The customAuthenticator element for back-end inter-service communication 

The customAuthenticator element in the LotusConnections-config.xml file defines some key parameters for your single sign-on (SSO) solution.

The configuration settings that you can specify in this XML element only affect back-end inter-service communication in an SSO environment.

The attributes for the customAuthenticator element can differ, depending on the SSO solution that you have implemented. Most attributes are optional, but some might be mandatory in the context of your SSO solution. For more information, see the relevant topics for your authentication solution.


Default attributes


The following default attributes for the customAuthenticator element are available when the customAuthenticator attribute is set to DefaultAuthenticator, TAMAuthenticator, SiteMinderAuthenticator, or KerberosAuthenticator.

customAuthenticator

AllowSelfSignedCerts

CookieTimeout

ConnectionTimeout

SoTimeout

MaxTotalConnections

DefaultMaxConnectionsPerHost


Additional attributes for Tivoli Access Manager and SiteMinder


There are additional attributes available when the customAuthenticator attribute is set to TAMAuthenticator or SiteMinderAuthenticator.

CustomLoginUsernameField

CustomLoginPasswordField

CustomLoginFormField

CustomLoginFormValue

FormBasedAuthLoginURL


Additional attributes for Kerberos


There are additional attributes available when the customAuthenticator attribute is set to KerberosAuthenticator.

WASKerberosSPN

WebKerberosSPN

IISKerberosSPN

This extract from the LotusConnections-config.xml file shows attributes with sample values:

<customAuthenticator name="TAMAuthenticator" >
<attribute key="AllowSelfSignedCerts" value="true" /> <attribute key="CookieTimeout" value="60" /> <attribute key="ConnectionTimeout" value="30" /> <attribute key="SoTimeout" value="60" /> <attribute key="MaxTotalConnections" value="256" /> <attribute key="DefaultMaxConnectionsPerHost" value="128" /> <attribute key="CustomLoginUsernameField" value="username" /> <attribute key="CustomLoginPasswordField" value="PASSWORD" /> <attribute key="CustomLoginFormField" value="login-form-type" /> <attribute key="CustomLoginFormValue" value="pwd" /> <attribute key="FormBasedAuthLoginURL" value = "https://myHost.example.com:myPort/mypkmslogin.form/" /> </customAuthenticator>


Parent topic

Configure single sign-on

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