Establishing Portal
Interoperability
Purpose
You enable the coexistence and interoperability of different portals.
Use of the Process
IT Scenario |
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Prerequisites
You want to create an integrated portal between SAP NetWeaver Portal and IBM WebSphere Portal.
Process Flow
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1. Establish authentication and SSO across portals with a trusted connection between SAP NetWeaver Portal and IBM WebSphere Portal utilizing each other’s browser cookies.
¡ If you want the SAP NetWeaver Portal as the leading portal, then you have to configure the Trust Association Interceptor (TAI) for IBM to accept the SAP cookie.
¡ If you want the WebSphere Portal as the leading portal, then you have to implement the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) module in the SAP Web Application Server to accept the WebSphere’s cookie.
The further solution independent of the leading portal could be implemented based on Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) or other third party access management products, which all act as a central authentication and authorization tool. The SAP NetWeaver Portal and IBM WebSphere Portal need to be integrated accordingly in the TAM infrastructure.
2. Integrate user and access management to configure respective portal user identities with existing user directories (such as LDAP) or user stores.
If the user repository is not managed centrally, which usually is done using the TAM, you have to replicate and synchronize the user directories or map users to integrate and connect the portals to the relevant user store(s).
3. Define and configure access to portal content using the iFrame technology or the WSRP.
Depending on the leading portal these technologies could be leveraged.
¡ If the IBM WebSphere Portal is the leading portal, we recommend that you integrate the full SAP NetWeaver Portal using the iFrame. This integration will enable you to fully leverage all SAP business content without any limitation since the entire SAP NetWeaver Portal services are available.
¡ If the SAP NetWeaver Portal is the leading portal:
§ You could integrate the IBM WebSphere Portal as an iFrame.
§ If the WSRP compliant content is available from the IBM WebSphere Portal, then you could launch specific IBM WebSphere Portal portlets and consume them using the SAP NetWeaver Portal.
4. Synchronize user experience.
In many companies, there are corporate wide standards and guidelines how user interfaces should look like. For all portals involved in the interoperability scenario, this means adapting styles and themes not only according to the layout of leading portal but also according to these rules. As a result, there is one look-and-feel for the end user, as well as central unified navigation that make it insignificant for users which portal technology is providing the content.
Result
You have created a new integrated portal with a common look-and-feel.