Java HTTP adapter - without Authentication

[Former Member]

Hello Experts,

is it possible to set Java HTTP adapter on sender CC to request no login and password?

I tried to look at documentation but didnt found any setting for that.

Standard case is - when I create sender HTTP channel it requires Basic Http authorization/authentification using popup window to enter login/password.

I`m on SAP PO 7.4

Thank you

vbalko

[former_member184720 · Accepted solution]

Hi Vladimir -

There is one blog which talks about how to disable basic authentication on soap adapter.

I assume you can follow the same approach if you want to disable for HTTP adapter. But please note that it disables the authentication for all the channels.

Please refer to William's reply in the below therad for more details.

Path for HTTP Adapter WEB-Inf file is :

/usr/sap/<<SID>>/DVEBMGS<<SYS_NO>>/j2ee/cluster/apps/sap.com/com.sap.aii.adapter.http.app/servlet_jsp/HttpAdapter/root/WEB-INF

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you Hareesh,

but as you said - this will turn off authentication for all channels.

Isnt a way how to turn it off for just one particular channel?

[former_member184720 · Accepted solution]

AFAIK - I don't think it's possible. Any problem in providing the credentials via URL?

As per the documentation :

For triggering a call to HTTP sender adapter, the user needs to be assigned the security role (action)http_adapter_message . This action is already assigned to the following UME roles in the HTTP adapter application deployment descriptor:

SAP_XI_IS_SERV_USER

SAP_XI_DEVELOPER_J2EE

SAP_XI_ADMINISTRATOR_J2EE

So either we have to bypass the authentication at adapter level or append the user details to URL.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Is it possible to bypass the authentication at adapter level? How?

[former_member184720 · Accepted solution]

That is what i suggested earlier to try modifying the web-inf file.( I said adapter level but not at channel level)

[JaySchwendemann · Accepted solution]

There was a possibility in dual stack: Clone the default_host/sap/xi/adapter_plain in TA SICF. But as you ask about java, this is ruled out.

You may circumvent by using a reverse proxy that allows unauthenticated connections to outside and does use basic auth or certificate based auth on PI side.

Cheers

Jens

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hmmm, isnt it possible to put user credentials in custom adapter module?

[rhviana]

Blako,

Check this out, maybe this is the way:

http://scn.sap.com/people/william.li/blog/2010/02/15/how-to-avoid-authentication-when-accessing-ws-p...

Att

BR.

Ricardo Viana.

[JaySchwendemann]

Great find, Ricardo 🙂

[Former Member]

This is the way - but only for SOAP calls.

I have XML over HTTP - so I have to have HTTP adapter at the sender side and as far as I know Java proxy is just for SOAP calls.

Or am I wrong?