Managing User Credentials for External Applications Through
the Credential Vault Manager
You can provide secure portal access to existing web applications
by setting up lockboxes to store user credentials. For example, you
might want to provide portal access to a secured employee benefits
system. Users can enter their user authentication information through
the Password Manager on the My Account page and not have to enter
the information each time they access the secured application through
the portal.
To access the Credential Vault Manager you must be a member
of the Administrators Group.
You can create a lockbox for each secured application the
user needs to access through the portal.
- Click Administration.
- In the Select Utility drop-down list, click Credential
Vault Manager.
- Create a lockbox for each secured application you will
provide access to through the portal.
To create a new lockbox, click 
New Lockbox.
The Lockbox Editor opens.
To edit an existing lockbox, click its name.
The
Lockbox Editor opens.
- To delete a lockbox, select it and click
.
After setting up lockboxes:
- Users need to enter their login credentials through the Password
Manager on the My Account page.
- To send credentials in portlet headers, using RSA public key/private
key encryption, after setting up a lockbox, you must associate the
lockbox with the remote portlet web service (on the Authentication
Settings page), enter the public key for RSA encryption in the remote
server (on the Main Settings page), and use the IDK to provide the
private key for RSA encryption (see BEA AquaLogic User Interaction
Development Center for information).
