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Configure a Rule for an Affiliate Agent

Affiliate Agents are SiteMinder Agents that communicate with SiteMinder Web Agents installed on the Web servers of a portal Web site. Affiliate Agent rules are very simple, since they do not protect the resources of an affiliate Web site. The Affiliate Agent processes responses sent from the portal site, so that applications on the affiliate Web site may take advantage of the information gathered about users on the SiteMinder protected portal Web site.

The only action available in a rule for an Affiliate Agent is Visit. This is a special action for Affiliate Agents that allows a SiteMinder portal site to interact with an affiliate Web site.

Note: When you create or modify a Policy Server object in the Policy Server User Interface, use ASCII characters. Object creation or modification with non-ASCII characters is not supported.

To configure a rule for an Affiliate Agent

1. Using the Policy Server User Interface, create a rule object.

   The Rule Dialog opens.

2. Provide a Name and, optionally, a Description of the new rule.
3. In the Realm and Resources group box, select the name of the realm from the Realm drop-down list box that includes the resources to which this rule will apply.

   Note: The Resource field and Perform regular expression pattern matching options are disabled, because the resources protected by an Affiliate Agent are specified when you configure the Affiliate Agent on the Web Server. In the Action group box, the Affiliate Agent actions radio button and its single associated action (Visit) are automatically selected and all other event types disabled.

4. Click Apply to save the your changes, or click OK to save your changes and close the SiteMinder Rule dialog.

More information:

Configure a Realm for a 4.x Affiliate Agent

Rule Dialog