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RSA Secured Implementation Guide For Portal Servers and Web-Based Applications Last Modified 12/2/05 Partner Information Product Information Partner Name Business Objects Web Site www.b us i n essobjects.com Product Name InfoView Version & Platform XIr2 / BusinessObjects Enterprise Product Description Business Objects is an integrated quer y, r[...]
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Solution Summary To achieve Single-Sign-On (SSO) with BusinessObjects Enterprise XIr2 InfoView, a web server proxy to the InfoView application server host must be configur ed. An RSA ClearTrust agent is installed on this web server and it is configured to protect BusinessO bjects Enterprise resour ces. Pre-existing RSA ClearTrust (LDAP) groups can [...]
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Product Requirement s Partner Product Requirements: <Partner Product (Component)> CPU Pentium 3 - 700 Mhz Memory 1GB RAM Storage 5 GB for BusinessObjects Enterprise and an additional 1.5 GB for Performance Management Optical Drives CD-ROM Operating System 1 Platform Required Patches Windows 2000 SP4 Advanced Server, SP4 Datacenter Server or S[...]
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Product Configuration Before You Begin This section provides instructions for integrati ng the partners’ product with RSA ClearTrust. This document is not intended to suggest optimum installati ons or configurations. It is assumed that the reader has both working knowledge of the two products to perform the tasks outlined in this section and acce[...]
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Configure the LDAP plug-in 1. Launch and log into the BusinessObjects En terprise Central Management Console (CMC). 2. Select Authentication from the Manage frame and then chose the LDAP tab. 3. Enter the LDAP hostname and port, click the Add button and then click Next . Page: 5[...]
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4. Enter the base LDAP di stinguished name, and click Next . 5. Enter LDAP log-on credentials and click Next . Note: The credentials do no t n eed to be those of an LDAP serv er administrator. The user o n ly needs read access to the server. 6. Select Basic (no SSO) for LDAP authentication and click Next . Page: 6[...]
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7. Select the following radio buttons: 1. Assign each added LDAP alias to an account with the same name 2. No new aliases w ill be added and new users w ill not be created 3. New users are created as concurrent users 8. Click Next and Finish . Build LDAP user accounts 1. Launch and log into the BusinessObjects En terprise Central Management Console[...]
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Configure the Trusted Authentication shared secret 1. Launch and log into the CMC. 2. Select Authentication from the Manage frame and then chose the Enterprise tab. 3. Select the Trusted Authentication is e nabled checkbox and chose and enter a passkey in the Shared secret field. 4. Click Update . Page: 8[...]
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5. Navigate to %BUSINESSOBJECTS_HOME % 4 BusinessObjects Enterprise 11.5win32_x86 pluginsauthsecEnt erprise and create a new text file named TrustedPrinc ipal.conf . Type the following line at the beginning of this file: SharedSecret= %SHARED_SECRET% where %SHARED_SECRET% matches the passkey entered in step 3. 6. Save changes to TrustedPrincip[...]
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Install the SSO and exit scripts The SSO script – sso.jsp – is contained in the BOXI_C T553.zip file (previously downloaded). This file is responsible for creating a BusinessObjects Enterprise session for the ClearTrust-authenticated user. After a successful ClearTrust authenticat ion, the user will be redirected to this JSP. The BusinessObject[...]
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The exit script – exit.jsp – is also contained in the BOXI_CT553.zip file. This script will be called when a user clicks the Logoff button on the CMC. It is respons ible for destroying the BusinessObjects Enterprise session and closing the browser window (thus destroying the RSA Cl earTrust SSO token). Note: The sso.jsp and exit.jsp files are p[...]
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Certification Checklist Port al Servers and Web-Based App s Date Tested11/18/2005 Certification Environment Product Name Version Information Operating System RSA ClearTrust 5.5.3 Windows 2003 Server Enterprise RSA ClearTrust IIS Agent 6.0 Windows 2003 Server Enterprise BusinessObjects Enterprise XIr2 InfoView XIr2 Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Tes[...]