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Missing Service Account

Log file message

(Active Directory) Missing service account; certain features of FME Server (including token authentication and single sign-on authentication) will not work as intended. Please refer to the SECURITY_AD_PREAUTH_USERNAME parameter in fmeServerConfig.txt for details.

Cause

A token service request was made to access the REST API, but a service account was not specified.

Resolution

To use the token service to access the REST API, ensure that a service account is specified using the SECURITY_AD_PREAUTH_USERNAME and SECURITY_AD_PREAUTH_PASSWORD configuration parameters. For more information, see Connecting to Active Directory.

Note: Specify only a service account name for the SECURITY_AD_PREAUTH_USERNAME parameter. Do not include a domain name. For example, do not specify domain_name\\user_name. Specify only user_name.

Log file message

(Single Sign-On) Pre-authenticated credentials (for a service account) were not specified in configuration, and is required by single sign-on authentication.

Cause

Single sign-on was enabled, but a service account was not specified.

Resolution

When SECURITY_AD_USE_SINGLE_SIGN_ON=true, ensure that a service account is specified using the SECURITY_AD_PREAUTH_USERNAME and SECURITY_AD_PREAUTH_PASSWORD configuration parameters. For more information, see Updating Windows Domain Configuration.

Note: Specify only a service account name for the SECURITY_AD_PREAUTH_USERNAME parameter. Do not include a domain name. For example, do not specify domain_name\\user_name. Specify only user_name.