Preparing the initial installation

Description of the use case

For the nevisAuth server and other Nevis components to run correctly, the installation of a signer certificate and the selection of the correct token format is required. As soon as the server is up and running, replace the test authentication, which is used to verify the initial installation, by the authentication infrastructure of choice.

Instructions

The initial setup requires the following steps:

1. Configure the nevisAuth server's instance name ").
2. Install, configure or generate a SecToken signer certificate ").
3. Configure the default TokenAssembler and/or add new ones ").
4. Start the server and perform an initial authentication test (see the nevisProxy reference guide).
5. Perform server and cache scaling ").
6. Configure the site-specific authentication infrastructure ").

Further steps may include:

• Distribution of the SecToken signer's certificate, that is, the public key ").
• Enabling failsafe operation with another nevisAuth instance.