Overview of OAuth access

The OAuth protocol enables web sites or applications (consumers) to access protected resources from a web service (service provider) through an API without requiring users to disclose their service provider credentials to the consumers.

Consumers and service providers communicate with each other and share data by establishing OAuth keys to create friend relationships between the servers and to manage the list of cooperating servers. An approval process is required for approving consumer keys.

The HCL Compass Web server server-based products can communicate with each other and share data by configuring OAuth access and establishing a friend relationship. Two HCL Compass Web servers can communicate with each other and share data by using the same mechanism.

As an administrator, you can request a provisional OAuth consumer key for the HCL Compass Web server to communicate with a target server, store information for accessing other target servers in the Compass Web server friends list, and manage entries in the server friends list.

See http://oauth.net for more information about the OAuth protocol.