Configuring AWI Login and User Authentication

Automic offers different user authentication configurations which result in different user login options. As an administrator, you can configure AWI to support the authentication and login approach that you want. Sometimes prerequisite setup in Automation Engine is needed. This topic describes the authentication and login options and how you set them up.

By default, when users log into AWI, the entire authentication process is handled by the Automation Engine that the instance is connected to. AE confirms whether the user credentials match the values in the related user object (USER).

There are two options to make logging into AWI simpler for your users:

• Enabling single sign-on, which would allow users to log into AWI without entering their user name and password.
• Enabling auto-login, which provides the additional log-in parameters so users do not have to enter them at each login.

The login options that you can setup are described below:

• Using the Default AWI Login
• Enabling SSO in AWI
• Enabling Parametrized Login in AWI

Prerequisite:

In all cases, a user can only log into to AWI, when a user definition exists in the client exists. For information, see .

Using the Default AWI Login

By default the AWI users have to provide the following login information when they open the AWI:

Language English (default), Deutsch, Français Connection Depending on how the automationEngine.index parameter in configuration.properties is defined, either one or all defined connections to the backend Automation Engine are listed. Client The number of the user client. Name Automic user name in the user definition. Department (optional) The user's department in the user definition. Password If the LDAP option is selected in the user definition, this is the user's domain password, which she uses when logging into the computer at startup. Without LDAP, this is the password that is entered in the Automic user definition. Session Color (optional) An accent color for the process strip at the top of the AWI browser page and for highlighted selections. When users open more than one session, having different session colors helps users distinguish which session they are in.

Your browser stores your login entries (except password) for your next login.

Note: You can always change the session color from the session menu in the main menu bar.

Enabling Parametrized Login in AWI

Another convenience feature is enabling parametrized login, which you do by appending the login parameters in the URL that you use to start AWI. This is helpful if you or users use several connections and/or clients. You can just bookmark the various login combinations. When you open the bookmarked URL, you have to enter only your password.

What you have to do

1. In your AWI instance, set the parameter_login.enabled property to "true" in the configuration.properties.

2. In your AWI startup URL append the login information that you want to have already entered in the login window, so that the URL looks like this:

   https://<AWI >/#&system=ConnectionName&client=9999&name=MyUserName&department=Dept

   Note: If your browser is not accessing AWI over an SSL protocol, your URL will start with http://.

As an administrator, you might want to send individualized URLs to your new users.