IIS Web agent 4.8 Installation and Configuration for RSA Access Manager .

Environment:

Windows 2003 Ent server with IIS server, RSA Access Manager 6.1

Website Setup on IIS:

Setup web site ‘HelloWorld’ on port 80 using following instructions.

1.       From the Start menu, and click Run.

2.       In the Open box, type inetmgr, and click OK.

3.       In IIS Manager, expand the local computer, right-click the Web Sites directory, point to New, and click Web Site.

4.       Click Next.

5.       In the Description box, type HelloWorld, and click Next

6.       In the Enter the IP address to use for this Web site box, click All Unassigned

7.       The TCP port is assigned to port 80 by default.

8.       Leave defualt values for HTTP Header and SSL.click Next

9.       In the Path box, type or browse to the path of your Web site home directory. Select c:\sites\helloworld and click Next.

10.   In the Web Site Access Permissions dialog box, select the permissions (Read & Run Scripts) for the home directory. Click Next, and then click Finish.

Virtual Directory Setup on IIS:

Setup virtual directory ‘cleartrust’ in ‘HelloWorld’ web site using following instructions.

  1. From the Start menu, and click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type inetmgr, and click OK.
  3. In IIS Manager, expand the local computer, expand the ‘HelloWorld’ web site to add a virtual directory, right-click the Web Site, point to New, then click Virtual Directory.
  4. Click Next.
  5. In the Alias box, type a name ‘cleartrust’ for the virtual directory. Click Next.
  6. In the Directory box, type or browse to the physical directory in which the virtual directory resides.  Select RSA IIS Agent htdocs directory and click Next.
  7. In the Access Permissions dialog box, set the access permissions (Read & Run Scripts).
  8. Click Next, and then click Finish.

Web service extension :

  1. From the Start menu, and click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type inetmgr, and click OK.
  3. Enable Active Server Pages and ISAPI extensions under web service extension

Disable Integrated windows authentication(IWA):

  1. From the Start menu, and click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type inetmgr, and click OK.
  3. Right click on the application -à propertiesà Directory Security à authentication and access control à edit
  4. Uncheck Integrated windows authentication(IWA)

Access Manager Configuration:

  1. Login to the RSA Access Manager admin console Eg: http://localhost:8080/axm-admin-gui/
  2. Add the new IIS server Define Resource–>Servers–>Add New.
  3. Add the new application deployed in IIS server Define Resource–>Applications–>Add New.
  4. Add resource Define Resource–>Add Resource Eg: /helloworld.html
  5. Add the entitlements to the test user Authorize Access–>Entitlements–>For users.

Test SSO:

  1. Access the application deployed on IIS Eg: http://localhost/helloworld.html
  2. You will see the RSA Acess Manager login page.
  3. After submitting valid credentials you will see the helloworld.html page.

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1 comments
reetimits says March 18, 2011

Good Work!!!
Thanks a lot 🙂

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