RoboHelp 8 / RoboHelp Server 9 and Single sign-on (SSO)

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• Can we use Forms SINGLE SIGN ON (SSO) to access publishers BI

  Hello
  
  We feel SSO for Fussion of Middleware Oracle 11g. so using this we are access application form.
  
  Can we use Fussion of Oracle 11g SSO Middleware to access the editor of BI Application.
  
  So my requirement is single sign-on (SSO) in forms, can access BI Publisher.
  
  If anyone knows pls guide me.
  
  
  Thank you.
  
  Published by: Sridhar 1245 on November 26, 2012 20:48

  As I said, this has nothing to do with the forms. If you do not access forms using SSO, then by calling BI Pub in the same browser session, the new browser window would contain the same SSO session details and allow authentication even to use IF the app (Pub BI) is configured to use SINGLE sign-on and is compatible with the SSO version you use. If this does not work, then you must remove the forms of your tests and try to run a report without Forms. Call him directly and see if it displays the same SSO login screen. If so, can identify you? If it does not display the same SSO login or you cannot access the report then the problem is in SSO or BI Pub. Make sure that you access the same SSO server that uses Forms.

• RoboHelp Server 6 and MySQL

  Is it possible to use a compatible ODBC database with RoboHelp Server 6, such as MySQL? This will affect our decision to upgrade or switch to a new solution.
  
  Thank you
  Sean
  

  Bobby,

  Thanks for the reply. Exactly what I was looking for.

  Sean

• Single Sign-On (SSO)

  Hello

  I'm new on SSO so I have questions on how to configure SINGLE sign-on and use for LC ES2.

  I want to start by making a /AdminUI auto connect or right management UI

  In a senario as follows:

  -MS Active Directory with domain name: domaintest.local

  -Addition of the LK domain as an area of business with the ID: dmtest name: domaintest

  -No connection problem in LC /AdminUI with AD user account

  From there, what are the things to do?

  1. can I use "SSO using HTTP headers" in this case?

  If so, how do you get the value underneath? is it that car set or a reference somewhere?

  HTTP header for the user identifier:
  HTTP header for the field:

  Field mapping:

  2. Apart from the configuration on the side of the LC, what other things I need to do or setup? (for example to create a Web service that allows to move the HTTP headers?)

  FYI, I did everything for the SSO... I'm from vacuum.

  Hope someone can guide me on SSO or give me a link of reference for a complete installation of SSO.

  Thank you

  If you want to accomplish this, you need to use SPENEGO. The scenario you describe don't use HTTP header so it won't work.

  When you set up your business directory you want to select Kerberos as an authentication method, then choose the SPENEGO option at this time here.

  I did only once (some time) and I don't have these machines available... so I can't advise you beyond that.

  Paul

• Single Sign-On sequence 5.1 to 5.5 upgrade (multisite mode and bound)

  Hello

  I have trying to find SSO upgrade documentation that describes the options I have to choose for the following upgrade scenario:

  Before the upgrade to 5.5:

  • 2 x 5.1 vCentre servers (Windows 2K8R2) along with related modes.
  • Each vCentre has its own local SSO server that runs on the same server vCentre. Both have the same deployment ID.

  My understanding of what the upgrade for authentication UNIQUE and related modes cannot function after update 5.5 should go as follows (obviously related modes has been removed before the upgrade):

  1. On the first SSO server. Switch from 5.1 to 5.5 using the MULTISITE option. (Web Client follow-up, inventory Service & Server vCentre).
  2. On the 2nd Server SSO. Switch from 5.1 to 5.5 using the MULTISITE option. (Web Client follow-up, inventory Service & Server vCentre).

  The problem is the first SSO server when I select MULTISITE option on the next page, I get the details of the host partner and password I was do one of the following errors:

  1. Could not get the server certificate, or
  2. Unable to get the host name

  And cannot proceed with the upgrade. The only option that works is the AUTONOMOUS vCENTRE SSO SERVER option which I think related modes don't work after upgrade.

