Users and User Groups
ETV Portal Server – The ETV Portal Server needs to be properly setup and configured on the network. The following items should be configured in the Portal Server interface:
•If there is a VOD server(s) in the system, the proper addresses for these servers need to be entered into the Portal Server Administrative pages and connectivity to those servers should be ensured.
•The folder structure on the VOD server should be defined (even if there is no content in these folders) as folders are how the Access Control functionality provides access to end users to view VOD content, publish content, and record content. When setting up the folder structure, the Administrator should be thinking about how they plan to provide access to different groups of users. For example, if a corporation wanted to provide certain content to the Engineering group and certain content to the Marketing group, then they would want to set up an Engineering folder and a Marketing folder on their VOD server.
•If there are live streams on the network, then those streams should be provided a channel number if the Administrator wants to provide access to live streams via channel number.
•If security is a concern, SSL should be turned on between clients and the ETV Portal Server server. This allows User Names and Passwords to be encrypted between the client and the server. See the section Configuring for SSL on page 123 for instructions on how to configure this.
VBrick – If there are VBricks in the network, they are
VOD Server – If there are VOD servers in the network, again they need to have connectivity to the Portal Server and the folder structure needs to be configured.
IP Receivers – If there are IPRs to be deployed in the system, they should be configured with a Host Name, and should be configured to point to the ETV Portal Server.
Additionally, if an LDAP server is going to be used to authenticate users, then the administrator should know the address of the server, the group structures on the LDAP server, and the Context (if the server is not Microsoft's Active Directory).
Note In order to scan the Groups available in Microsoft's Active Directory, in Windows Explorer, go to Tools > Folder Options. On the General tab, make sure that the Show
common tasks in folders is selected. Then go to Start > My Network Places and select Network Tasks > Search Active Directory.
2. Choose an Authentication Method
Select one of the following methods:
VBrick Database | The native ETV Portal Server user database provides local |
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LDAP Database | Enables the ETV Portal Server to authenticate against, and retrieve |
| user and group data from, an existing LDAP server. |
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Both methods can be used simultaneously. If LDAP authentication is enabled, the ETV Portal Server will attempt to authenticate against the LDAP server first, and if this is unsuccessful, will attempt to authenticate against the local ETV Portal Server User Database.
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