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Configure Agents and Register a Trusted Host in GUI or Console Mode

You can configure SiteMinder Agents and register a trusted host immediately after installing the SiteMinder Agent or at a later time; however, the host must be registered to communicate with the Policy Server.

Note: You only register the host once, not each time you install and configure a SiteMinder Agent on your system.

These instructions are for GUI and Console Mode registration. The steps for the two modes are the same, with the following exceptions for Console mode:

• You may be instructed to select an option by entering a corresponding number for that option.
• You press Enter after each step to proceed through the process. The prompts should guide you through the process.
• All passwords that you enter are displayed in clear text. To workaround this issue, run the installation in GUI or unattended mode.

To configure Agents and register a trusted host

1. If necessary, start the Configuration Wizard as follows:
   1. Open a console window.
   2. Navigate to SMAGENT_HOME/install_config_info, where agent_home is the installed location of the SiteMinder Agent.
   3. Enter one of the following commands:

      GUI Mode: ./ca-jbossagent-config.bin

      Console Mode: ./ca-jbossagent-config.bin -i console

   The Configuration Wizard starts.

2. Use gathered system and component information to configure the SiteMinder Agent and register the host.

When the wizard completes, the host is registered and a host configuration file, SmHost.conf, is created in SMAGENT_HOME/config. You can modify this file.