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Specify the Cookie Provider

To use a cookie provider, you must specify its location with the following parameter:

• CookieProvider

  Specifies the URL (using the fully qualified domain name) of the web server where the Web Agent that is acting as the cookie provider resides. The cookie provider name must have a .ccc extension.

  • For IIS, Sun Java System and Domino web servers, the URL syntax is as follows:

    http://server.domain:port/siteminderagent/SmMakeCookie.ccc

  • For Apache and Apache-based web servers, the URL syntax is as follows:

    http://server.domain:port/SmMakeCookie.ccc

  This parameter affects the following parameters:

  • CCCExt
  • SessionUpdatePeriod

  Default: No default

  Example: (IIS, Sun Java System and Domino web servers) http://server1.myorg.com:80/siteminderagent/SmMakeCookie.ccc

Example: ( Apache and Apache-based web servers) http://server1.myorg.com:80/SmMakeCookie.ccc

To specify the cookie provider

1. Set the CookieProvider parameter to the URL of the web server.
2. Make sure the CCCExt parameter is set to .ccc
3. (Optional) Modify the session update period.

   The cookie provider is specified.