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Managing Realms

To manage realms, you must be a member of the administrator role in order to access the Administration menu in the JReport Server console. Then in the server console, point to Administration on the system toolbar, and then click Security > Realm from the drop-down menu to go to the Realm page, where you can manage the realms as required.

The following lists the realm management tasks:

• Creating a new realm
  
  1. Click the New Realm link.
  2. In the New Realm dialog, type a name for the realm, and select an authentication mode as the scheme.

     Basic Authentication uses the base64 encryption method as defined by RFC 1945. Digest Authentication uses the MD5 encryption method as defined by RFC 2069. Basic Authentication is lower security but is usually what is used on intranets. Digest Authentication provides much higher security and is usually used with SSL in a highly secure environment.

  3. Click OK, the new realm is then added to the realm table, which consists of the following columns.

     Column Name	Description
     Name	Displays the names of the existing realms.
     State	Displays the states of the existing realms: Active Realm or Selected Realm. If a realm is both active and selected, it is marked as Active Realm. A Selected Realm is the current editing realm in the Security page.
     Control	Controls the realms. Select Sets the specified realm to be the current editing realm. Delete Deletes the specified realm.

  When a new realm is created, it is assigned with built-in users, groups, and the default resource tree. Remember to activate the correct realm before allowing clients to visit.

• Activating a realm
  The realm must be activated before the resources, users, groups, and roles in it can be accessed by the client users. There can be only one active realm at any time.
  1. In the server console, point to Administration on the system toolbar, and then click Configuration > Service from the drop-down menu.
  2. Select the realm you want to activate from the Active Realm drop-down list.
  3. Click Save to apply the change.
  4. Restart JReport Server so that the change can take effect.
• Managing the users, groups and roles in an inactive realm
  Users, groups and roles are only available when the realm they belong to is active. However, users, groups and roles in an inactive realm can still be managed by users in the administrator role. To do this:
  1. In the realm table, click the Select link in the Control column to select the realm you want to manage.
  2. Click Administration > Security and then User, Group or Role from the drop-down menu to display the corresponding page.
  3. Manage the users, groups and roles in the selected realm.
• Deleting a realm
  If you find a realm is no longer required, you can delete it by clicking the corresponding Delete link in the Control column of the realm table.

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