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Requirements for Siebel Gateway Authentication

This topic is part of Requirements for Installing and Configuring Siebel Enterprise Server Components.

Before you configure any Siebel Enterprise Server software, review the requirements associated with authentication for access to the Siebel Gateway. Authentication applies to access using Siebel Management Console or Siebel Server Manager.

Note the following requirements:

• Supported Siebel Gateway authentication methods include database authentication, LDAP, and custom methods. Additional configuration is required. You can use the same authentication method as for your Siebel enterprise connections, or use different methods.
• When you initially configure the Siebel Enterprise (after installing and configuring the Siebel Gateway), you propagate settings to the Siebel Gateway that specify authentication settings. Siebel Gateway authentication uses Siebel security adapters, which are discussed in detail in Siebel Security Guide.
• The user account that you use for Siebel Gateway authentication must have the same privileges as the Siebel administrator account created during the Siebel installation process; these privileges are required to connect to the Siebel Gateway. You can choose to use the Siebel administrator account for Siebel Gateway authentication, or you can create a new database user account, ensuring that you assign it the same level of rights and privileges as the Siebel administrator account. For more information about requirements for this account, see Siebel Security Guide.
• If you do not have an existing Siebel database, then, if you will use database authentication, you must install it before you can configure the Siebel CRM software using the Siebel Management Console.
• After you configure the Siebel Gateway, users doing subsequent Siebel Management Console tasks that require Siebel Gateway authentication, or using Siebel Server Manager, must enter Siebel administrator user credentials that are valid for the authentication method in use.

  All Siebel Management Console tasks are subject to Siebel Gateway authentication.

  For more information about using Server Manager, see Siebel System Administration Guide.

• If you want to use LDAP or a custom authentication method for the Siebel Gateway, then you can configure this method as part of the Siebel Management Console tasks for creating or modifying the Siebel Enterprise. The Siebel Management Console both configures and enables the security adapters (for the Siebel Enterprise or for the Siebel Gateway).
• When you configure the Siebel Gateway using Siebel Management Console, the Authorization Roles setting defines the role that is required to access the Siebel Gateway. This setting includes the Siebel Administrator, which is provided by Oracle and cannot be modified. Optionally, you can add more comma-separated roles, specifying other roles that can access the Siebel Gateway.
• If you want to configure a second Siebel Enterprise on the same Siebel Gateway, then do not check the option to propagate authentication settings to the Siebel Gateway when prompted. Otherwise, your settings will overwrite the existing settings.

Related Topics

Configuring the Siebel Gateway and Security

Configuring the Siebel Enterprise