The Configure Web Interface wizard creates the default Web Interface sites, getting the Web Interface component ready for use. The wizard prompts you to choose which Administration Service instance will be used by the Web Interface instance you are configuring. The Web Interface can:
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Use the Administration Service instance running on the same computer as the Web Interface.
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Use an Administration Service instance running on a different computer. In this case, you must supply the fully qualified domain name of the computer running the preferred instance of the Administration Service.
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Let the Web Interface choose any Administration Service instance that has the same configuration as the specified one. In this case, you must supply the fully qualified domain name of the computer running the Administration Service instance of the desired configuration.
NOTE: If your environment uses Active Roles replication, you must specify the computer running the Administration Service instance whose database server acts as the Publisher of the Active Roles configuration database.
You can access the Configure Web Interface wizard from the Configure > Web Interface menu of the Configuration Center Dashboard.
After configuring the Web Interface, you can perform the following additional Web Interface configuration steps in the Configuration Center:
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Forcing SSL redirection: By default, Active Roles users can connect to the configured Web Interface sites via HTTP protocol that does not encrypt data during communication. To enable secure communication for the Web Interface on local and remote servers, One Identity recommends enabling the HTTPS protocol with the Force SSL Redirection option.
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Federated authentication: You can authenticate the Web Interface sites against a certain set of rules (known as "claims"), by using the federated authentication. The implementation in Active Roles uses Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), through which you can sign in to an application via single sign-on, then authenticate to access the configured Web Interface sites. For more information, see Working with federated authentication in the Active Roles Administration Guide.