This page last changed on May 05, 2008 by smaddox.
There are two overall steps to integrating an application with Crowd:
- Step 1. Configure Crowd to talk to the application — that is, add the application to Crowd via the Crowd Administration Console (see below). The application will then be allowed to authenticate against Crowd.
- Step 2. Configure the application to talk to Crowd — that is, install the Crowd client into the application and configure the application to forward users' authentication and security requests to Crowd. Please see details for your specific application:
To add an application to Crowd,
- Log in to the Crowd Administration Console.
- Click the 'Applications' tab in the top navigation bar.
- This will display the Application Browser. Click 'Add Application' in the left-hand menu.
- This will display the 'Add Application' screen (see screenshot). Complete the fields as described in the table below. Note that you will need to select a suitable directory to contain the application's users.
- Click the 'Create' button to create the application. A number of tabs will now be displayed.
- To choose which users within the directory may authenticate against the application, either:
- Click the 'Groups' tab and select one or more groups of users, then click the 'Add' button;
OR
- Click the 'Directories' tab and change 'Allow all to authenticate' to 'True'. (The default is 'False'.)
- Click the 'Permissions' tab and set the directory permissions for the application.
- Click the 'Remote Addresses' tab and specify the IP address or hostname of the application. (The default is 'localhost'.)
- Click the 'Update' button to save your changes.
- If you wish, you can click the 'Config Test' tab and verify that a user can log in to the application.
Screenshot: 'Add Application'

Attribute |
Description |
Name |
The username which the application will use when it authenticates against the Crowd framework as a client. This value must be unique, i.e. it cannot be used by more than one application client. |
Description |
A short description of the application. Note: A web URL is often helpful. |
Active |
Only deselect this if you wish to prevent all users (from all directories) from accessing this application. |
Password |
The password which the application will use when it authenticates against the Crowd framework as a client. |
Confirm Password |
Retype the same password as above, to confirm it. |
Default Directory |
A directory that contains relevant users. Note: Additional directories can be added later. |
Next Steps
After adding an application, you may want to:
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