Configuring the Authentication Service for domain authentication
Use the Application Server Administration console (blasadmin
utility) to configure the BMC Server Automation Authentication Service so that the service can use the Kerberos configurations that you set up in previous procedures.
To configure the Authentication Service
- On the reports server, start the Application Server Administration console (the
blasadmin
utility) as follows.- (Windows) Navigate to the BDSSAInstallationDirectoty\bin directory and enter the following command:
blasadmin
. - (UNIX) Navigate to the BDSSAInstallationDirectoty/br directory and enter the following command:
blasadmin
.
- (Windows) Navigate to the BDSSAInstallationDirectoty\bin directory and enter the following command:
To allow users to log on by using domain authentication, enter the following command:
set AuthServer isDomainAuthEnabled true
By default, this value is set tofalse
.If you are not using the default file name of blappserv_krb5.conf, enter the following command to enable the Authentication Server to locate the file. Otherwise, you can skip this step.
set AuthServer AuthSvcKrb5Config <fileName>
<fileName>
is the name of the blappserv_krb5.conf file. This file is essential for supporting Kerberos. By default,AuthSvcKrb5Config
is set to a value ofblappserv_krb5.conf
.If you are not using the default file name of blappserv_login.conf, enter the following command to enable the Authentication Server to locate the file. Otherwise, you can skip this step.
set AuthServer AuthSvcKrb5LoginConfig <fileName>
<fileName>
is the name of the blappserv_login.conf file. This file is essential for supporting Kerberos. By defaultAuthSvcKrb5LoginConfig
is set to a value ofblappserv_login.conf
.
Related topic
Configuring the Authentication Server to refresh domain session credentials
Comments
Log in or register to comment.