Setting up security for system REST services

To set up security for the data in the widgets based on users and groups, you must modify the users that are mapped to the REST services gateway application.

Before you begin

Before you complete this task, you must have completed the following tasks:

Enable application security and administrative security. See Enabling security for the Business Space component.
Check that your user ID is registered in the user registry for your product.

About this task

How you map users to a REST service provider application affects all the services for the provider.

To see the affected services, select Services > REST services > REST service providers, and select the matching provider application in the list of providers.

Procedure

On the administrative console, select one of the following options:
- For a server environment, select Applications > Application types > WebSphere enterprise applications > REST Services Gateway
- In addition, for a network deployment environment, select Applications > Application types > WebSphere enterprise applications > REST Services Gateway Dmgr
In the right panel, under Detail Properties, select Security role to user/group mapping.
To control access to the data in all the REST services widgets, add users and groups to the RestServicesUser role.