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Administering HCL Compass Web
This section discusses how to administer HCL Compass Web.

Administering
Learn how to administer the product.
- Administering HCL Compass
  Learn how to administer the HCL Compass.
- Administering HCL Compass Web
  This section discusses how to administer HCL Compass Web.
  - About HCL Compass Web server
    HCL Compass Web server provides server-side support for WAN interfaces to HCL Compass.
  - Configuring HCL Compass Web with the Site Configuration window
    You customize many HCL Compass Web server and application settings by using the Site Configuration window.
  - Customizing security
    HCL Compass Web provides security that affects only the behavior of the HCL Compass Web application.
  - HCL Compass and single sign-on
    You can configure HCL Compass for single sign-on with Lightweight Third-Party Authentication (LTPA), OpenID Connect, and Security Assertion Markup Language 2.0 (SAML2).
  - Configuring strong authentication with smart cards
    Smart card authentication is appropriate for deployments where security requirements dictate stronger authentication than using a HCL Compass user name and password.
  - HCL Compass Search for administrators
    Administrators can use Compass Search feature to improve the existing full-text search capability.
  - Configuring and maintaining full-text search
    Some administrative tasks are required to configure and maintain the HCL Compass full-text search feature.
  - Configuring and customizing the type-ahead feature
    The type-ahead feature enables users to use a choice-list drop-down as a search field to find and select items in the choice-list. This feature must be configured before it can be used. It can also be customized.
  - Configuring e-mail transports
    You can configure HCL Compass Web to use either the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) or MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) mail transport protocol.
  - Using HCL Compass to prefill OSLC 2.0-linked records
    You can configure HCL Compass to prefill field values when opening the creation dialogs for associated OSLC 2.0 projects. When a creation dialog displays, values for designated fields in the new record are initialized using content from configured fields of the initiating HCL Compass record.
- Administering HCL Compass Multisite
  Administering HCL Compass Multisite

Administering HCL Compass Web

This section discusses how to administer HCL Compass Web.

For best practices to address ClearQuest general security vulnerabilities, see the technote 6515616.

Experience with the following software is assumed:

Microsoft™ Windows™ operating system
Linux™ and the UNIX™ system, if your environment includes servers or clients on these operating systems
System and database administration
Web server administration