Configure: New Authentication Task
Gain an understanding of how to set up a new authentication task within your system.
Configure: New Authentication Task
Gain an understanding of how to set up a new authentication task within your system.
How to configure authentication task for authentication?
In this article is described step-by-step instructions for configuring authentication task.
Authentication task is needed for Secure Access to be able to define which Customers end-users can access to solution login page.
Note: Versions older than 2025.2 doesn't sync authentication tasks to Secure Access (ESA), so in those environments don't create authentication task according to this guidance, instead, configure authentication directly using Secure Access (ESA) Admin portal. Follow Efecte Secure Access configuration instructions according to required authentication method.
Connection between Secure Access component and Customers Identity Provider needs to be configured in Secure Access admin console, please follow separate configuration instructions, according to authentication protocol to be used.
How to Create New Task for Authentication?
There are two options to create a new authentication task. Option one is to copy existing provisioning task into authentication task, if authentication method is using same settings. Option two is to create new authentication task.
Create new Authentication task
1. Open the Administration area (cogwheel symbol)
2. Choose Connectors module
3. Choose Authentication tab
4. Open connector and on Authentication tasks block click Create New Task
- Please notice that needed information content changes according to chosen directory. Note that if existing EPE task has a certificate already, you don't need to define a separate certificate for the Authentication task if certificate in use.
Example of Microsoft Active Directory as directory:
Example of Entra as directory:
5. Fill in mandatory information
6. Define filters for users and groups (if needed by connector)
- Detailed information about filters and how them can be used is available in Native Connectors description
7. Save task and run ESA Sync
8. Login to Secure Access admin, and follow Secure Access (ESA) configuration instructions according Connector and authentication protocol
If the authentication task doesn't create Identity Provider automatically to Secure Access, you can create it manually according to the instructions.
Notice
If Synchronization must be disable or enabled from authentication task it can done by entering into esa-container and opening the file /opt/esa/epe_synch.config. Change the following values from true to false if you want to disabled sync:
- synchronize_user_federations=false
- synchronize_identity_providers=false
When change above is done to file "/opt/esa/epe_synch.config" the synchronization will always be disabled.
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