Password Manager 5.7.1 - Administration Guide

Active Roles Web Interface

The section provides instructions on how to integrate the Password Manager Self-Service site into Active Roles Web Interface. Integration allows an Active Roles user to access the functionality of Password Manager Self-Service site directly from Active Roles Web Interface. To implement the guidance in this section, you must have a working knowledge of Active Roles.

Active Roles Web Interface is a highly customizable, easy-to-use Web-based application that facilitates the data administration and provisioning in Active Directory. Via the Web Interface, an intranet user can connect to Active Roles using Microsoft Internet Explorer and perform day-to-day administrative tasks and view or modify directory data.

Basic Integration Requirements

You must have Password Manager and Active Roles Web Interface installed and functioning. The Password Manager site that you are going to integrate into Active Roles Web Interface must be accessible from Active Roles though HTTPS (or HTTP) connection.

Customizing Active Roles Home Page

The Home page of the Active Roles Web Interface includes a number of items that serve as entry points to individual sections of the Web Interface. Each item occupies a clickable area on the Home page, and includes the caption (name of the item), text describing the item and a picture providing a graphical illustration of the item. Clicking an item displays a page that is identified by a certain property of the item.

You can add, modify, re-arrange, and remove items on the Home page. A point-and-click interface helps you manage the items, providing flexible options to customize the Home page. The changes you make to the Home page have effect on every user of the Web Interface site. Thus, when you remove an item from the Home Page, the item is not displayed to any user of the Web Interface site.

By adding a home page item, you can customize the Web Interface to seamlessly integrate custom applications together with the Web Interface pages. This option is used to integrate the Password Manager application into the Web Interface.

Password Manager Self-Service Site Integration

Password Manager Self-Service Site Integration

Follow the steps below to integrate the Password Manager Self-Service site with Active Roles Web Interface.

To integrate Password Manager Self-Service site with Active Roles Web Interface

1. On the Home page of the Web Interface site, click Customization.
2. Click Customization Tasks, and then, click Customize Home Page on the left pane.
3. Click Add.
4. Type a name for the new item and the URL of the page you want the new item to open. Type any text to display in the item area, and change the picture for the item.

The URL must be entered in the following format: https://COMPUTER_NAME/PMUser/EntryPoint/?Integrated=Yes&ActionName=<ActionName>, where COMPUTER_NAME is the name of the server where Password Manager resides, and <ActionName> is one of the following:

Replace https:// with http:// if you do not use HTTPS.

5. Click Advanced Properties.
6. Append the following parameters: IdentificationDomain,IdentificationAccount,CurrentLanguage, and PortalHomePage.
7. Make sure the checkbox Open the URL in a frameis selected.
8. Click Save to close Add Item window.
9. Click Save to save the changes to ARS Web Interface.
10. Click the Reload link that appears in the upper part of the window, to publish the customization changes to the Web Interface site.
11. Return to the Home page ofthe Web Interface site. The item you have created is now shown in the list.