Setting up CMCI in a CICS region with active security
To set up CMCI with active security in a single CICS® region (SMSS), you must change the settings in the sample definitions. Copy and rename the samples, then change the TCPIPSERVICE definition to enable security, and update the URIMAP definition to refer to the updated TCPIPSERVICE definition.
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You can choose to use either HTTP basic authentication, or for a higher level of security, secure sockets layer (SSL) authentication. See Security for CICS Web support for information about the security measures you can use to protect access to the interface.
If security is active, messages produced by auditing system programming interface commands contain the user ID used to log on to CICS Explorer®.
To set up the CICS management client interface with active security using the sample definitions, use the following procedure.