Form Authentication in WEB Collection

To index documents using form authentication, provide the following fields in the WEB collection settings:

1. Form URL
2. Method
3. Name–value pairs for username, password, and other required fields

Besides basic form authentication, SearchBlox also supports:

• ADFS Form Authentication
• Dynamic Form Authentication

ADFS Form Authentication

SearchBlox can index pages protected with ADFS form authentication.

Steps to configure ADFS Form Authentication in WEB Collection

• Create a WEB Collection and set the Root Path.

• In the collection settings, provide Form Authentication details:

  • Form URL
  • Select Type as ADFS
  • Name–value pair for username
  • Name–value pair for password
  • Any other required name–value pairs
  • Save the changes

• Start Indexing

Dynamic Form Authentication

SearchBlox supports dynamic form authentication for forms that generate dynamic headers, in addition to static form authentication.

Steps to use Dynamic Form Authentication

• Stop SearchBlox if it is running.
• Edit the file: <SEARCHBLOX_INSTALLATION_PATH>\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\formauth.yml. Add the required details for your form authentication. Refer to the instructions provided after # in the YML file for guidance.

## Getting form data values from request headers and response headers for setting configured form data value dynamically
formauth:
##Give true to enable dynamic form authentication
  enabledynamicformdata: true
  collectionsconfig:
 ##Collection name
    col1:
 ##xsrf token for dynamic form authentication
      _xsrftoken: $1
 ##Multiple collections are supported
    col2:
      _xsrftoken: $2

• Start SearchBlox

• Provide the required form authentication details in WEB Collection settings:

  • Form URL
  • Select Type as POST
  • Name–value pair for username
  • Name–value pair for password
  • Any other required name–value pairs

• Save changes

• Start Indexing

Form Authentication Work Flow