Workday Web Service Identity Collector (IDC) on WebSphere fails with 'Failed to add WS-Security header to request' error in RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle
Originally Published: 2016-03-04
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Version/Condition: 6.9.1, 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.0
Platform/Application Server: WebSphere 8.5.x
Issue
com.aveksa.common.DataReadException: Data reading failed due to :
javax.xml.ws.soap.SOAPFaultException: Failed to add WS-Security header to request
javax.xml.ws.soap.SOAPFaultException: Failed to add WS-Security header to request
Running the Collector fails with the same error in the aveksaServer.log file. The aveksaServer.log file may be downloaded from the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle user interface (Admin > System > Server Nodes tab > under Logs.)
Cause
Resolution
- Open the WebSphere web console.
- Navigate to Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > and select the server name.
- Under Server Infrastructure, select Java and process management > Process definition > Java virtual machine > Custom Properties.
- Click New to add a new custom property.
- Enter the new property name as com.ibm.websphere.webservices.soap.enable.legacy.get.behavior.
- Set the property value to true.
- Click OK and Save.
- Restart the WebSphere Application Server.
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