Configuring The Identity Server To Use Custom Login - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP1 - IDENTITY SERVER Manual

1.3.2 Configuring the Identity Server to Use Custom Login

Pages
There are two ways to configure the Identity Server to use a custom login page. You can use
properties or you can modify the
modifications.
You can use properties if you created your custom page from the 3.1
modified a 3.0 custom page to work on 3.1. See
on page
If you created your custom page from the
the main custom page for authentication. You must modify the
Logic to the main.jsp File" on page
Using Properties to Specify the Login Page
For each resource that needs a unique login page, you need to create an authentication method and
add the JSP and MainJSP properties to the method. You then need to create a contract for each
method.
The following steps assume that the custom login page is called
1 Create a method for a custom login page:
1a In the Administration Console, click Devices > Identity Servers > Edit > Local > Methods.
1b Select one of the following actions:
1c In the Properties section, click New, then specify the following.
Property Name: MainJSP
Property Value: true
This property indicates that you want to use a custom login page with this method. It also
indicates that the custom login page contains the prompts for user credentials.
Property names and values are case sensitive.
1d Click OK.
1e (Conditional) If the Properties section does not contain a JSP property, click New, specify
the following, then click OK.
Property Name: JSP
Property Value: custom1
The property value for the JSP property is the name of the custom login file without the
JSP
determines which login page is displayed when this method is used. The filename cannot
contain
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main.jsp
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If you have create a method for a Query property to be used with your custom login
page, click the name of the method.
If you didn't modify the credentials on the login page, click New, specify a display
name, select a password class, and configure a user store.
extension. Replace
custom1
as part of its name.
nidp
file. Which method you can use depends upon your
"Using Properties to Specify the Login Page"
file, you cannot use properties to specify
nidp.jsp
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custom1.jsp
with the name of your custom login file. This property
page or have
login.jsp
file. See "Adding
main.jsp
.