Adding an External Application

Perform the following task to add an external application:

1. From the Administer External Applications page, select Add External Application.

   The Add External Applications page appears.

2. In the External Application Login field, enter the name of the external application and the URL to which the HTML login form is submitted. If you are using basic authentication, enter the protected URL.
3. If the application uses HTTP POST or HTTP GET authentication, in the User Name/ID Field Name field, enter the term that identifies the user name or user ID field of the HTML login form.

   You can find the name by viewing the HTML source of the login form.

   If the application uses the basic authentication method, the User Name/ID Field Name field should be empty.

4. If the application uses HTTP POST or HTTP GET authentication, in the Password Field Name field, enter the term that identifies the password field of the application.

   See the HTML source of the login form.

   If the application uses the basic authentication method, the Password Field Name field should be empty.

5. In the Additional Fields field, enter the name and default values for any additional fields on the HTML login form that may require user input.

   If the application uses the basic authentication method, these fields should be empty.

6. Select the Display to User check box to allow the default value of an additional field to be changed by the user on the HTML login form.
7. Click OK. The new external application appears under the Edit/Delete External Application heading on the Administer External Applications page, along with the other external applications.
8. Click the application link to test the login.

The following example shows the source of the values that are used for Yahoo! Mail.

<form method=post action="http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?6p4f5s403j3h0" autocomplete=off name=a> 
...
<td><input name=login size=20 maxlength=32></td> 
.... 
<td><input name=passwd type=password size=20 maxlength=32></td> 
...
<input type=checkbox name=".persistent" value="Y" >Remember my ID & password 
...
</form> 

The source provides values for the following:

• Login URL:

  http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?6p4f5s403j3h0
  

• Username/ID Field Name: login

• Password Field Name: passwd

• Type of Authentication Used: POST

• Field Name: .persistent Y

• Field Value: [off]

Note:

If you change the host name of the AS middle tier, you must manually update the Login URL field for external applications on this middle tier. You do this on the Edit External Applications page, described in the next section.