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Create an Agent Object to Establish a Web Agent Identity

To create a Web Agent identity, you must create an Agent object in the Administrative UI. The object name must match the Agent name in the AgentName or DefaultAgentName parameter in the Agent configuration file or Agent Configuration Object. The Policy Server uses the Agent identity to map the Agent name to the IP address of the Web server hosting the Web Agent and to associate policies with Web Agents correctly. Creating a Web Agent object and identity lets you associate the Web Agent with a realm.

Note: The following procedure assumes you are creating a new object. You can also copy the properties of an existing object to create an object. More information exists in Duplicate Policy Server Objects.

To create a Web Agent object and identity

1. Click Infrastructure, Agent, Create Agent.

   The Create Agent pane opens.

2. Verify that Create a new object is selected, and click OK.

   The Create Agent: Name pane opens.

   Note: Click Help for descriptions of settings and controls, including their respective requirements and limits.

3. Type the name and a description of the Agent in the fields on the General group box.

   Note: Web Agent names have the following limits:

   • Agent names must contain 7-bit ASCII characters in the range of 32-127, including one or more printable characters.
   • Agent names must not contain the ampersand (&) and asterisk (*) characters.
   • Agent names are not case-sensitive. For example, you cannot create one Agent named MyAgent and another Agent named myagent.
4. Select SiteMinder as the Agent Style and Web Agent as the Agent Type on the Attributes group box.
5. Click Submit.

   The Create Agent Task is submitted for processing.