REST Inbound Authentication Parameters in Siebel Application Interface Profile

The following table describes the REST inbound authentication parameters in the Application Interface profile. You define these parameters in the Authentication - REST Inbound Authentication section under Application Interface Profiles in the Siebel Management Console. For information about other REST parameters that you define in the Application Interface Profile, see Siebel REST API Guide.

Parameter	Section Under Application Interface Profiles	Description
Anonymous User Name	Basic Information - Authentication - REST Inbound Authentication	Specify the anonymous user to use for anonymous REST inbound requests. For example: GUESTCST.
Anonymous User Password	Basic Information - Authentication - REST Inbound Authentication	Specify the password for the anonymous user for REST inbound requests.
Authentication Type	Basic Information - Authentication - REST Inbound Authentication	Specify the authentication type that the Siebel Application Interface nodes accept for REST inbound authentication. The options are: Basic Authentication Single Sign-On OAuth
Trust Token	Basic Information - Authentication - REST Inbound Authentication This option appears if you select the Single Sign-On or OAuth (Authentication Type) option.	Specify the trust token, which will be used as the password when Single Sign-On or OAuth is enabled. The specified value is passed as the Password parameter to a custom security adapter, if the value corresponds to the value of the Trust Token parameter defined for the custom security adapter.
Authentication URL	Basic Information - Authentication - REST Inbound Authentication This option appears if you select the OAuth (Authentication Type) option.	Specify the URL to use for REST inbound authentication (OAuth). It is recommended that you specify the URL using the HTTPS format.
User Specification	Basic Information - Authentication - REST Inbound Authentication This option appears if you select the Single Sign-On (Authentication Type) option.	Specify the user specification to user for authentication.
Session Timeout (seconds)	Basic Information - Authentication - REST Inbound Authentication	Specify the time (in seconds) that a connection task will wait for a message from the client, before timing out.
Secure Channel	Basic Information - Authentication - REST Inbound Authentication	This option applies only for the OAuth authentication type as follows: Select this check box only when you have already imported the Authentication URL’s CA certificate into the Application Interface truststore. Deselect this check box when the Authentication URL’s CA certificate is not available in the Application Interface truststore. In this case, the Application Interface trusts all certificates while calling the Authentication URL over HTTPS.