Unable To Access External Applications Within WebCenter Portal : user anonymous not authorized to access external application (Doc ID 2002929.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 04, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

When attempting to display an external application, the following error occurs:

user anonymous not authorized to access external application <external application name>

Steps To Reproduce:

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1. Created a custom portal framework application in Jdeveloper.
2. Create an external application connection with following settings as below:

Application Name: otn
Application Display Name: OTN
Login URL: https://<HOST>/oam/server/sso/auth_cred_submit
User Name: <USER>
Password: <PASSWORD>
Auth Method: POST

Additional Fields:

v:
v1.4

request_id:
5477910078513382388

OAM_REQ:
VERSION_4~7ejdBCm%2bYSBbqUbzERtAWQs8C0GD3CgS6%2fibTiECofVsu8z9scFt2wiwRtT8WzKH68H5lYF1gRdtSfFqH98Bm3zDnbXvQ5VXnwD8i8ogxSeXASZxDZSbjUwXGOS8yM4bPYyMKMa6EsloPxQcrRRt2LqMSyDHVRT1IP%2bTA5acnXXoFAhGwxyukpnobVI9tQGI708Nhmh9YTCREPTE1LN8YQ2n9nW%2bbz6BA80EC1EfSZNteBfFh8BvTpE%2f8pEGk2pOTkT7UqL%2br1ds7pa1S7VncvFmjBBNAfxPiuO8lasfZI7H%2b7VbyR3syuT0NZJiK6l%2fPgnpNi1bZig9gma5TVTesg9mlt4Ai%2bxHLQ%2fs6RCp5zGsGJi%2fQ0qjY0Y6gelqTN%2fVzIh67ktvL042451EhiGdxccPcsHAPFHCQKskOLvPeQXJxLsuPygfigtf9dSoPPtBBaU%2bkWyNuMjNBkdSHROFY6GIpfTfU350Espm1irjja0BcAR2mgKoBvgFjQN0hlM4HTeotq2h9cFXwlmDAH7H%2bdikLHl0g64oFRf%2b009H%2bFfEjIUaSy6RA3CmgB0X34tvpLOIt%2fy7tBpi5MRsuFFleqVO7CrRxHhUVx8AHot%2fAffoKoLQ%2f2tMsi%2bhken9vTniKhN1GH8nI1MjN869AcYOsZQ0vKcZJyi0TbAUntz5QLWf8HklW%2fnLDn%2fhI8sqy%2bkuF%2f8qliBAKbFkK2K7SY5D7WrXJEQTTkuoedU9ZpjaChrjlzb4MeTpp%2bK%2baB0fC2AeIfJpAGrmcKUamBieNBKfR04wFT2Bo861s3zy1AHo2XEUiLPW3MnGjtMgFuRn2WnPvSBrpHLLVuo64LEi8pq%2b4cZhKzEaYcK30eH2GEI3kfDbYULBv1bOCvCdBI7dhiaBcqokOXJC42Xw8IaWkRFiuzkEMSgcp%2bi7ZnXOE51sFIsYhraUFk05zwiGU9%2bFB%2f0p%2bEtfmqQY4%2bZZUlj%2bFoNVrABZp5b10R1bXs9CHjLZkTVlqbmzUUC4DDBc3GGCU5M6%2bNcw4bBFMObydamPd6wON0hsTyY2G60lJ7Aa4DE%2bAHiBIlSXBIUpCsJfY0KoX5tFXTntNtwo1UrDsflieA0ixpsZH8XNGHBdbteczIlPfMV4lAl0gNHjiE9mo50P27qWRDW00vtGVkv%2fv44BcXHRTMrROQKYdB02yB%2bOhwkrT8HxXp14A5tV9qWqnANwM5vvmbBVxfJrvd1g97%2bpzYRm%2b9YrY9%2fBfeTN98%2bbPun%2bEau6QjLaTAzTlbN4p8LC2WwFmGWoB2cCv8K2Z0hi51N%2fiUjrqUM%2bYddjdNxY5bGHwl7CK9oA3uMmyhhnT87zLMAK2zWBRrHJsVp%2f7qXW%2b4EtomyhZ1ckiI0qyPcQyUmIuvzRXYyuQjoCZgipEFnHvVtRf1D0c%2f1a%2fjtAopg566Ie5ext3m5V3fuXhcks5cyZqw25Ky5FmX2zhrMKNmlcJRMXdgT8njf9aTiSIc%2bXcJFP4nvh3WD%2bhofJFCc6jyxdl36BHAi3JNvyoCErgV54qVyRGA%2fYPVvetjaTYl7AIiw4MHlygnjVw2%2bsARHq0EOYizruenWYoDVAv77d12XcTRaujW8axK7rkQzuZiWrOZWrM%2fEs7teiCYNPhNQphtHPFTQwIRoVm2p2i0vjexRML2awEdO7ppomkBFr4p7oD8bvZbVhqbPHCbHo4M9XpfOyJcFhuFgw0Y%2fYlZ9fCGrVsUikl0H2C46fH95iC6666nDu%2fQaZO4LvEQwKvm%2ba%2fWZX7mGLoKs1ONbQcd17mNeXXW0tBNANWHcBJvze6yMWsJIKXbses3vJVnjNMyeua%2bebVyc7YcshW5D%2bEMPbUMtjo4nv7e5KPkOVZTvkN%2fyo0nhwuPEoPcWlTdli%2fap6bFGz1ecIK0nlmNzl1vx78GtSYl3xPk42oYegK25teYPHCsx8LgY7%2bZAxvpsUuhc5fnPEY0PVN57aFRx7ZckwIgWX7t27W7NwEP0y03OtPIB98zdCYWW8GeYpJ%2fB1Q%2fMwnMHgKME%3d

site2pstoretoken:
v1.2~656BF073~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

1. Create a JSF page and drag and drop the External Application Task Flow to the page.
2. Deploy the application and run it.
   Result: Page loads with 'user anonymous not authorized to access external application otn' error

Cause

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