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Requesting Authorities

Any Requesting Authority client that uses standard SPML 1.0 can send provisioning requests to the Identity Manager SPML Service. The SPML Service takes the operations specified in the SPML requests and executes provisioning actions accordingly. The CMDRA and the SPML Manager are both requesting authorities.

Note: Command line requesting authorities such as CMDRA and SPML Feed can accept input from property files. Requesting authorities' process property files using java.util.Properties class. For that reason, certain character such as backslash (\) should be escaped. For example, username parameters in property files should be specified as Domain\\Username.For more details on usage requirements, see java.util.properties documentation.

Before a Requesting Authority can send requests to the SPML Service, it must be authenticated using HTTP basic client authentication. The Requesting Authority must provide the login credentials of a valid eTrust Admin user.

Important! When the client prompts for the username and password, the Username must include the user's domain name and a backslash in the format Domain\Username.