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Update CA Performance Center Website Settings

The Single Sign-On Configuration Tool lets you change the default settings for the CA Performance Center website and web service. For example, you can specify a different host or port number for the CA Performance Center web service. These settings instruct the Single Sign-On application how to connect to CA Performance Center.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the server where CA Performance Center or a CA data source product is installed.

   Log in as root or with the 'sudo' command.

2. Launch the Single Sign-On Configuration Tool by running the './SsoConfig' command in the following directory:

   [InstallationDirectory]/CA/PerformanceCenter
   

   You are prompted to select an option. The available options correspond to CA applications running on the local server.

3. Use the following commands as needed while you are selecting settings:
   • q (quit)
   • b (go back to the previous menu)
   • u (update)
   • r (reset)
4. Enter 1 to configure CA Performance Center.

   You are prompted to select a configuration option.

   

5. Enter 3 for Performance Center.

   You are prompted to specify the priority.

   The Priority parameter only applies to CA Performance Center.

6. Enter one of the following options:

   1. Remote Value

   Refers to settings that only administrators can change. Such settings are propagated to all other CA products registered to this instance of CA Performance Center. Remote Value settings are only used if a corresponding Local Override value is not present.

   2. Local Override

   Refers to settings that can be changed for all products. If a Local Override value is present, it takes precedence over both the Remote Value and default settings.

   You are prompted to select a property to configure.

7. Enter one or more of the following properties. When prompted, enter u to update the value and supply a new value:

   1. Web Service Scheme

   Specifies the URL scheme that the Single Sign-On application can use to access the CA Performance Center web service. Change this value to ‘https’ if you are using SSL for encryption.

   2. Web Service Host

   Specifies the URL of the host where the Single Sign-On application can access the CA Performance Center web service.

   3. Web Service Port

   Specifies the URL port that the Single Sign-On application can use to access the CA Performance Center web service.

   4. Web Service Inventory

   Specifies the URL path that the Single Sign-On application can use to access the CA Performance Center Inventory web service.

   5. Web Service Product Request

   Specifies the URL path that the Single Sign-On application can use to access the CA Performance Center Product Request web service.

   6. Web Site Scheme

   Specifies the URL scheme that the Single Sign-On application can use to access CA Performance Center. If you have set up SSL, use https://.

   7. Web Site Host

   Specifies the URL host that the Single Sign-On application can use to access CA Performance Center.

   8. Web Site Port

   Specifies the URL port that the Single Sign-On application can use to access CA Performance Center.

   9. Web Site Path

   Specifies the URL path that the Single Sign-On application can use to access CA Performance Center.

   10. SMTP Enabled

   Specifies whether the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is enabled to allow CA Performance Center operators to email reports and event notifications.

   Default: Disabled.

   11. SMTP Server Address

   Is the IP address of the SMTP server.

   Default: Disabled.

   12. SMTP Ports:

   Specifies the port to use for SMTP requests.

   Default: Port 25.

   13. SMTP SSL

   Specifies whether to use SSL encryption when sending email from CA Performance Center or other CA data source products. Verify that SSL has been properly set up on your system before you enable this option.

   Default: Disabled.

   14. Email Reply Address

   Specifies the return address to use for email messages that are generated by CA Performance Center. Enter u to update the value, and supply an email address. Use the format username@mydomain.com.

   15. Email Format

   Specifies the format to use for email messages that are sent by CA Performance Center. Enter u to update the value, and supply either HTML or text.

   16. SMTP Username

   Specifies a username to use when the email server challenges an SMTP request. Supply a username, or supply an empty string to disable client-side authentication.

   17. SMTP Password

   Specifies a username to use when the email server challenges an SMTP request. Supply any valid password. The SMTP Username parameter is required.

8. Enter b when you have finished changing the default settings.

   You return to the previous set of options.

9. Enter b again to go back to the first set of options.
10. Enter q to quit.

    The Single Sign-On Configuration Tool closes.

    CA Performance Center directs all users to the Single Sign-On website using the new values that you supplied.