Error message: The bus IMSBus denied an anonymous user access to the bus

Products

• CA Identity Manager
• CA Identity Governance
• CA Identity Portal

Issue/Introduction

Description:

This error may appear when Identity Manager (IDM) is being started-up on WebSphere (WAS) because security on the "IMSBus," which is the enterprise messaging bus for IDM, is enabled.

The error will show up on the WAS System.out log like this:

0000018 ActivationSpe E J2CA0138E: The MessageEndpoint activation failed for ActivationSpec jms/wpServAutoActActSpec
(com.ibm.ws.sib.api.jmsra.impl.JmsJcaActivationSpecImpl) and MDB Application IdentityMinder#wpServer.jar#ServerAutomatedActivityMDBean, due to the
following exception: javax.resource.ResourceException: CWSIV0958E: The authorization exception com.ibm.wsspi.sib.core.exception.SINotAuthorizedException: CWSIP0303E: No user specified when creating a connection to secure messaging engine XXXXXXX.server1-IMSBus on bus IMSBus. was thrown while attempting to create a connection to messaging engine XYZ123 using the activation specification.

Environment

Identity Manager 14.x

Resolution

To disable security on the "IMSBus", login to the WAS Administrative Console and navigate to Service Integration->Buses->IMSBus and clear the Secure check box and save your changes.