Configure LiveCompare to use single sign-on

Single sign-on allows each user to be logged in to LiveCompare automatically using their Windows account, provided that a LiveCompare account has been created with a matching username.

Before you begin, LiveCompare must be configured to run using HTTPS/SSL as described here.

Configure LiveCompare to use single sign-on

Configuring LiveCompare to use single sign-on involves the following steps: 

  1. Log in to LiveCompare as an Administrator and select the Administration > Configuration > Security folder in the LiveCompare hierarchy.

  2. Set the Single SignOn field to X, and click Save.

  3. Stop the Tricentis LiveCompare Application Server service on the LiveCompare server, first checking that no users are currently logged in to LiveCompare and that no workflows are currently running.

  4. On the LiveCompare server, remove the WebMatrix.*.dll files from the <LiveCompare install dir>\web\apps\bin directory.

Configure the LiveCompare studio web application to use single sign-on

  1. Open IIS Manager on the LiveCompare server and navigate to the livecompare/studio application.

  2. In the IIS section, double-click the Authentication icon.

  3. Disable Anonymous Authentication and enable Windows Authentication.

  4. Select Windows Authentication in the Authentication pane and choose Providers… from the context menu.

  5. In the Providers dialog, ensure that NTLM is listed before Negotiate.

Verify the configuration of the LiveCompare studio application

  1. In IIS Manager on the LiveCompare server, navigate to the livecompare/studio application.

  2. In the Management section, double-click the Configuration Editor icon.

  3. In the Section list box:

    1. Select system.web/authentication, and ensure that the mode is set to Windows.

    2. Select system.web/authorization, and click … for the (Collection) entry in the Features View. In the Collection Editor, ensure that the ‘allow’ entry has * in the users column.

Restart IIS

On the LiveCompare server, run iisreset from a command window to restart IIS.

Log in to LiveCompare

Log in as LDAP user

To log in to LiveCompare as an LDAP user, enter your LDAP username and password in the Windows Security dialog and then click OK.

Log in as an administrator

To log in to LiveCompare as a user with administrator permissions do the following: 

  1. Log in as an LDAP user first, and then log out.

  2. Click Login as another user.

  3. Enter the administrator’s username and password.

  4. Click Login.

Additional steps

  1. If your SSL certificate is self-signed, you may need to use the Microsoft Management Console and the Certificates snap-in to add the SSL certificate to the Trusted Root Certification Authorities list.
  2. If a Windows security dialog appears when accessing the LiveCompare web site, you may need to configure your browser and add the LiveCompare web server to the Local intranet or Trusted sites zone.

Related topics

Configure LiveCompare to run using HTTPS/SSL (recommended)