How to enable Kerberos authentication with the TIBCO Spotfire Analytics App for iPad.

How to enable Kerberos authentication with the TIBCO Spotfire Analytics App for iPad.

Enviroment:

TIBCO Spotfire Analytics app for iPad version 2.5.x and higher. TIBCO Spotfire Web Player 5.0 and higher setup to use Kerberos with Delegation. iOS version 7.0 and higher.

Description:

This article provides the steps necessary to allow Spotfire Analytics App for iPad access to the Web Player using Kerberos authentication.

In order for the Spotfire Analytics App for iPad to properly negotiate Kerberos authentication, you need to configure your iPad to use Kerberos. This can be done using a configuration file. That can be edited to fit your environment.

1). Edit the configuration file:

- Change "CONFIGURATION NAME" to whatever name you want to give the configuration.

- Change "USERNAME" to the username that is to be used when logging in.

- Change "REALM" to the domain realm specified when setting up Kerberos on the Web Player.

Make sure the REALM is in upper case. Example: REALM.SAMPLE1.COM.

- Change "URL" to the URL of the Web Player server the iPad Analytics App is connecting to. Multiple URLs can be specified by adding a new line for each new "URL" entry.

- Change "ORGANISATION" to the name you want to use.

- Save the edited configuration file.

2). Install this edited mobileconfig profile on your iPad device. This is most easily done by attaching the sso.mobileconfig file to an e-mail and sending it to an account that can be accessed from the iPad. When the attachment is opened on the iPad, you will be prompted to install the configuration profile.

3). Open the iPad Analytics app and choose to "add library," if you have not already done so. It does not matter what you specify in the Username and Password fields as these values will not be used when using SSO.

Once these steps have been completed, you should be able to use your iPad Analytics app to access your Web Player server using Kerberos with Delegation.

Reference: Apple developers page: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/iphoneconfigurationprofileref/introduction/introduction.html