Enabling and testing the SiteMinder Web Agent and TAI

Follow these steps to enable the CA eTrust SiteMinder Web Agent and Trust Association Interceptor (TAI) for your IBM® Sametime® deployment. You also need to test that the integration is working.

Procedure

  1. In the local web agent configuration file, WebAgent.conf, of the SiteMinder Web Agent that has been configured with your HTTP server, set this EnableWebAgent parameter to YES.
  2. In the local Web Agent configuration file (typically c:\smwasasa\conf\ASAAgent-Assertion.conf ) of the eTrust SiteMinder TAI that has been configured with your server, set the EnableWebAgent parameter to YES
  3. Restart your HTTP and Sametime servers.
  4. To test that your integration is working, enter the url for your Sametime deployment into a browser.
    For example:
    http://host_name/stadvanced
    Verify that eTrust SiteMinder authentication is invoked. When valid user credentials are entered, you should be successfully logged into the appropriate Sametime server. You should not be prompted for authentication credentials by the Sametime server.

    If you are directed to a Sametime server login screen, then there is a problem with the TAI configuration, and you must revisit the setup to determine the cause.