Creating or editing an STS endpoint
A Security Token Service (STS) endpoint provides the connection information that Studio and the Integration Appliance use to connect to an STS. You can request for a SAML 2.0 token/assertion from STS, which complies to WS-Trust specification.
- In the Create Endpoint or Edit Endpoint pane, configure the fields
as described in the following table. Note: Changing the configuration properties of an endpoint affects all orchestrations that use that endpoint in the project as the edits are global, not local.
Field Name | Description |
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Location | |
Host Name | Specify the host name or IP address of the STS that this endpoint connects to. |
Port | Specify the port number of the STS. |
Login | Description |
Log into the Server as an Anonymous User | Select this option to connect to STS anonymously (where user account is not required). |
Log into the Server with User Name and Password | Select this option to connect to STS using a user account. Specify the User Name and Password. |
Authentication | Allows you to select the type of authentication
that the Integration Appliance uses when connecting to an STS server.
From the list, select one of the following authentication options:
|
User Name | Specify the User Name for the account used to connect to the STS. |
Password | Specify the Password for the account used to connect to the STS. |
Security | Description |
None | Select the None option if no security is required. |
HTTPS | Select the HTTPS option
to enable secure HTTP over SSL.
|
Protocol Version | Select the protocol used for secure HTTP over SSL. By default, the protocol version used is SSL_TLSv2. |
Connection Timeout - The following Connection field is available for the Remote Server option only. | |
Time out after ___ seconds when establishing a connection to the Endpoint. | The number of seconds before a timeout occurs between the Integration Appliance attempting to establish a connection to the Endpoint and the time it takes for the endpoint to respond to the connection request. For an STS activity, the amount of time the Integration Appliance attempts to establish a connection to STS before timing out. A connection timeout is different from an activity timeout because an activity timeout occurs after the connection to the endpoint has already been established. An activity timeout specifies the amount of time in seconds before a timeout occurs between the activity invoking a request on an endpoint and the time it takes the endpoint to respond. |
Proxy - The following Proxy fields are available for the Remote Server option only. | |
Login | Description |
Connect via a Proxy Server | Select this check box if the request has to be routed through a proxy server. |
Authentication | Allows you to select the type of authentication
that the Integration Appliance uses when connecting to a remote server.
From the drop-down list, select one of the following authentication
options:
|
Realm / Domain | If you select the Basic authentication option, specify a realm. If you select the NTLM authentication option, specify a domain. |
Host Name | Specify the host name or IP address of the proxy server that the request is routed through. |
Port | Specify the port number of the proxy server that the request is routed through. |
User Name | Specify the User Name for the account used to connect to the proxy server. |
Password | Specify the Password for the account used to connect to the proxy server. |
Remote Endpoint Configuration | |
Endpoint Runs Behind Firewall | Select the check box to enable the secure connector name property so that secure connector can be used if STS is running behind a firewall. |
Secure Connector Name | Specify the name of the secure connector that is used to connect to STS running behind a firewall. For example, if an orchestration containing an STS activity is deployed on to App Connect Live (cloud), then the secure connector needs to be configured. |
Note: For some of the fields in the endpoint, you can define
configuration properties to supply the values for these fields. The
icon
is displayed when you click in a field that supports a configuration
property and a configuration property of the same type has already
been configured for the project.
