Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

NMC server authentication

When you use a web browser on a host (NMC client) to connect to the NMC server, the http daemon on the NMC server downloads the Java client to the NMC client.

The NMC server relies on the NetWorker Authentication Service to manage and validate users. When you log in to the NMC server, the NMC server contacts the NetWorker Authentication Service on the host that you specified during the NMC installation process to verify the credentials of the user account. When the NetWorker Authentication Service successfully verifies the user, the application issues a time-based, signed, and encrypted SAML token to the requesting process. All the operations that require authentication can use the token to verify the user, until the token expires. The NetWorker Authentication Service maintains a local user database for authentication. NetWorker Authentication Service also supports the use external authentication authorities for authentication. For example, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol over SSL (LDAPS), and Microsoft Active Directory server (AD). You can configure the NMC server and the managed NetWorker servers to use LDAP, AD, or the NetWorker Authentication Service local user database to provide user authentication and authorization.

The NetWorker Security Configuration Guide describes how to perform the following tasks:

• Manage the NetWorker Authentication Service.
• Configure user authentication on the NMC.
• Configure user authorization to the NMC and NetWorker servers.