TIBCO Spotfire Server 3.2.2 - TIBCO Product Documentation

Configure the System
Note: This information cannot be entered into the configuration console after this has
been started and connected to the database. If you need to change it later, for instance,
if you move your database server, please refer to the section “Database Connection
Configuration” on page 138. This section also contains more examples of connection
URLs.
Also note that it is possible to use another driver to access your database. Spotfire
Server supports DataDirect (tibcosoftwareinc) by default. See the section “Database
Drivers” on page 47 for a brief description on what other database drivers you can use.
2 The configuration console will prompt for username and password. This information
is identical to the username and password created for the database, described in the
section “Prepare the Database” on page 16.
Comment: If you are using Microsoft SQL Server with Integrated Authentication, this
dialog will still show. Click OK without entering any information in the
username and password boxes.
3 After your login information has been verified with the database, the configuration
console will detect that no cluster has been defined. You must set up a new cluster
before you can continue. Note that even if you only have one Spotfire Server in your
Spotfire system, this server will be part of a cluster of one server.
4 The configuration console will ask you if you want to import a configuration file. This
is useful if you have previously exported configuration console settings to a file, for
instance if you are re-installing a Spotfire system.
After you have completed these preliminary tasks, the configuration console is ready
to configure your Spotfire system. Basic configuration tasks include setup of
authentication and user directory methods, and the adding of Spotfire Servers to the
cluster.
If you attempt to log into the configuration console and the administrative user is
already logged in, you will be asked if you wish to terminate the other login and
proceed with the current one. Use this with care, especially if there are more than one
administrator of the Spotfire system.
5.6 Setting up Authentication
Authentication is the verification of user login information. This information usually
consists of username and password, and is by default stored in the Spotfire database.
You can also configure Spotfire to authenticate users with an existing LDAP server in
your network, such as a Windows Active Directory Server, a Windows NT4 Domain
Controller, or the NTLM protocol.
All of these settings are set in the configuration console, and regardless of which
method you select, the users are always presented with the same login screen when
starting a Spotfire client, unless you configure the system to use a single sign-on
method, such as Kerberos or X.509 Client Certificate. For more details on these
choices and recommendation about which to use, please see the section
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