Configuring User Authentication : Configuring User Authentication

Configuring User Authentication
This section explains how to select file-based authentication or LDAP-based authentication, and how to configure each authentication option.
Configuring File-Based Authentication
In file-based authentication, you define a list of user names, passwords, and roles in a file called (by default) users.pwd file. This file is commonly referred to as the password file.
 
Task A Configure Properties
1.
Open the project in BusinessEvents Studio. Open the CDD file in the CDD editor. Locate the be.auth.file.location property for the component you are configuring and enter the location of your password file. The default locations are as follows:
RMS: Default location is BE_HOME/rms/examples/users.pwd.
BEMM: In the mm-class agent class, in the mm/auth property group. Default is BE_HOME/mm/config/users.pwd
BusinessEvents Views: in the dashboard-agent class. No default value is provided.
2.
Set be.auth.type to file.
3.
See Table 38, Authentication Configuration Properties for details about these properties.
Task B Configure the Password File
1.
The name and location are configurable (see Task A).
2.
   Username:password:role,role,role;
For example:
   Mark:A31405D272B94E5D12E9A52A665D3BFE:BUSINESS_USER,APPROVER;
   James:21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3:RULE_ADMINISTRATOR;
Do not use spaces.
Configuring LDAP-Based Authentication
These are summary instructions only. Completing the configuration requires knowledge of the LDAP protocol.
To Configure LDAP-Based Authentication
1.
Open the BE_HOME/rms/bin/be-rms.tra file.
2.
Set be.auth.type to ldap
3.
See Table 38, Authentication Configuration Properties for details about these properties.