Tariscope 4.x. Administrator's guide
Chapter 3. Tariscope configuration
3.23. Tariscope Personal Area configuration
3.23.1. Configuration of authentication methods
The configuration of subscriber authentication method in Tariscope Personal Area is performed on the Authentication tab of the WebConfig page.
In the Choose an authentication type list, there are the following options:
- Website account. An subscriber email address and his password that were set in subscriber's data are used as authentication parameters. In the case this tab configuration is not required.
- Active Directory accounts. The configuration is described below.
- Windows accounts. The configuration is described below.
Active Directory accounts
In the Choose an authentication page list, select the Active directory accounts item.
The configuration page is shown in Figure 3.23.1.1.
Figure 3.23.1.1
In the Connection String to Active Directory box, type a connection string.
In the User name box, type a name of a user which has an access to subscribers' accounts.
In the Password box, type a password for the user.
Before you confirm the entered data, check the entered data for correctness by clicking Test connection.
If the test connection is successful, click on the Confirm button to save the data.
Windows accounts
In the Choose an authentication type list, select the Windows accounts item. The configuration window will be as shown in Figure 3.23.1.2.
Figure 3.23.1.2
In the Domain address box, type an address of the Active Directory server.
In the User Name box, type a user name.
In the Password box, type a password.
Check the correctness of the data, by clicking on the Test connection button.
If you get a connection error, check the settings and re-check the connection. If the parameters have been entered wrong, the Personal Area site will not work, and the WebConfig page of the site will not be available. In this case, the data can be corrected only by editing the Web.config file, located by default: C:\inetpub\tsweb\www\Web.config).
After checking the authentication settings, click Confirm. The Web.config file will have been generated and a message appears on the Web page as shown in Figure 3.23.1.3.
Figure 3.23.1.3
On this page, click on the here link and in the appeared window, save the file. Copy this file instead of the original. By default, the file is located of the following path: C:\inetpub\tsweb\www\Web.config.
Configuration of IIS
1. Open Internet Information Services Manager. The window appears as shown in Figure 3.23.1.4.
Figure 3.23.1.4
2. Open Sites\Your_Site_Name, and select Authentication. The window will be as shown in Figure 3.23.1.5.
Figure 3.23.1.5
3. In the list of authentication types, disable all type except Windows authentication. If Windows authentication is not listed, use the Server Manager -> Add Roles and features, to add this authentication type.
4. Now your subscribers can work with Tariscope Personal Area using Windows authentication. In the case of a subscriber uses Internet Explorer, the Personal Area will not require a login, password. For other browsers subscribers must enter a user name and password.
