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Primary Authentication Controller Settings Reference

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Primary Authentication Controller (PAC) settings are configured on two instances: the Authentication Member instance, which users access, and the PAC instance, which authenticates the users.

Authentication Member Configuration Settings

The Authentication Member Configurations page includes these settings. Configure them on the instance that users access through the Primary Authentication Controller (PAC).

Field Description
Name Name of the configuration. Any name can be entered.
Description Description of the configuration. Enter the desired description.
Alias Alias of the instance that acts as the PAC.
Security Key Populated after the settings are saved. This key is entered in the configuration of the PAC instance.
URL URL of the Primary Authentication Controller instance.
Allow All Users Enable this setting to allow all login-enabled accounts within the Authentication Member instance to authenticate and connect through the PAC.
Create Users Enable this setting to create a new account automatically in the Authentication Member instance when someone with an account on the PAC instance attempts to connect. The new user is created with the branch and role defined in the Default Branch For New User and Default Role For New User settings.
Default Branch For New User If Create Users is enabled, this setting selects the internal branch or company in which new users are created.
Default Role For New User If Create Users is enabled, this setting selects the role given to newly created users.
Enabled Users If Allow All Users is not enabled, this setting selects the individual users that can use the PAC to authenticate for the Authentication Member instance.
NOTE  The Create Users setting matches the email address only to users that are already login enabled. If an account with the same email address exists on the Authentication Member instance but is not login enabled, a new user is created when the person attempts to connect. This avoids accidentally activating an existing contact with inappropriate pre-existing roles.

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Primary Authentication Controller Configuration Settings

The Primary Authentication Controller Configurations page includes these settings. Configure them on the Primary Authentication Controller (PAC) instance, which authenticates logins for the Authentication Member instance.

Field Description
Name Name of the configuration. Any name can be entered.
Description Description of the configuration. Enter the desired description.
Alias Alias of the Authentication Member instance.
URL URL of the Authentication Member instance, for example https://alias2.smartsimple.com.
Security Key Key provided by the Authentication Member instance.
Enable Reason Log If selected, users are prompted to enter a reason for accessing the instance before they are logged into the instance.

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Primary Authentication Log Data

Both the Primary Authentication Controller (PAC) instance and the Authentication Member instance record log data for each connection.

The following fields are available for reporting from the Primary Authentication Log table in Report Builder (Neo):

  • Open Action
  • External Alias
  • External User ID
  • External User Name
  • Local User ID
  • Local User Name
  • Log ID
  • Log in Time
  • Reason
  • Type
  • URL

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