SiteMinder Agent for SAP Web AS Guide › Install and Configure the SiteMinder Agent › Run the SiteMinder Agent for SAP Web AS Installation Wizard on UNIX or Linux › Gather Information to Configure Your Federation Mode

Gather Information to Configure Your Federation Mode

To configure the SiteMinder Agent for SAP Web AS for Federation mode, the configuration wizard requires the following information:

Configuration File Location

Specifies the location and name of the file that contains the configuration settings for the SiteMinder Agent for SAP Web AS.

Default: (Windows) C:\Program Files\CA\sapwebas\webasagent\sapwebas\conf

Default: (UNIX) <home-dir>/sapwebas/webasagent/sapwebas/conf

Agent Mode

Federation Mode

Authenticates the user to the SAP Web AS using CA Federation Manager.

Federation Password

Specifies the password defined in Federation Manager that is used to encrypt data that is sent from Federation Manager to the SiteMinder Agent for SAP Web AS.

FedConnector Zone

Specifies the Federation security zone in which CA Technologies Federation Manager is running.

Default: FED

License String

Specifies the value of the license key for the SiteMinder Agent for SAP Web AS.

If you do not specify a string, the software assumes that you are using an evaluation license i. The evaluation license allows you to use the agent for a maximum period of two hours, after which you are required to restart the Web AS J2EE engine.

Error URL

Specifies an absolute URL where the SiteMinder Agent for SAP Web AS redirects users when it cannot authenticate them. If you do not specify a value for the Error URL and authentication fails, an error message is displayed in the browser.

Example: http://server.example.com/error.html