Site Admin 26.1
Site Admin Installation Guide

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

You can configure Site Admin to always log in with a single pre-authenticated user. This option bypasses authentication so that any user that accesses 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 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 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 Site Admin to apply your configuration changes.

If you run 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 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, or `siteadmin.service` for systemd).

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

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Product: Site Admin 26.1

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