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Setting Up Content Services Host and Authentication Credentials

During Siebel Server installation, the administrator installing the application is asked to specify if the organization has purchased Siebel ERM, Siebel ERM and Siebel Content Services, or neither. When you select Siebel ERM or Siebel ERM and Siebel Content Services, you are asked to enter the assigned content host name, user name, and password that allows you to access the Siebel application-hosted data. Siebel application-hosted data consists of company profiles, corporation relationship information, premium external news feeds, and productivity content from leading content producers and providers. You can also edit these parameters within the application using the following procedures.

NOTE:  The host name, user name, and password credentials are provided in the license key letter distributed to each customer after purchase.

This task is a step in Process of Setting Up Content Services.

To set up Content Services host and authentication credentials

1. From the application-level menu, choose Navigate > Site Map > Administration - Integration > WI Symbolic URL List.

   The Fixup Administration list appears as the default.

2. From the visibility filter, select Host Administration.
3. In the Host Administration list, add a new record and complete the fields.

   You can also modify the default entry in the host table.

   The following table describes the fields.

   Field	Comments
   Authentication Type	Set authentication type to NCSA Basic.
   Authentication Value	Enter the authentication value in the format username:password as shown in your license key letter.
   Name	Provide a name for the external host. Change the host entry [ServerName] to the Content Services host name provided in your license key letter.
   Virtual Name	A virtual name for the external host. This information is provided in your license key letter.

4. Restart your server.