Configuring The Protected Resource For Authentication - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP1 - QUICK STARTS 11-20-2009 Quick Start Manual

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5 Click OK, then configure a protected resource.
Click the Protected Resource tab.
In the Protected Resource section, click New, then specify
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2-2,
everything
In the URL Path section, examine the path. It should be set to /* which matches everything
on the Web server.
6 Click OK to save the configuration.
7 Click the Access Gateways task, then click Update.
Wait for the health status to turn green. If it doesn't turn green, click the Health icon to discover
the cause.
If the Access Gateway cannot connect to the Web server, verify the IP address of the Web
server.
Use the
command to verify that the Access Gateway can communicate with the Web
ping
server and the Identity Server.
Verify that the Access Gateway can resolve the DNS name of the Identity Server.
For other problems, see
Access Manager 3.1 SP1 Access Gateway
8 Click the Identity Servers task, then click Update.
9 To test that the Access Gateway is protecting the Web server, open a browser and enter the
following URL:
http://lag.test.novell.com:80/
The first page of the Web server is displayed. If you get an error, verify the following:
Check the times on the Access Gateway and the Identity Server. Their times need to be
synchronized.
Verify that the browser machine can resolve the DNS name of the Access Gateway.
2.3 Configuring the Protected Resource for
Authentication
This section explains how to configure the Access Gateway so that users are prompted to log in
when accessing the protected resource.
1 To return to the protected resource, click Access Gateways > Edit > DigitalAirlines > DA >
Protected Resources > everything.
2 For the Contract option, select Name/Password Form from the drop-down list.
If the list is empty, you have not selected an Identity Server cluster configuration for the Access
Gateway. See
Step 3 on page
3 Click OK to save the configuration.
4 Click the Access Gateways task, then click Update.
5 To test that accessing the resource now requires authentication, open a browser, then enter the
URL to your protected resource:
http://lag.test.novell.com:80/
is the protected resource name you created.
"Monitoring the Health of an Access
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