Access Manager provides users a way to perform secure single sign-on to applications. Access Manager provides Single Sign-On (SSO) Assistant connectors that are customized for each application to meet the interactive and content requirements for logging in to the application. The SSO Assistant connectors work with SSO Assistant extensions for browsers to securely collect, store, retrieve, and replay the users’ authentication information for the application you select. See Section 3.1, Understanding SSO Assistant.
Access Manager provides many connectors for SSO Assistant that you can import from the Application Connector Catalog. You can access the Application Connector Catalog through Administration Console, but Administration Console must have access to the Internet for the Application Connector Catalog to work. Ensure that you have port 80 open on your firewall for communication to the Application Connector Catalog for the latest connectors. You can also access the Application Connector Catalog without Administration Console. You can see the list of current connectors in Application Connector Catalog. For more information, see Accessing the Application Connector Catalog through the Website.
You can also create custom connector definitions for SSO Assistant. See Section 4.2, Creating an SSO Assistant Connector.
IMPORTANT:Contact NetIQ Technical Support if a connector for SSO Assistant is not yet available for the application that your users access. This helps us to define requirements and set priorities for future connectors for SSO Assistant.
Use the information in the following sections to configure a connector for SSO Assistant.