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Enable a Web Agent

Configure your Web Agent parameters and then enable the Web Agent to protect the resources on the web server.

Note: No resources are protected until you also define policies in the SiteMinder Policy Server.

To enable a Web Agent

1. Open the WebAgent.conf file.
2. Change the value of the EnableWebAgent parameter to yes.
3. Save and close the WebAgent.conf file.
4. Restart the web server if you changed the settings for any of the following parameters in your Agent Configuration Object or local configuration file:
   • AgentConfigObject
   • CacheAnonymous
   • HostConfFile (IIS 6.0 and Apache agents only)
   • MaxResourceCacheSize
   • MaxSessionCacheSize
   • PostPreservationFile
   • ResourceCacheTimeout

   The Web Agent is enabled.