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Integration with web access control platforms
Organizations use web access control platforms to consolidate their security systems, which provide a portal that regulates user access to web sites. This section provides an overview of Unica integration with web access control platforms.
Configuration process roadmap: integrating HCL Unica with a web access control system
Use this configuration process roadmap to scan the tasks required to integrate Unica with a web access control system. The Topic column provides links to the topics that describe the tasks in detail.
Setting web access control connection properties in HCL Unica
To configure web access control integration, you set some configuration properties.

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    - Integration with web access control platforms
      Organizations use web access control platforms to consolidate their security systems, which provide a portal that regulates user access to web sites. This section provides an overview of Unica integration with web access control platforms.
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      - SiteMinder integration prerequisites
        The following prerequisites must be met to integrate Unica with Netegrity SiteMinder.
      - IBM Security Access Manager integration prerequisites
        The following prerequisites must be met to integrate Unica with IBM Security Access Manager.
      - Configuration process roadmap: integrating HCL Unica with a web access control system
        Use this configuration process roadmap to scan the tasks required to integrate Unica with a web access control system. The Topic column provides links to the topics that describe the tasks in detail.
        Performing LDAP integration
        Perform all of the steps required for LDAP integration.
        Setting web access control connection properties in HCL Unica
        To configure web access control integration, you set some configuration properties.
        Restarting the web application server
        Restart the web application server to ensure that all of your configuration changes are applied.
        Testing web access control synchronization and HCL Unica login
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    - HCL Unica configuration properties
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- Configuration Properties Guide
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Setting web access control connection properties in Unica

To configure web access control integration, you set some configuration properties.

Procedure

On the Settings & Configuration page, set values of the properties as described in the following table.

See the related reference for details on how to set each property.

Table 1. Properties for configuring web access control integration
Property	Value
Unica \| Unica Platform \| Security \| Login method details	Select `Web access control`.
Unica \| Unica Platform \| Security \| Login method details\| Web access control \| Additional header variables	Specified comma separated variables are looked up in HTTP header, while logging through Web access control software. If audit log is enabled, these variables are captured and stored in the Authentication event under Audit logs. The captured HTTP variables can be seen by clicking "More" under "Event Details". Note: This property is available from version 12.1.0.3 onwards.
Unica \| Unica Platform \| Security \| Login method details \| Web access control \| Username pattern	A Java™ regular expression used to extract the user login from the HTTP header variable in web access control software. You must XML-escape any XML characters in the regular expression. The recommended value for SiteMinder and IBM Security Access Manager is `\w*`
Unica \| Unica Platform \| Security \| Login method details \| Web access control \| Web access control header variable	The HTTP header variable configured in the web access control software, which is submitted to the web application server. By default, SiteMinder uses `sm_user`, and IBM Security Access Manager uses `iv-user`. For IBM Security Access Manager, set this value to the user name component of the IBM® Raw string, not the IBM® HTTP string.
Unica \| General \| Navigation \| Unica Platform URL	Set to `http://sm_host:sm_port/sm_realm/unica` where `sm_host` is the name of the machine on which SiteMinder is installed `sm_port is the SiteMinder port number` `sm_realm` is the SiteMinder realm

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