Web Service in EnterpriseOne: Credentials could not be validated

Question

I am trying to run one of the lab exercises to test the address book web service. While testing this web service; I am getting the following error in the SOAP response XML when nothing is passed in the WS-Security :
<faultstring>Internal Server Error (Caught exception while handling request: java.lang.RuntimeException: Credentials could not be validated from message or from configuration file.)</faultstring>
Whenever I pass in my user/id password; I get the following message in the response XML:
<faultcode>env:MustUnderstand</faultcode>
<faultstring>SOAP must understand error: {http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd}Security</faultstring>
I am new to web services and am unsure of what setup is missing in or outside of EnterpriseOne. I will really appreciate if someone could shed some light on this.

Answer 1

It's worth checking that security has been enabled for the web service. I seem to remember that I had to do this when I got the same error a while back.
In OAS, log onto the Enterprise Manager on your OAS server and select the OC4J instance that contains the Business Services Server. Click on the Web Services tab and then select the Web Service that you're trying to test (eg: RI_AddressBookManagerHttpPort). Click on the Administration tab and if the Security feature is not enabled then press the Enable/Disable Features button, move Security across to the Enabled Features pane and press OK.
Back on the Administration tab, select the Edit Configuration icon for the Security Feature, and press the Inbound Policies button. Ensure that the Use Username/Password Authentication checkbox is selected. The Password Type should be Plain Text.
You shouldn't need to bounce the OC4J instance.
I'm not sure about Websphere without doing more research, but I imagine there must be a similar option.
Good luck,
Dave