Configuring Federated authentication
You can access an application or web sites by authenticating them against a certain set of rules known as claims, by using the Federated authentication feature. The Federated authentication feature uses the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), through which you can sign in to an application once using the single sign-on option and you are authenticated to access websites. For more information, see Working with federated authentication.
Starling Join configuration task
Active Roles version 8.0 LTS supports integration with One Identity Starling services. The Starling Join feature in Active Roles now enables you to connect to One Identity Starling, the Software as a Service (SaaS) solution of One Identity. The Starling Join feature enables access to the Starling services through Active Roles thus allowing to benefit from the Starling services such as Two-factor Authentication and Identity Analytics and Risk Intelligence.
You can use the Active Roles Configuration Center to join One Identity Starling to Active Roles on the Starling wizard.
To start the wizard, click Configure in the Starling area on the Dashboard page in the Configuration Center main window. The Starling wizard enables you to perform the Starling join operation.
For more information on configuring Starling join for Active Roles, see Configuring Active Roles to join One Identity Starling
MMC interface access management
On installing Active Roles on a computer, the MMC interface user access setting is not enabled by default, and any user is enabled to log in to the MMC interface. You can use Configuration Center, to set the Active Roles MMC interface user access.
To manage the MMC interface access
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On the Dashboard page in the Configuration Settings main window, in the MMC Interface Access area, click Manage Settings .
- On the MMC Interface Access page that opens, in the Settings area, click on the Component item, and then click Modify or double-click on the Component item.
- On the MMC Interface Access wizard that is displayed, select one of the following options:
- Allow Console (MMC Interface) access for all users: Enables user to log in to MMC interface.
- Restrict Console (MMC Interface) access for all users: Selecting this option restricts all non Active Roles Administrators from using the console. All delegated users are affected, however, it does not apply to Active Roles Administrators.
- Click OK.
The MMC Interface Access settings get configured successfully. A message is displayed prompting you to restart the Administrative Service to disconnect the current MMC interface user sessions and for the updated settings to be reflected on the MMC interface.
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NOTE:
- The user must be delegated with the User Interfaces access rights on the User Interfaces container under Server Configuration to obtain access to the MMC interface. User Interfaces Access templates that provide the access rights are available as part of the Active Roles built-in Access templates in the User Interfaces container.
- For information on delegating Console access to specified users, see Delegating control to users for accessing MMC interface
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Logging management tasks
You can use Configuration Center to enable or disable, and view diagnostic logs for the Active Roles components that are installed on the computer running Configuration Center. On the Logging page, Configuration Center lists the following information:
- Component Name of the component, such as Administration Service, Web Interface or Console (MMC Interface)
- Logging Indicates whether logging is enabled or disabled for the given component, and the logging level, such as Basic or Verbose
- Log location Depending upon the component, identifies either the folder containing the log files or the log file for that component
The toolbar on the Logging page allows you to perform the following tasks:
- To enable or disable logging for a given component, select the component in the list, and then click Modify on the toolbar.
- To open the folder that contains the log file or files for a given component, select the component in the list, and then click Browse with Explorer on the toolbar.
- To examine the Administration Service log file in Log Viewer, select Administration Service in the list of components and then click Open in Log Viewer on the toolbar. For information about Log Viewer, see Active Roles Log Viewer later in this document.