PDS User Management

DigiTool Version 3.0

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PDS Overview

PDS Setup

Single Sign On

Agenda

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PDS (Patron Directory Services ) Overview

The Patron Directory Service (PDS) is a “back-end” Web component that facilitates patron authentication and login to a calling application.

The PDS is part of the standard calling application package, but it is a distinct and separate component.

The PDS does not have a patron database of its own.

The PDS can be configured to work against the institution’s local authentication server and patron database, such as an LDAP directory service.

The PDS can receive patron information (user ID and additional patron details) via a standard XML output from the institution’s local patron database and relay this to the calling application for the creation/update of individual user records.

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Remote PDS Patron in DigiToolPDS Authentication

Store in Z312 as

PDS User (Type 1)

Sign On

Sign Off

Start Session

End Session

Remote User

Database

DigiToolUser

Database

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PDS Overview

PDS Setup

Single Sign On

Agenda

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PDS Environment and Setup

To enter the root directory of the PDS, enter the following command:

pdsroot (/exlibris/dtl/d3_1/pds)

The tab_service tables reside under the ../pds/conf_table directory and are the central configuration tables in the PDS.

The Main PDS Configuration Table is tab_service.digitool

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Standard DigiTool 3.0 Configuration

tab_service.digitool

User authentication:[AUTHENTICATE] program = digitool.plparams =

sfx.unisi.it:8881,op=BOR_AUTH,DAT01,PDS,PDS,N[END]

Get user information:[BOR_INFO]program = digitool.plparams = sfx.unisi.it:8881,op=BOR_INFO,DAT01,PDS,PDS,N[END]

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DigiTool PDS Configuration for ALEPH Users[AUTHENTICATE]program = aleph_16.plparams = host,port,BOR_AUTH,ADM50,N,WWW-X,WWW-Xprogram = digitool.plparams = sfx.unisi.it:8881,op=BOR_AUTH,DAT01,PDS,PDS,N[END]

[BOR_INFO]program = aleph_16.plparams = host,port,BOR_AUTH,ADM50,N,WWW-X,WWW-Xprogram = digitool.plparams = sfx.unisi.it:8881,op=BOR_INFO,DAT01,PDS,PDS,N[END]

Host – Remote hostnamePort – Remote portADM50 –Remote User LibraryAccording to this configuration the system will check the user in Remote User Database and if not found then in DigiTool User database.

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How to check the PDS session?If pds user is Logged in 2 files are found in pdsroot/pds_files/

1) z311.11120051213176601200511131712session_id = 11120051213176601200511131712exl_id = 230institute = DIGITOOLid = 230verification = 755calling_system = digitooldate = 20051101time = 121317buffer =remote_address = ram7:8881/R;10.1.235.113;digitool

2) z311.exl_id.230session_id = 11120051213176601200511131712

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PDS Overview

PDS Setup

Single Sign On

Agenda

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Single Sign On OverviewPDS supports Single Sign On and Single Sign Off across Ex Libris products.

PDS can be configured to provide Single Sign On services between the following Ex Libris products: MetaLib, DigiTool and ALEPH.

The following sections describe the configuration steps necessary to configure the calling systems to share the PDS and to provide Single Sign-On (SSO) across Ex Libris products.

The calling system (MetaLib / DigiTool / ALEPH) connects to, and authenticates against, the IP address and the port number of the PDS. In addition, the PDS has a configuration file containing definitions for SSO logon and logout.

For example, if a user logs into MetaLib, and then from the same browser session logs into DigiTool, DigiTool will query PDS to establish if the user has a valid PDS cookie. If the user has a valid PDS cookie, the user will be logged on to DigiTool automatically.

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PDS SSO Setup

In the ./pds/conf_table/sso_conf file:

[LOGON]

TYPE1 = digitool,metalib,aleph

[END]

TYPE 1: Enable automatic Sign On—enables a shared session between the various TYPE1 applications.

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PDS SSO Setup

[LOGOUT]

TYPE2 = digitool,metalib,aleph

[END]

There are two configuration options:

TYPE 1: Enable automatic Sign Off—when logging off from one application, the user is automatically logged off from all other applications defined as TYPE 1. In the above example, when the user logs off from MetaLib, he is logged off from DigiTool and ALEPH as well.

TYPE 2: Enable selective Sign Off—when a user logs off from Metalib, for example, a menu of other applications defined as TYPE 2 appears. This allows the user to select the applications that he wants to log off from.

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Calling System PDS Variables in DigiTool

Steps to change the variables to the shared PDS:

1. From the $dtle_root directory, open dtl_start.setenv PDS_HOST shared host (Master)setenv PDS_PORT shared port (Master)

2. In the www_server.conf file, change the server_pds variable if it is hard coded to use variables from the dtle_start file.

####################### PDS definitions:######################setenv server_pds "http://${PDS_HOST}:${PDS_PORT}/pds“

3. Source dtl_start and run UTIL W/3/1 to start the servers.

PDS log file is located under cd $LOGDIR:pds_server.log

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