Authentication service in Digital Access, add, set up, and configure
This article describes the authentication service in Smart ID Digital Access component.
How does authentication work?
What does the authentication service do?
The authentication service handles authentication of users accessing resources. The authentication service supports several authentication methods.
The authentication service may also use proxy authentication requests to an authentication server using third-party authentication methods. In this case, you configure a RADIUS back-end server as an authentication server.
An authentication service was added and configured during the setup of Digital Access.
Prerequisites
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Step-by-step instruction
Log in to Digital Access Admin
Log in to Digital Access Admin with an administrator account.
Add authentication service
In Digital Access Admin, go to Manage System.
Click Authentication Services > Add Authentication Service.
Enter settings for the authentication service. Click the ?-sign for help.
Click Add.
Set up authentication service
In Digital Access Admin, go to Manage System.
Click Authentication Services.
Select an authentication service in the list of Registered Authentication Services.
Edit any settings. Click the ?-sign for help.
Click Save.
Configure global settings for all authentication services
In Digital Access Admin, go to Manage System.
Click Authentication Services.
Click Manage Global Authentication Service Settings... to edit settings for all installed authentication servers. The global settings include session time-outs, password settings and settings for email and sms messages, for example.
Click Save.