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Managing security
HCL Launch uses a flexible team-based and role-based security model that maps to your organizational structure.
Authentication realms
Authentication realms manage users and determine user identity within authorization realms for the server.
Importing LDAP users
On the server, LDAP authentication realm users are imported from external LDAP systems.

Managing security
HCL Launch uses a flexible team-based and role-based security model that maps to your organizational structure.
- Guidelines for setting up server security
  Although there is no single best way to set up security for the server, the following steps are sufficient in most cases.
- SSL configuration
  With Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology, clients and servers can communicate securely by encrypting all communications. Data is encrypted before it is sent and decrypted by the recipient. This communication cannot be deciphered or modified by third-parties. In addition to encryption, SSL can also support authentication.
- Encryption key tools
  Using the encryption key tools, you can manage your encryption keys.
- Authorization realms
  Use the Authorization Realms pane to create authorization realms and user groups for the server. Groups can be imported from external systems, such as LDAP.
- Authentication realms
  Authentication realms manage users and determine user identity within authorization realms for the server.
  - Creating authentication realms
    To create an authentication realm on the server, specify where to store information about the users, such as internal storage on the server, a single sign-on service, or on an LDAP server.
  - Creating users manually
    You can manually create users on the server for internal security and SSO type authentication realms.
  - Editing user information manually
    You can manually edit the stored name, email address, and password for user accounts on the server for internal security realms. For an SSO authentication realm, name and email address are passed in via HTTP headers (for example, from an HTTP proxy that is translating Kerberos tokens into HTTP headers).
  - Importing LDAP users
    On the server, LDAP authentication realm users are imported from external LDAP systems.
  - Updating LDAP users and groups
    LDAP users' name, addresses, and groups can be updated.
- Roles and permissions
  A role is a list of permissions that users have on the HCL Launch server. These permissions include the ability to create, edit, and delete objects, such as applications, environments, and components. The permission also includes the parts of the server interface that users can access.
- Security teams
  Users and groups on the server are assigned roles when they are added to teams.
- Security types
  Security types define categories of objects on the server. You can put all objects into a single category, or you can put them in separate categories and give roles different access rights to different categories.
- Tokens
  Tokens provide authorization for agents, agent relays, users, and external systems or applications from the server. Agents use tokens when they run process steps and communicate with the HCL Launch server and external services.

Importing LDAP users

On the server, LDAP authentication realm users are imported from external LDAP systems.

About this task

LDAP authentication realms are searched whenever an unknown user attempts to log on to the server. If the user is found, a corresponding record is created in HCL Launch. Because LDAP users cannot be assigned to groups and teams until they have corresponding HCL Launch accounts, you can import users directly from LDAP systems.

Procedure

On the server, click Settings > Authentication (Users) > selected LDAP realm > Import User.
In the Import Users dialog box, enter a name or pattern to search in the Username or Pattern field.
The asterisk character (*) can be used as a wildcard in the pattern. If you use an asterisk by itself, you import all users for the selected LDAP realm.
Click Save to start the search.