  Any help pointing me to a document that stresses the good options if bound mode is preserved after upgrade would be great.

  See you soon

  You use the 2 vCenter 5.5 Update Setup or an older version? Because there are a few changes on the descriptions of the modes of deployments between vCenter 5.5 GA/starting at day 1 and 5.5 Update 2, take a look:

  The deployment modes available for vCenter Single Sign-On are:

  For 5.5GA for vSphere vSphere 5.5 Update 1 b:

  • vCenter Single Sign-On for your first server vCenter Server
  • vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server into an existing site (formerly Cluster HA)
  • vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter server with a new site (formerly Multisite)

  For vSphere 5.5 Update 2 and beyond:

  • SSO Server vCenter standalone
  • High availability
  • Multisite

  For your first vCenter, you must select "vCenter Standalone single authentication server ' and the second 'Multisite' option, see this note:

  Multisite | vSphere 5.5 Update 2 and beyond

  This option installs a vCenter Single Sign-On additional server in a new site of logic. Single Sign-On Server vCenter are created using this option, they will all be members of the same domain of authentication vSphere.local. As an improvement on vSphere 5.1, provided Single Sign-On (policy, users of the solution/application, sources of identity) are now automatically replicated between each vCenter Server Single Sign-On in the same field of authentication vSphere.local 30 seconds. This mode should be used after the first Single Sign-On Server vCenter is deployed using the vCenter Single Sign-On for your first server vCenter Server or stand-alone vCenter Server SSO option, depending on your version of version 5.5 of vSphere .

  For more information, see this KB article: VMware KB: vCenter Single Sign-On deployment for vSphere 5.5 modes

• Refining of Robohelp Server reports

  HI -.
  
  We have installed just Robo Server version 7, replaces the version 4. My question is about the reports.
  
  We get hits for every file that is accessible, that is frequently read content lists include files of type .js, .css, .png, .gif, etc.. What we want, I think are just .htm results because that's all that is significant for us. How do you define that upward?
  
  Thanks in advance.
  
  (BTW, we are in the last turmoil this upgrade of the software.) I would recommend to anyone thinking of R7 to reconsider. The price of the software itself is not start thinking about what will be your final cost when you correspond to the unexpected loss involved additional hours man and General of your mental health. That said, it is almost working fine now :))

  Hi Jack,

  In this case you just need a little set in RoboHelp Server 7 reports asp page. :
  (1) go to the /Reports/Data/Top_Viewed_Pages.asp
  (2) open the file in Notepad and search for the string "var strWhere '.
  (3) change the value of strWhere "WHERE at_ActionTypeID = 30" to "WHERE at_ActionTypeID = 30 AND ((Right([sa_GroupDisplayName],3) ="htm") OR (Right([sa_GroupDisplayName],4) = 'html')) '"
  4) go to control panel services and restart RoboHelp Server Service and IIS Service.
  (5) now access the frequently accessed content report.

  It should work fine for you.

  Khaldi

• Experience HR Server 9 and 11 HTML HR

  We are planning to move to RH9 server and HR HTML 11. We wonder if anyone of you would like to share your experiences with (1) use of HR 9 Server and (2) use of the RH Server 9 with HR HTML 11.

  Please note that I read through the 26 or so discuss RH9 server, but the web site displays only the same discussion list when I click the button to display 'all '.

  Thank you very much.

  Carol

  Hi, Carol

  I have used personally RoboHelp 11 with RoboHelp Server 9 and have experienced no problems.

