Server Administration Webfocus Reporting Server Release 8205 Datamigrator Server Release 7709
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Server Administration WebFOCUS Reporting Server Release 8205 DataMigrator Server Release 7709 May 20, 2019 Active Technologies, EDA, EDA/SQL, FIDEL, FOCUS, Information Builders, the Information Builders logo, iWay, iWay Software, Parlay, PC/FOCUS, RStat, Table Talk, Web390, WebFOCUS, WebFOCUS Active Technologies, and WebFOCUS Magnify are registered trademarks, and DataMigrator and Hyperstage are trademarks of Information Builders, Inc. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Flash, Adobe Flash Builder, Flex, and PostScript are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Due to the nature of this material, this document refers to numerous hardware and software products by their trademarks. In most, if not all cases, these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies. It is not this publisher's intent to use any of these names generically. The reader is therefore cautioned to investigate all claimed trademark rights before using any of these names other than to refer to the product described. Copyright © 2019, by Information Builders, Inc. and iWay Software. All rights reserved. Patent Pending. This manual, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Information Builders, Inc. Contents Preface ........................................................................ 15 Conventions ........................................................................16 Related Publications .................................................................17 Customer Support ...................................................................17 Information You Should Have ..........................................................18 User Feedback ......................................................................19 iWay Software Training and Professional Services ........................................19 1. Server Introduction ...........................................................21 Using the Web Console ...............................................................21 Web Console Ribbon............................................................ 24 Web Console Hover Menu........................................................24 Menu Options .......................................................................26 Ribbon Options.................................................................26 User Menu Options............................................................. 26 Configuration Overview ...............................................................30 Server Profiles ...................................................................... 31 Profile Level....................................................................32 Profile Commands ...................................................................35 Profile Command Formats........................................................35 2. Server Security .............................................................. 39 Server Security Overview ..............................................................39 Authentication..................................................................40 Security Providers...............................................................40 Privileges and Other Authorizations................................................43 Encryption..................................................................... 47 Configuring Authentication ............................................................47 Configuring a New Security Provider............................................... 47 Configuring OPSYS Authentication.................................................50 Preventing Unsecured Server Starts After Upgrades.............................51 Using Password Phrases for Authentication on z/OS............................51 Configuring Linux and AIX Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAMs)..............53 Server Administration 3 Contents Using Kerberos for Single Sign-On............................................53 Configuring PTH Authentication................................................... 55 Disabling a PTH Security Provider Account.....................................58 Configuring DBMS Authentication................................................. 59 Configuring LDAP Authentication.................................................. 59 Configuring Custom Authentication................................................60 Encoding Passwords for a Custom Security Provider............................60 Authenticating Users Across Multiple Security Providers..............................61 Enabling Trusted Connections.................................................... 61 Identifying a Default Provider for Trusted Groups.................................... 62 Setting an Anonymous User ID....................................................62 Configuring User Password Settings...............................................63 Sign-in Password Expiration Warning..........................................64 Configuring Privileges and Other Authorizations ..........................................65 Configuring DBMS Authorization...................................................66 Configuring Server DBA Security...................................................67 Calculating Privileges for Any Registered or Unregistered User or Group.................67 Permissions for Server Application Files and Directories Using a Non-OPSYS Security Provider.....................................................................67 File Permissions for an OPSYS Security Provider.................................... 77 Configuring General Server and Web Console Actions................................79 Transferring File Permissions With the GRANT Privilege..........................84 Configuring Groups..............................................................86 Configuring Roles...............................................................87 Registering Users and Groups in a Role............................................90 Configuring Server Encryption ......................................................... 99 Encrypting Passwords Stored in Configuration Files..................................99 User-Defined Password Encryption and Decryption..................................100 Encrypting Data at Rest.........................................................101 Configuring Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Encryption for the TCP/HTTP Listener...........101 Support for OpenSSL Protocols, Ciphers and DH and ECDH Key Exchange.............103 Configuring Data Encryption for a Remote Server...................................104 Encoding HTML Tags in Data....................................................106 4 Information Builders Contents Access to Connection Information in WebFOCUS Procedures ............................. 106 Configuring the Server for Multi-Tenant Deployment ..................................... 107 Configuring Security Templates for Multi-Tenant Environments....................... 107 Configuring Multi-Tenant Application Folders.......................................115 Configuring Multi-Tenant Groups and Users........................................115 Configuring Multi-Tenant DBMS Connections.......................................116 Configuring Security Providers for Multi-Tenant Deployment..........................116 Naming Conventions for Multi-Tenant Deployment..................................116 Configuring Application File Privileges for Multi-Tenant Deployment....................116 Effect of Multi-Tenant Deployment on File Upload and HOLD Files.....................117 Shared Metadata Under Multi-Tenant Deployment..................................117 3. Managing Applications ...................................................... 119 What Is an Application? .............................................................119 Generating Samples and Tutorials............................................... 122 Procedures and Metadata on the Application Tree ...................................... 123 Managing Applications and Paths .....................................................133 Creating and Mapping Applications...............................................133 Using an SQL Database to Store Application Contents..............................138 Linking to Your WebFOCUS Client Repository...................................... 141 Nested Application Directories...................................................143 Home Application Directories for Users........................................... 146 Configuring the Application Path................................................. 150 Filtering the Application Tree.................................................... 153 Searching for Files.............................................................156 Sorting the Application Tree.....................................................157 Selecting Application Files...................................................... 157 Application Commands Overview ..................................................... 158 Search Path Management Commands .................................................161 APP PATH.....................................................................162 APP PREPENDPATH............................................................ 162 APP APPENDPATH............................................................. 163 APP MAP....................................................................