Authentication Settings (Remote Portlet)

1. Under Credential Vault Settings, click Browse to specify a lockbox for this portlet if applicable. A lockbox corresponds to an external web application that users can access through the portal.

2. Under Basic Authentication Settings, specify what authentication information, if any, you want this Web Service to pass to its associated portlets:

• If you associated a remote server on the Main Settings page and you want to use the authentication information specified for that remote server, choose Use Remote Server Basic Authentication info.

• To use credentials from a user's login, choose User's Basic Authentication Information. Confirm that config.xml has been edited so that the portal stores the user name and password in memory for as long as the user is logged in to the portal (as described in the Installation Guide for Plumtree Foundation). This option is not supported for configurations in which users log in without typing a password (for example, single sign-on or Remember My Password) because the password will not be available to the portal.

• If you selected a lockbox, and want to use the credentials supplied by the user in the Password Manager for this lockbox, choose User's Lockbox Credentials.

• To specify a user name and password, choose Administrator's Basic Authentication Information and type the user name and password in the associated text boxes. This information is encrypted, stored in the portal database, and sent with all requests to this Web Service.

3. If an associated portlet provides access to a remote application with a login form, under Form-Based Login, provide the following:

• The URL of the login form

• The URL to which the login form posts

• Choose the credentials to be sent to the post URL:

• None - sends no credentials. Use this if you want to use the same username and password for all users. If you select this, add the username and password fields and their values under the Login Form Fields section of this page.

• Portal - sends the user's portal username and password.

• Lockbox - sends the user's lockbox credentials for the lockbox you selected under Credential Vault Settings.

• If you chose to send Portal or Lockbox credentials to the post URL, enter the names of the username and password fields on the login form.

4. If the login form has additional fields, or you selected None for the credentials to send to the post URL, add fields under Login Form Fields. To add each field, click Add Form Field.  Then enter the Field Name and the required Field Value.
   To delete a form field, select it and click .

• To display the page associated with this help topic:

1. Click Administration.
2. Open the Remote Portlet Web Service Editor:
• To create a new Remote Portlet Web Service:
1. Open an administrative folder.
2. In the Create Object drop-down list, click Web Service - Remote Portlet.
• To edit an existing Remote Portlet Web Service:
1. Navigate to the Remote Portlet Web Service you want to edit.
2. Click the Remote Portlet Web Service name.
3. On the left, under Edit Object Settings, click Authentication Settings.