Export a Web Interface site’s configuration object to a file
From the Web Interface page in the Configuration Center main window, you can export site configuration objects: Click an entry in the list of sites and then click Export Configuration on the toolbar. A wizard starts, prompting you to specify the export file. The wizard then retrieves the site’s configuration object from the Administration Service, and saves the data from that object to the export file.
The export file could be considered a backup of the site’s configuration. You can set up a Web Interface site with the configuration restored from an export file, by importing that file on the Configuration step in the wizard for creating or modifying Web Interface sites.
Configuring the Web Interface for secure communication
By default, you can connect to Web Interface sites via HTTP. To encrypt the data transferred from the web browser to the Web Interface with SSL protection provided by the web server, in the Active Roles Configuration Center, configure the Web Interface > Manage Sites > Force SSL Redirection settings.
TIP: One Identity strongly recommends using HTTPS to transfer data securely on local or remote servers.
To enable secure communication for the Web Interface for the first time
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In the Active Roles Configuration Center, navigate to Web Interface > Manage Sites.
The list of configured Web Interface sites appear.
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To modify the secure communication settings for the sites, click Force SSL Redirection.
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From the Available Websites drop-down, select the website for which you want to apply SSL redirection. If you only have the default Web Interface sites configured, this setting shows Default Web Site only.
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Enable Force SSL Redirection.
NOTE: The Manage SSL redirection settings window shows the SSL redirection status as follows:
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If the website is not configured for secure communication, Force SSL redirection is set to Off, and the HTTPS configuration Status is shown as Not configured.
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If the website is configured for secure communication, Force SSL redirection is set to On, and the HTTPS configuration Status is shown as Configured.
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If the website is configured for secure communication, but the SSL bindings are deleted from the IIS site, the Force SSL redirection option is set to On by default, but the the HTTPS configuration Status is shown as Binding Deleted. In this case, you must reconfigure secure communication for the website.
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From the Available HTTPS bindings drop-down, select the required binding for the website.
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To apply your changes, click Modify. The Summary page then appears, showing the results of the configuration and allowing you to check the configuration log.
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To exit the Manage SSL redirection settings window, click Finish.
TIP: If you need to disable secure communication later for your Web Interface sites for any reason, open Web Interface > Manage Sites > Force SSL Redirection again, and set Force SSL redirection to Off. To apply your change, click Modify, then click Finish.
NOTE: Consider the following when configuring security settings for the Web Interface:
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After making any changes to the SSL settings, always clear your browser cache.
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Active Roles supports accessing the configured Web Interface sites via federated authentication. For details, see Configuring federated authentication.
Configuring federated authentication
You can access an application or websites 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 Configuring federated authentication.
Starling Join configuration task
Active Roles version 8.2 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, 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.