Setting up AREA plug-ins for integration

You can use plug-ins and the AR System External Authentication (AREA) API to integrate AR System with external user authentication services. In addition, you can configure AR System to use a combination of internal and external authentication, including OS-based authentication.

Related topic

Enable-AREA-authentication

The following image provides an overview of the process AR Systemfollows to authenticate the users:

22_1_AR_System_user_authentication.png

The following table lists the tasks you must perform to set up an AREA API plug-in for integration:

Action

Reference

Use the AREA API to create an AREA server to mediate between the data
source and AR System.

Configure the AREA API plug-in to allow AR Systemto authenticate the users.

Set up external authentication options and aliases.

 

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