  Two global methods particularly that I recommend:

  System requirements:

  Make sure that you and your web administrator read the online help documentation carefully regarding the various combinations of number of 'bits' database and server operating systems. These links are a good starting point:

  Recommended OS/database combination. RoboHelp Server 9

  Adobe RoboHelp Server 9 * system requirements

  
  

  RoboHelp and RoboHelp Server updates

  Don't forget to apply the updates for RoboHelp Server 9 and RoboHelp 11 (the client application). Willam van Weelden has a good collection of links to update here:

  Patches and updates RoboHelp update | WvanWeelden.eu

  John Daigle

  Adobe Certified RoboHelp and Captivate instructor

  Evergreen, Colorado

  www.showmethedemo.com

• vCenter single sign on - condition password is wrong or empty

  I'm moving my SSO 5.1 U2, but when I ran the wizard and go to vcenter single sign-on info

  Its saying the password supplied is incorrect or empty

  any idea?

  I'm am to connect to the web client as

  admin@system-domain

  with the same password

  Check this blog for how procedures do to recover the password: http://www.ingmarverheij.com/vmware-recover-vcenter-single-sign-on-sso-master-password/

• Documentation for the configuration and the deployment of SSO in WCI 10 g R3

  I searched the Forum and the oracle documentation, but found no specific documentation on configuring and deploying single-sign - on (SSO) in WCI 10 g R3. I found the documentation for ALUI 6.1 but not for 10g R3. Grateful if someone can provide the same.
  
  Thank you

  In addition to Ms. WIA, we support the integration of Netegrity Siteminder and Oblix (now Oracle Identity management solutions) against WCI. 10GR 3 administration guide includes a section on "Single Sign-On deployment" and "Common Questions SSO" that might be a good starting point:
  http://download.Oracle.com/docs/CD/E13158_01/AluI/WCI/docs103/map_WCI_adminguide_10-3/

  However, it seems there is no information in the deployment (a mistake I think), to verify the portal 6.1 admin guide here:
  http://download.Oracle.com/docs/CD/E13174_01/AluI/Ali/docs61/Admin/SSO.html

  Down from the link above, you will see information on the use of BasicSSO and CustomSSO to connect to other third-party SSO providers not supported. And I think that this KB below may still be relavent although old.

  Develop a custom SSO objects to integrate third-party SSO servers with the portal
  ArticleID 778417.1

• Should I Robohelp Server or Source code control? and installation of HR

  So, I always compare products of creation and try to filter requirements.

  I've been reading more about HR and have met HR server and source control and ask yourself exactly if they are needed.

  I'm the only writer in society, probably helping web publishing or outputs html for use online help via our web application.

  Is it necessary to implement a server control or source, I can see that server gives me reporting capacity and statistical reports, neither of which I really need. Is there something else on the HR server that would be beneficial?

  In addition, source code control, it is more necessary when there are multiple writers accessing the same content at the same time that problems arise? Fix?

  Also, is it difficult or time-consuming is the installation process of HR on a single machine. It is a simple setup, or will I need to install database server or anything that might require IT to the team to get involved?

  Thanks for your help.

  Nick

  Hi Nick.

  You're almost on the spot. RoboHelp Server is mainly necessary only if you want the features of additional reports. There are other minor differences between RoboHelp and RoboHelp Server but that's the main thing. RoboSource Control is an application for source safe and saved files and is designed for an environment of several author. It adds a layer of complexity to a single authoring environment, even if you can still use it if you wish. Personally I would ensure you have your source on a local disk (a key to RoboHelp requirement) and the backup on a network drive.

  Installing RoboHelp is painless. It's like any other application by using a wizard to guide. He has several options that you can choose, which one is to install the RoboSourceControl client.

  Click here to learn more about the difference between RoboHelp Server and RoboSourceControl.

• Cannot publish a layout HTML5 sensitive on the RoboHelp Server

  I use the trial versions of RoboHelp 2015 and RoboHelp Server 10. We used the previous version of RoboHelp and RoboHelp Server to publish our help for some time. Our software moves or available to be consulted on various devices, so we try to test responsive publishing HTML 5 on the RoboHelp Server.

  When we try to publish the project we get one of two errors "Publishing has been abandoned. The FTP session was stopped. "or"failed to publish on "TEST_EM". Reason: the FTP session is over. "We have tried this on two machines different author and he can't get through.

