Spotfire Analyst only displays a web browser login page, without option to login using its standard dialog box

Description:

After upgrading Spotfire Server to version 14.6, all users might experience a web browser-based login instead of the usual Analyst client username/password dialog box.

This is caused by change in default login functionality introduced in version 14.6. With this change, when user accesses Spotfire Analytics / Analyst application, the dialog window will no longer show a username/password section anymore. Instead, when user clicks on Login button, it will take the user to a web browser, where they can enter username and password to authenticate. The same username and password are being used, but only in a web browser. The default authentication, via a standard login dialog box, is now disabled by default.

Solution:

To switch back to previous behavior, where Analyst client displayed a login dialog box:

1. On Spotfire Server machine, open command prompt as Administrator.

2. Change directory to <server installation directory>\14.6\tomcat\spotfire-bin\

3. Run the following commands:
 

  Export configuration:

          config export-config -f

  Set property:

           config set-config-prop --name="security.oauth2.server.password-grant.enabled" --value="true"

  Import configuration:

          config import-config -c "your comment about this change"

4. Restart Spotfire Server services.

Once this is done, Spotfire Analytics / Analyst application will only display its standard windows login dialog box.