Security Profile Configuration for Siebel Gateway

The security profile, which is centrally stored in the registry, contains the configuration parameters that determine how access to Siebel Gateway is authenticated. The security profile that you define when you configure Siebel Gateway is automatically used to prepopulate the security-related parameters for various different configurations including the Siebel Gateway and Enterprise (enterprise profile).

Siebel Gateway authorization is required whether you use the Siebel Management Console, Siebel Server Manager, or other utilities to access the gateway. When a user attempts to log in to the gateway, the user's credentials are passed by the server to the authentication provider specified in the security profile, which checks that the user has the required administrator privileges to access the gateway. If it has, the gateway starts to process service requests.

Note: Authentication is not required for starting the gateway, only for connecting to it.

You configure the security profile using Siebel Management Console. Any changes made to the security profile are not active until you restart the Siebel Gateway. For more information on configuring a security profile for Siebel Gateway, see Configuring Security Adapters Using the Siebel Management Console and Parameters for Configuring Security Adapter Authentication.

Note: When creating a new profile, make sure that the name you choose for the profile is unique and does not already exist, otherwise profile creation will fail.