Authentication is the process of validating a user's login credentials (for example, the user's certificate, or user ID and password) that 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:

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 topic 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.