43628: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PH43628
    For further details refer to the “ Securing z/OS Connect resourses ”topic in the z/OS Connect OpenAPI 3 Documentation: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zosconn/zos-connect/3.0?topic=securing-zos-connect-resources

  • Guest
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    |     Nov 25, 2019

    Thank you for this RFE.

    Changing the way that security is managed to a more centralised control model is likely to be a disruptive change to the way the product works today. However due to the number of votes there is clearly support in the community for this shift. In order to manage this correctly we will look to an appropriate time in our long term roadmap to make this transition with the least possible disruption. In the meantime please engage in design activities around this topic to ensure that the solution we provide is flexible enough to meet your needs.

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Support External Security Manager Calls in place of Group Checking

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Enhance the z/OS Connect Configuration to Support External Security Manager Calls in place of Group Checking. This could be provided via a new parameter to instead check a RACF class such as EJBROLE as already done for the "safRoleMapper" statemen...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

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