If you implemented a custom Java authentication provider with your existing security infrastructure, you can configure Cognos 8 components to use it.
You can use a custom authentication provider to access and authenticate users to an alternate authentication source. You can also use it as a single signon mechanism to integrate Cognos 8 components with your security infrastructure.
For more information, see the Custom Authentication Provider Developer Guide.
You can configure Cognos 8 components to use a custom authentication namespace. Any additional configuration for authentication source access, single signon, or custom attributes are dependent on the custom authentication provider implementation.
On every computer where you installed Content Manager, open Cognos Configuration.
In the Explorer window, under Security, right-click Authentication, and click New resource, Namespace.
In the Name box, type a name for your authentication namespace.
In the Type list, click Custom Java Provider and then click OK.
The new authentication provider resource appears in the Explorer window, under the Authentication component.
In the Properties window, for the NamespaceID property, specify a unique identifier for the namespace.
Tip: Do not use colons (:) in the Namespace ID property.
Specify the values for all other required properties to ensure that Cognos 8 can locate and use your existing authentication provider.
From the File menu, click Save.
Test the connection to a new namespace. In the Explorer window, under Authentication, right-click the new authentication resource and click Test.
Cognos 8 loads, initializes, and configures the provider libraries for the namespace.