Configure ASE to ABS connectivity
To connect ASE to ABS, configure the ABS address (IPv4:Port or Hostname:Port), access key, and secret key in the abs.conffile located in the /<ASE installattion path>/pingidentity/ase/config directory.
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The parameter values and descriptions are included in the following table:
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The ABS deployment mode. Valid values are |
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This parameter is used when ABS is deployed in |
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Use this parameter to assign an endpoint other than the one decoded by the gateway credentials. It’s used when ABS is deployed in |
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The parameter has two possible configurations:
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The access key or the username for the ABS nodes. It is the same for all the ABS nodes. The same value has to be configured in ABS MongoDB database. This value is obfuscated during the start of ASE. This parameter is used when ABS is deployed in
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The secret key or the password for the ABS nodes. It is the same for all the ABS nodes. The same value has to be configured in ABS MongoDB database. This value is obfuscated during the start of ASE. This parameter is used when ABS is deployed in
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Set the value to true for SSL communication between ASE and ABS. The default value is true. ASE sends the access log files in plain text if the value is set to false. This parameter is used when ABS is deployed in |
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Location of the trusted CA certificates for SSL/TLS connections from ASE to ABS. If the path parameter value is left empty, then ASE does not verify the validity of CA certificates. However, the connection to ABS is still encrypted. This parameter is used when ABS is deployed in |
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Here is a sample abs.conf file.
; API Security Enforcer ABS configuration.; This file is in the standard .ini format. The comments start with a semicolon (;).; Following configurations are applicable only if ABS is enabled with true. ; Configure ABS deployment type. Supported values (onprem/cloud) deployment_type=onprem ; PingIntelligence Gateway Credentials gateway_credential= ; ABS endpoint for cloud abs_cloud_endpoint= ; a comma-separated list of abs nodes having hostname:port or ipv4:port as an address. abs_endpoint=127.0.0.1:8080 ; access key for abs node access_key=OBF:AES://ENOzsqOEhDBWLDY+pIoQ:jN6wfLiHTTd3oVNzvtXuAaOG34c4JBD4XZHgFCaHry0 ; secret key for abs node secret_key=OBF:AES:Y2DadCU4JFZp3bx8EhnOiw:zzi77GIFF5xkQJccjIrIVWU+RY5CxUhp3NLcNBel+3Q ; Setting this value to true will enable encrypted communication with ABS. enable_ssl=true ; Configure the location of ABS's trusted CA certificates. If empty, ABS's certificate ; will not be verified abs_ca_cert_path=
Configuring ASE-ABS encrypted communication
To enable SSL communication between ASE and ABS so that the access logs are encrypted and sent to ABS, set the value of enable_ssl to true. The abs_ca_cert_path is the location of ABS’s trusted CA certificate. If the field is left empty, ASE does not verify ABS’s certificate, however, the communication is till encrypted.