Adding CA SiteMinder Parameters to the Jive 5/SBS/Clearspace Connector

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When the Jive 5/SBS/Clearspace server that you want to index uses CA SiteMinder to perform user authentication, you must add parameters to the Jive 5/SBS/Clearspace connector to support communications with the Jive web services.

To add CA SiteMinder parameters to the Jive 5/SBS/Clearspace connector

1. Identify the complete URL to the SiteMinder form login page, also known as the Forms Credential Collector (FCC).

   Example: https://www.MyJiveServer.com/siteminderagent/forms/login.fcc

2. Identify the POST action of the SiteMinder FCC, which is the text string that is submitted when a login attempt is made.

   The text string is a concatenation of the field ID and value pair of some of the fields from the FCC presented in the following table.

   Field Id	Field Value	Example
   USER	User name used to authenticate with SiteMinder.	jdow
   PASSWORD	Password used to authenticate with SiteMinder.	qwerty
   SMAUTHREASON	The code associated with a login failure.	Always use 0 (zero)
   TARGET	The URL of the page performing the authentication. To find this value, inspect the source code of the FCC. This URL must be escaped.	https%3A%2F%2Fwww.MyJiveServer.com %2authenticate.aspx

   Example: USER=jdow&PASSWORD=qwerty&SMAUTHREASON=0
   &TARGET=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acme.com%2authenticate.aspx

3. On the Coveo server, access the Administration Tool (see Opening the Administration Tool).

4. In the Administration Tool, select Configuration > Connectors.

5. In the Connectors page, click Jive 5 / SBS / Clearspace.

6. In the Jive 5 / SBS / Clearspace Connector page, click Add Parameter.

7. In the Modify the parameters of the additional connector page:

   

   1. For each parameter specified in the following table, enter the parameter information.

      Type	Name	Default Value	Label	Option
      String	SiteMinderFormLoginAction	The complete URL to the SiteMinder FCC	SiteMinder Form Login Action	Optional parameter
      String	SiteMinderFormLoginPage	The POST action of the SiteMinder FCC	SiteMinder Form Login Page	Optional parameter

   2. Click Save.