Deploying and starting Jazz Authorization Server
After you complete the prerequisite tasks, deploy and start the Jazz Authorization Server.
Restriction: Jazz Authorization
Server is
not supported to be used with basic authentication. However, other authentication methods such as
client certificates, Form, SAML, and OIDC are supported.
Note: Jazz Authorization
Server is bundled with the Apache Derby database, but setting up a cluster of Jazz Authorization
Server only
supports enterprise databases such as Db2® or Oracle.
After you configure a user registry, create a self-signed security certificate and keystore configuration for the Jazz Authorization Server, and make any other customizations to the IBM WebSphere Liberty, deploy and start the server.
- Run the start-jazz script in the root installation folder.
- Verify that the Jazz Authorization Server is running.
- Verify that the user registry is configured correctly.
You can also configure Engineering Lifecycle Management applications to run as Windows services. See Running Engineering Lifecycle Management applications as Windows Services for more information.
Verify that the Jazz Authorization Server is running
To verify that the server is running, complete either of the next steps:
- Open a web browser and go to the following URL:
https://host.example.com:9643/oidc/endpoint/jazzop/.well-known/openid-configuration
A JSON document that contains configuration parameters (mainly endpoint URLs) is displayed.
Verify that the user registry is configured correctly
To verify that the user registry is configured correctly, complete the next steps.
- Open a web browser and go to the following URL:
https://host.example.com:9643/oidc/endpoint/jazzop/registration
You are prompted for login credentials.
- Specify the authentication credentials of a user in your user registry who has Jazz administrative privileges. Assuming that no applications are registered, a small JSON document is displayed.