This article provides steps on enabling Web Server authentication in FootPrints 12.1.XX - 20.XX NOTE: These instructions apply to using Web Server authentication on Integrated systems (IIS and Tomcat) or (Apache and Tomcat on a Windows Server). IMPORTANT! Prior to enabling Web Server Authentication in the FootPrints 12.1.XX - 20.XX application, the Web Server (Apache or IIS) must be integrated with Tomcat. For any FootPrints Service Core authentication method, when a user attempts to login to FootPrints 12.1.XX - 20.XX, the system will verify the user exists in User Management, and also that the user has the authentication method configured in their preferences (or as configured by an Administrator in User Management) that matches the credentials provided by the user to login. In order to use Web Server Authentication, the authentication method has to be enabled at Administration level, a user has to exist in FootPrints 12.1.XX - 20.XX where the User ID matches that of the Windows Domain credentials, and Web Server Authentication has to be configured as the authentication method for that user in FootPrints (either by the Administrator when creating the account or by the user choosing the method in their Preferences). For example: For a user named John Doe, whose Windows domain username is jdoe, to be authenticated in FootPrints Service Core using Windows domain credentials, a FootPrints Service Core administrator has to enable Web Server Authentication and create/edit a user that represents John Doe in FootPrints Service Core with Web Server Authentication as the authentication method. For example: Name: John Doe User ID: jdoe Authentication Method: Web Server Authentication With this configuration, a user will be able to authenticate using the Windows domain credentials and Web Server Authentication. |
Prerequisites:How to integrate IIS and the FootPrints Service Core 12 Tomcat serverHow to integrate Apache and the FootPrints Service Core 12 Tomcat server
These steps detail how to enable Web Server Authentication in FootPrints 12.1.XX - 20.XX:
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