Authentication of Grid Components

Authenticating all Grid components is an additional security option provided in GridServer. To authenticate all Grid components, you must set the following properties in the Manager:

Note:

You can also provide Grid authentication property values during silent installation for Grid component authentication.

To change the Authenticate Manager property, go to the Admin > System Admin > Security > Miscellaneous section and set the Authenticate Manager property to False.

Property Description
Authenticate Manager

It is set to True by default.

When logging in to the Primary Director, you must authenticate all Brokers or Primary Directors. If required, you can set this property on the Primary Director or on the Secondary Director.

Authenticate Manager property

To configure authentication, set the following properties during installation on the Installation page:

Property Description
Manager Token It is used to authenticate the Broker or the Secondary Director when logging in to the Primary Director. If it is not specified in the Primary Director, then this token is disabled.
Manager UserName It is used to authenticate the Broker or the Secondary Director when logging in to the Primary Director. If it is not specified in the Primary Director, then the Manager Username is disabled.
Manager Password It is used to authenticate Broker or Secondary Director when logging in to the Primary Director. If it is not specified in the Primary Director, then authentication is performed against Director Authentication mode.

Grid Components Authentication

Configuring Manager Authentication

Points to note