IDOL Site Admin 12.13

# Configure IDOL Site Admin to Use a Single Pre-Authenticated User

You can configure IDOL Site Admin to always log in with a single pre-authenticated user. This option bypasses authentication so that any user that accesses IDOL Site Admin is logged in automatically with that user name and any associated permissions.

To use this option, you must set the `server.reverseProxy` system property to true, even if you do not want to use a reverse proxy. The reverse proxy is not required, because the normal IDOL Site Admin HTTP(S) ports still work.

You then set the `siteadmin.reverse-proxy.pre-authenticated-roles` and `siteadmin.reverse-proxy.pre-authenticated-username` system properties to the role and user name that you want to use for all users.

To configure IDOL Site Admin to use a single pre-authenticated user

1. At the command line, send the java run command with the `server.reverseProxy` argument set to `true`, the `siteadmin.reverse-proxy.pre-authenticated-roles` argument set to the roles to use, and the `siteadmin.reverse-proxy.pre-authenticated-username` argument set to the user name to use. For example:

       java -Dserver.reverseProxy=true -Dsiteadmin.reverse-proxy.pre-authenticated-roles=admin,useradmin -Dsiteadmin.reverse-proxy.pre-authenticated-username=anon -Didol.siteadmin.home=[home directory] -Dserver.port=[port] -jar siteadmin.jar

2. Restart IDOL Site Admin to apply your configuration changes.

If you run IDOL Site Admin as a service on Windows, you can also add the `server.reverseProxy` and `siteadmin.reverse-proxy.pre-authenticated-username` properties to the `siteadmin.xml` file.

If you run IDOL Site Admin as a service on Linux, you can add the arguments to the existing arguments variable in the start scripts (`siteadmin.sh` for SystemV, `siteadmin.conf` for Upstart, or `siteadmin.service` for systemd).

When you modify the IDOL Site Admin configuration by modifying the XML file or start scripts, you must restart IDOL Site Admin to apply your configuration changes.

On Upstart, you must also run `initctl reload-configuration` before you restart, to apply the init file changes. You can then run `service siteadmin restart` to restart the service.

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Product: IDOL Site Admin 12.13

Topic Title: Configure IDOL Site Admin to Use a Single Pre-Authenticated User