  Steps to follow:

  1. We have set up a server with RoboHelp 10 installed.
  2. We have created a test project with RoboHelp 2015 with a sensitive HTML 5 layout.
  3. We could fill in the domain of the evil server directory but the documentation mentions about how to post HTML 5 reagent on the RoboHelp Server, or if this is the case, it does not match the actual screens. When you select a new destination, you get the following window that we learned to love previously, except that it doesn't have a refresh button which lists the server areas and it has this new "Directory Server" field.

  

  We have poured over the documentation and can't find what to put. We have gone through all the other connection protocols, and they do not seem to apply.

  RoboHelp Server Help says:

  Publish your RoboHelp projects (2015 version)

  (1) create or change Responsive HTML5, WebHelp Pro and FlashHelp Pro available.

  (2) do one of the following:

  • Right click the Responsive HTML5, WebHelp Pro and FlashHelp Pro in the Single available

  Source pod layouts and select Properties.

  • Double-click the sensitive HTML5, WebHelp Pro or FlashHelp Pro available in the

  Single Source Layouts pod.

  (3) in the Options dialog box, click next to move to the server selection screen.

  4) click New to create a destination of RoboHelp Server to post projects. In the new Destination

  dialog box, provide the descriptive name, server name, user ID and password to connect and

  authenticate on the RoboHelp Server.

  5) click on the Refresh button to get the updated list areas of the server. If you do not select a

  region, the project is published in the default zone.

  NOTE: To post to the default context (robohelp), enter the name of the server in the

  http:// < servername >: < PortNumber > format. RoboHelp adds

  / server/robohelp for her. Otherwise, to publish in one context other than robohelp, specify a full

  URL to the format http:// < servername >: < PortNumber > / < NomContexte > /

  Server

  6) click OK to save the server configurations and close the new Destination dialog box.

  (7) click on save and build to generate the output.

  (8) once the output is generated, click on publish to publish the project to RoboHelp Server.

  NOTE: To view the project on the server, go to the RoboHelp Server Web Administrator and projects

  tab, select the area where you published the project.

  Unfortunately, there is no button update, as described in step 5.

  Other information:

  We were able to publish the WebHelp Pro project previously created on the new server, just not the HTML5 draft.

  The server logs show nothing on an attempt to logon we feel contact us even the server.

  I installed the update 3.

  Can someone tell what to put in this area or explain why we see not the button refresh?

  Thank you

  Nita

  I am answering my own post in case anyone else runs into this problem. I had installed the update 3, but apparently it took a reboot of the machine to become active. After the machine shut down over the weekend and re-opening RoboHelp this morning, the RoboHelp Server connection protocol option is available in the new Destination window. When you select the option of RoboHelp Server publishes it successfully. Thank you for your help.

• RoboHelp Server 6 authentication failure

  Just built RoboHelp Server 6 on the new Windows Server 2003. Users can arrival, departure, can't update to control code Source Robo services by is authenticating to server, but don't publish. At the time of publication, they get:
  
  WARNING: Impossible to publish on "{the server connection name} '. reason: cannot log on to the server: {server}. Server does not support any type of authentication method.
  
  Configuration works very well in the development scenario (XP Office particular race as server & combined customer).
  
  Yes, I know the obvious contrast between a single system in the config of test and production server.
  
  Anyone else go through this?
  
  Also get strange error "dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.MFCLOC could not be found and last error was that the referenced assembly is not installed on your system ' on server. No errors in development - if the workstation to test Visual Studio 2005 (VC80). I think that MFCLOC is for localization, but where a site. US no need for multilingual capabilities don't understand so not why 'clean install' would leave required (or unused). DLL and assemblies?
  
  David

  After running vcredist_x86.exe install missing. DLL as mentioned in previous post and running through this kb: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=rb_47486&sliceId=2

  Everything works!

• Users of RoboHelp Server 10: You have configured an external db using JDBC?

  I am trying to set up a new Server 10 installation with the Standard of SQL Server 2014, but I can't get past the Configuration in RoboHelp Server Manager.

