Installation and Deployment > HOPEX Unified Authentication Service > Configuring UAS hopex by options
Configuring UAS hopex by options
 
Local Configuration
Defining authentication options
Cluster Configuration
Configuring your data component type
Configuring your SQL Server Data component type
Configuring Hopex Web options
Generating Machine Key
Local Configuration
Defining authentication options
To define authentication options:
1) Go to HOPEX Administration.
2) Right-click HOPEX and select Options > Modify.
3) Check that you are in “Extended” mode (right-click Options and select Extended).
4) Expand Installation, Authentication and Client folder.
Note: Client folder is only available in “Extended” mode.
5) Select Hopex Web, and define:
*Redirection URL when the user is authenticated to http://<servername>/hopex/uaslogin.ashx”
*List of authorized redirection URLs to http://<servername>/hopex/uaslogin.ashx”
*Redirection URL after disconnection to http://<servername>/hopex/Default.aspx”
Cluster Configuration
In a cluster configuration, do not forget to specify the same MachineKey in the web.config of each UAS node.
You also need to fix the urls on the loadbalancer urls, and not on several nodes.
Configuring your data component type
Hopex manages several data component for Cluster configuration.
To configure your data component type:
1) Go to HOPEX Administration.
2) Right-click HOPEX and select Options > Modify.
3) Check that you are in “Extended” mode (right-click Options and select Extended).
4) Expand Installation > Authentication folders.
5) Select Server and in the right pane define (see Authentication options section):
*Type of information storage
*Parameters of the UAS data component
Configuring your SQL Server Data component type
To configure your SQL Server Data component type:
1) Create an SQL Database named “UAS”.
2) Create the table with the script “UAS_Scripts.sql” located in {Mega installation folder}\ Utilities\HOPEX Cluster Tools.
3) Go to HOPEX Administration.
4) Right-click HOPEX and select Options > Modify.
5) Check that you are in “Extended” mode (right-click Options and select Extended).
6) Expand Installation > Authentication folders.
7) Select Server and in the right pane define (see Authentication options section):
*Type of information storage : SQL Server
*Parameters of the UAS data component : Your connection string
Configuring Hopex Web options
To configure Hopex Web options:
1) Go to HOPEX Administration.
2) Right-click HOPEX and select Options > Modify.
3) Check that you are in “Extended” mode (right-click Options and select Extended).
4) Expand Installation, Authentication and Client folder.
Note: Client folder is only available in “Extended” mode.
5) Select Hopex Web and define:
*Redirection URL when the user is authenticated to front load balancer server name:
http(s)://<servername>/hopex/uaslogin.ashx
*List of authorized redirection URLs to front load balancer server name:
http(s)://<servername>/hopex/uaslogin.ashx
*Redirection URL after disconnection to front load balancer server name:
http(s)://<servername>/hopex/Default.aspx
Generating Machine Key
To generate the machine key:
1) Go to your IIS Manager
2) Expand
3) Click UAS application.
4) Double-click Machine Key.
5) Select your validation method (SHA1 by default).
6) Select your Encryption method (AES by default).
7) Clear “Automatically generate at runtime” validation key.
8) Clear “Automatically generate at runtime” decryption key.
9) In Actions pane, click Generate Keys.
10) Do the same with Windows Authentication Service if you use UAS Windows Authentication mode.