Authentication is the process of validating that a user's login credentials (for example the user's certificate, or user ID and password) match the credentials known to the system. CentraSite can use a number of different data sources, known as domains, to validate a user's credentials; these currently include the following:
an internal text file;
Microsoft Active Directory (AD), when used via LDAP;
LDAP.
This document is intended for customers who wish to configure CentraSite's user authentication features.
If an external repository, for example LDAP, will be used, this document assumes that it has already been set up and that you have the necessary expertise and privileges to perform administrative tasks. Usually, the use of CentraSite does not influence any design decisions that were made in setting up an external user repository; CentraSite just needs to know how to access the users and groups of the user repository.
The content is organized under the following sections:
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This section gives a general overview of how CentraSite makes use of external user repositories for performing authentication tasks. |
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This section describes how to create authentication configurations. |
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This section describes how to set up a user repository of type "Internal" for CentraSite. |
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This section describes how to set up your LDAP directory as the user repository for CentraSite. |
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This section describes how to maintain authentication configurations. |
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This section describes how to create a CentraSite user who has the "CentraSite Administrator" role. |
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This section describes the authentication logging features. |
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This section contains general information related to authentication in CentraSite. |
