Parameterized login with AWI 12.3

[Michael A. Lowry]

Some time ago, I compiled all the information I had on AWI URLs. Things have changed in v12.3, and the information is now outdated. For example, parameterized login no longer works as it did before.

The AE 12.3 documentation for the configuration.properties file is typically terse in its description of parameterized login. If you're updating from an earlier version you will notice that the sso parameter is gone, replaced by the logintype parameter.

	Parameter name	Description	Options
v12.2	sso	Enable single sign-on (Kerberos only)?	yes|no
v12.3	logintype	Login type	AE|KERBEROS|SAML

Version 12.3 supports SAML authentication in addition to Kerberos. This is presumably the reason for the change.

The autologin parameter has been changed too. Whereas before it expected a value of yes or no, the documentation suggests that it now expects true or false.

Unfortunately, no matter what combination I try, I cannot get automatic login with Kerberos working. (Kerberos login works, but auto-login does not work.)

Has anyone gotten unprompted (automatic) login working via parameterized AWI URLs in v12.3?

[Michael A. Lowry]

I found a way to get parameterized autologin working. One must specify the system and client twice: once in the URL parameters, and a second time in the path.

E.g., 
https://awi.mycompany.com/?system=AE_EXP&client=0001&logintype=KERBEROS&autologin=true#AE_EXP:0001@pa

Assuming SSO is working and the user is authorized, this URL will log the user in an take him to the top-level folder in the Process Assembly (pa) perspective.

• If the ?system=AE_EXP&client=0001 bit is missing, autologin will not work, and the login dialog box will be displayed.
• If the #AE_EXP:0001 bit is missing, autologin will work but it take the user to a non-existent page, displaying the error message Page not found.

[Anh Tuan Hoang]

Hi Michael,

You can simply skip the AE_EXP:0001@ and proceed with [https://awi.mycompany.com/?system=AE_EXP&client=0001&logintype=KERBEROS&autologin=true#pa]. It will bring you to the Process Assembly perspective of that particular system:client.

Best regards,
Tuan

[Michael A. Lowry]

I opened an incident about this, and Broadcom Support found a solution: simply removing the at symbol (@) before the perspective identifier (e.g., pa).

https://awi.mycompany.com/?system=AE_EXP&client=0001&logintype=KERBEROS&autologin=true#pa

I have renamed my original "AWI URLs" document to AWI v12.2 URLs document and created a new document specific to v12.3:
AWI v12.3 URLs

[Anh Tuan Hoang]

Hi Michael,

You can use the following method I believe:
https://awi.mycompany.com/?system=AE_EXP&client=0001&logintype=KERBEROS&autologin=true#pa