Activate a profile

To pass authentication requests through a profile, you must change the status of a profile to active. The status indicator is green for active profiles in .

By default, the status of a newly created profile is inactive. A profile creation process in is considered complete when you change the status from inactive to active. Activated profiles are automatically listed in the standalone-full.xml file.

You can activate a newly created profile or an existing profile that is currently inactive. The profiles that are listed in Manage Existing Profiles page with yellow status indicators are all inactive or deactivated. You can have multiple profiles in the active status and reorder them within the list, if required.

Tip: Before you create any profiles using Auth Manager, you may see an inactive auto-imported TeamForgeDatabase profile appearing under Authentication Profiles. It is recommended to delete the Auto-imported UsernamePasswordInDatabaseLoginModule after creating and activating your first profile. Because the subsequent login and authentication request pass only through the active profile(s).
  1. Log on to the TeamForge as a site administrator and go to the look project.
  2. From the project navigation bar, click AUTH MANAGER.
  3. From the Main Menu pane on the left, click Manage Existing Profiles.
  4. To activate all the profiles listed in the Manage Existing Profiles page atonce, click Activate All.
  5. To activate a particular profile in the Manage Existing Profiles page, click the profile name that needs to be activated. The profile details are displayed.
    Note: Ensure that the current status of the profile is inactive and marked yellow.
  6. Click Activate.
    Note: This button is visible only if the current status of the profile is inactive; scroll down to see this.
  7. On the confirmation window, click ok to proceed. The profile is activated now and the status turns green.
Parent topic: Manage authentication profiles