Create logon token using BI Platform RESTful SDK - rest

Question

I'm attempting to create a logon token using the BOE BI Platform RESTful SDK v4.1 (using RESTClient).
A GET request to http://server:6405/biprws/logon/long/ returns:
<attrs xmlns="http://www.sap.com/rws/bip">
<attr name="userName" type="string" />
<attr name="password" type="string" />
<attr name="auth" type="string" possibilities="secEnterprise,secLDAP,secWinAD,secSAPR3">secEnterprise</attr>
</attrs>
A POST to http://server:6405/biprws/logon/long/ with a single header of Content-Type: application/xml and a payload of
<attrs xmlns="http://www.sap.com/rws/bip">
<attr name="userName" type="string">myAccount</attr>
<attr name="password" type="string">myPassword</attr>
<attr name="auth" type="string" possibilities="secEnterprise,secLDAP,secWinAD,secSAPR3">secWinAD</attr>
</attrs>
returns:
<error>
<error_code>FWM 00006</error_code>
<message>Active Directory Authentication failed to log you on. Please contact your system administrator to make sure you are a member of a valid mapped group and try again. If you are not a member of the default domain, enter your user name as UserName#DNS_DomainName, and then try again. (FWM 00006)</message>
</error>
I've also tried attr name="userName" type="string">myAccount#mycompany.org</attr>, but with the same results.
A POST to http://server:6405/biprws/logon/adsso returns:
<error>
<error_code>RWS 00057</error_code>
<message>Method not allowed (RWS 00057)</message>
</error>
The credentials work with BI Launchpad and the CMC.
What am I missing?

Answer 1

First, a disclaimer -- I've only done REST WinAD with SSO, not manual logon. So I can't be absolutely sure that my suggestions below will fix your problem.
The call to /biprws/logon/adsso requires a GET not a POST, but that will likely not work until you have SSO working.
There are a few settings that are required for WACS to use WinAD, with or without SSO. The file is here:
SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\java\pjs\services\RestWebService\biprws\WEB-INF\web.xml
You will see a section commented out, starting with:
<!-- Kerberos filter section starts
Uncomment this section. Then set the following parameters:
idm.realm
idm.princ
idm.keytab
idm.kdc
idm.allowUnsecured
The values for these parameters should equal what was set in your system for BI launch pad. This is in:
SAP BusinessObjects\tomcat\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\config\custom\global.properties
The format of the file is different (global.properties is a simple properties file, but web.xml is xml). So you can't just copy/paste the section, but you can copy the individual values. For example, in global.properties, you might see:
idm.keytab=C:/WINDOWS/bosso.keytab
This would be done in web.xml as:
<init-param>
<param-name>idm.keytab</param-name>
<param-value>C:/WINDOWS/bosso.keytab</param-value>
<description>
The file containing the keytab that Kerberos will use for
user-to-service authentication. If unspecified, SSO will default
to using an in-memory keytab with a password specified in the
com.wedgetail.idm.sso.password environment variable.
</description>
</init-param>
Couple of references:
http://myinsightbi.blogspot.com/
https://techwriter79.wikispaces.com/file/view/sbo41sp5_bip_rest_ws_en.pdf