Enable or Disable a Security Service

This applies to: Visual Data Discovery

The Symphony supervisor can enable or disable a security authentication service.

Enable a Security Service

Enable a security authentication service

Log in as a system admin.
Select Tools > Security from the main menu.
The Security page appears. It consists of four tabs: Security Services, SAML Settings, LDAP Settings, and Kerberos Settings.
On the Security Services tab, turn on the appropriate switch (slide it to the right) for the authentication service you want to enable.
Select Save.

After the settings have been saved, the status of the authentication service changes to Will start on next restart.
Close the Symphony UI.
Access the Linux prompt and log into your Symphony server (via Secure Shell or SSH).
Restart the Symphony server service. See Restart Microservices.

Wait a few minutes for the Symphony service to fully restart, then open a new browser window and log back in as the supervisor. Verify that your changes took effect. After restarting Symphony, the authentication service status changes to Started.

Note: If you receive an error message stating that the connection to Symphony could not be made, you may need to give it a little more time for the service to fully restart. If the problem persists, contact Technical Support.

Disable a security authentication service

Log in as a system admin.
Select Tools > Security from the main menu.
The Security page appears. It consists of four tabs: Security Services, SAML Settings, LDAP Settings, and Kerberos Settings.
On the Security Services tab, turn off the appropriate switch (slide it to the left ) for the authentication service you want to disable.
Select Save.

After the settings have been saved, the status of the authentication service changes to Will stop on next restart. The tab that allows you to configure the settings for the service will still be available and the service will keep running until the Symphony service is restarted.
Close the Symphony UI.
Access the Linux prompt and log into your Symphony server (via Secure Shell or SSH).
Restart the Symphony server service. See Restart Microservices.

Wait a few minutes for the Symphony service to fully restart, then open a new browser window and log back in as the supervisor. Verify that your changes took effect. After restarting Symphony, the authentication service status changes to Stopped and access to the corresponding service tabs are disabled.

Note: If you receive an error message stating that the connection to Symphony could not be made, you may need to give it a little more time for the service to fully restart. If the problem persists, contact Technical Support.