  • I think that I created a correct database URL
  • I think that I specified the correct class of the JDBC driver
  • I am using a database user name and password I created in SSMS, so I know that it is correct
  • I'm fairly certain that I have specified the correct path to the sqljdbc_4.1.jar file

  And when I click "Test connection", all I get is "connection failed."

  Calling the docs from RoboHelp Server 10 on this subject "sparse" would be generous. Are there additional steps without papers I need to do first?

  Anyone out there even got it works?

  Finally I got it. The problem was two things:

  • The credentials of the user do not have permissions on the instance of SQL Server
  • The database URL has been unnecessarily complex. All that was needed was jdbc:sqlserver://localhost (by specifying a databaseNAME property actually prevented from working, for some reason any)

  Fix those two problems solved the problem and I was able to connect to the server.

• VSphere Web Client cannot connect to the server vCenter Single Sign On.

  I'm running the virtual appliance of the trial 5.5.0.20400 build 2442330 on ESXi 5.5.0, 2068190

  While I try to log on to the Web Client, I get this error.  VSphere Web Client cannot connect to the server vCenter Single Sign On.

  I put fallow the steps to disable SSO by changing the webclient.properties line add file and ad sso.enabled = false .    Then on the vCenter Server Appliance, restart the vSphere client service by typing service vsphere-client restart .

  I enclose the reference files.

  All ideas will be useful

  
  

  This answer was simple, all I had to do was remove the # in front of the statement in the file.   and SSO has been disabled after the restart of the service.

• Structure of security suitable for Single Sign on Server

  We're all used to how design the structure of security for vCenter Server if you had a before 5.1 existing VMware environment.  Who should have administrative privileges in vCenter Server, what roles, permissions and so on should be attributed to the what users and groups - these issues have already been addressed in our current configuration.

  Now Single Sign introduced a significant new of the determination of the issues of access and authentication.

  I would like to have some ideas on how this should be managed.  For example, directors of previous VMware by definition should become Single Sign we're directors? The Active Directory domain administrators now begin to get involved with the SSO on the server?

  For example, the Single Sign on now VMware forces administrators to configure things like:

  -For the SSO password complexity policy

  -Expired password for SSO

  -Locking strategy

  We probably already have these things closely controlled in AD and locked with group policy, but you cannot apply the policy of group directly to a SINGLE authentication server and make it to a GPO in Active Directory.  (You can do Windows SSO running operating system on have a GPO applied, but it will not set up authentication SINGLE itself, just the OS).

  VMware admins are looking at a new set of issues related to authentication and authorization.  Someone must have written something or will write something to help us get the overview of what changes with SSO if anything and how we look at SSO to a safety design and best practices.

  Do I just existing vCenter Server admins admins SSO or do we need to take a step back and reconsider?

  Hello

  In fact, Yes. SSO is strong enough in 5.5. It has some limitations around to send passwords expired, but this is mainly because some people do not use. I use SSO to provide usernames and passwords for all my VMware vCenter and related products service accounts. That is an account for POS, Horizon, vCops, Log Insight, etc.  It's more about the conservation of the once separate systems more with no real need to AD for services. But AD via SSO is used by users.

  Read the documentation and determine how SSO fits in your current password policy and take a long, hard look at your virtualization environment. Y at - it a 1 service-by-service account in dialogue directly with vCenter? If this isn't the case, SSO can help you implement that. The key is to match its functionality to your security policy.

  Best regards
  Edward L. Haletky
  VMware communities user moderator, VMware vExpert 2009, 2010, 2011,2012,2013,2014

  Author of the books ' VMWare ESX and ESXi in the business: Planning Server Virtualization Deployment, Copyright 2011 Pearson Education. ' Of VMware VSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: securing the virtual environment ', Copyright 2009 Pearson Education.

  Virtualization and Cloud Security Analyst: The Practice of virtualization, LLC - vSphere Upgrade Saga - virtualization security Table round Podcast