Configuring the Server for RSA

To configure the server for RSA authentication, modify the node1.xml and csi_rsa.xml files.

By default, the installation process creates a cluster configuration file called node1.xml. This file contains security information for the cluster, including a reference to the file that determines the authentication type. If you created a different cluster name during installation, your cluster configuration file name takes the form <node-name>.xml.

When RSA is the active authentication method, the <node-name>.xml file refers to a csi_rsa.xml file, which provides configuration information for RSA authentication. Event Stream Processor provides a default csi_rsa.xml file in the ESP_HOME/security directory that you can use as-is or modify based on your specific RSA implementation.

If you selected RSA at installation time, there is no need to modify the <node-name>.xml . If you installed with a different authentication type, perform these steps to enable and configure RSA authentication:

Note: To achieve proper security with SAP Sybase Event Stream Processor, use both RSA authentication and SSL. Do not use RSA alone.
  1. Use a text editor to open the cluster configuration file, ESP_HOME/cluster/nodes/<node-name>/<node-name>.xml.
  2. Within the <Security> section of the cluster configuration file, in the <Csi> section, change the <File> value to csi_rsa.xml, as follows:
    <Csi>
        <File>csi_rsa.xml</File>
<Csi>
  3. Restart the server and all of the cluster managers.
Parent topic: Configuring RSA Authentication