CA API Gateway 9.1

9.4 9.1

Creating a Federated Group

Groups help you organize your users and they are a time-saving tool. For example, granting web service or XML application access to a group of users is much quicker than granting access individually.
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Groups help you organize your users and they are a time-saving tool. For example, granting web service or XML application access to a group of users is much quicker than granting access individually.
To add a new group to the Federated Identity Provider (FIP)
:
  1. On the Policy Manager interface, select the [Identity Providers] tab. One or more Federated Identity Providers should be visible.
    Note: If no FIP is listed, then you must create one before you can add a federated group.
  2. Right-click the FIP name in the [
    Identity Providers
    ] tab and select Create Group. The Create Federated Group dialog appears. 
  3. Enter a name for the group in the Group Name field.
  4. Select the
    Define Additional Properties
     check box if you wish to enter additional information about the group at this time. All additional information is optional.
  5. Click [
    Create
    ].
  6. If you are not defining additional properties, the dialog closes and the group is added to the Internal Identity Provider.
  7. If you are defining additional properties, the assertion properties are displayed. Complete each tab as necessary. All fields are optional.
  8. In the Group Properties dialog, click [
    OK
    ]. The dialog closes and the group is added to the Federated Identity Provider.
Tab
Description
General
  • Description
    : Enter a description of the group.
Membership
  1. Click [
    Add
    ]. A list of users appear.
  2. Select one or more users who belong to this group.
  3. Click [
    Add
    ]. The user(s) are added to the group.
  4. If you need to remove a user from a group, select that user and then click [
    Remove
    ].    

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