Transparent logon
The BMC Dashboards for BSM product provides URLs and attributes with which you can log on to the product transparently. In a transparent logon, you pass logon credentials through an HTTPS POST request.
If you have implemented this feature, you can continue to use this feature in parallel with the BMC Atrium SSO authentication method.
However, BMC recommends that you use the BMC Atrium SSO feature instead of the transparent logon feature.
You can launch the following URL within your environment to enable preauthenticated users to log into the BMC Dashboards for BSM product:
http://servername:port/bsmdashboards/sso/login
You can pass authentication and configuration information to this URL by using HTTP headers or Get/Post parameters. Information provided in an HTTP header takes precedence over information provided in HTTP Get/Post parameters.
The following table lists the attributes that you can pass to the URL.
Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
LoginId | example: knoorani | If you do not provide it, you are prompted for it. |
Password: | example: knoorani | If you do not provide it, you are prompted for it. |
RequestedConsoleURL: |
| Specifies the console to launch. If you do not include it, the Executive console is launched. |
LogoutURL: | Example: https://server:port/context/logout | You can set this value to the URL of your single sign-on (SSO) logon page, if this URL exists in your environment. If this information is not included, you are redirected to the BMC Dashboards for BSM logon box. |
HideLogoutButton: | true or false | The value true hides the Logout button on the BMC Dashboards for BSM console. If you omit this attribute, the value is assumed to be false. Note: If you include this attribute with a true value, logout of the console user can still occur when the client times out or when the browser session is closed. |
The following diagram shows how you can use the transparent logon method in a real production environment where you already have SSO enabled and want to allow users to log on to BSM Dashboards for BSM without a credentials challenge.
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