User guide

Chapter 1: Overview
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Basic System Configuration
The Interstage Single Sign-on system basically consists of an authentication infrastructure, a business
system, and clients. The authentication infrastructure has an authentication server, a repository server,
and an SSO repository. The business system has a business server.
Figure 1-4 Basic System Configuration
Users access the system from a Web browser on a client.
The user can use the system in the following two ways:
• Specifying the Authentication infrastructure URL through a Web browser
Before accessing a business system, the user is authenticated by accessing the Authentication
infrastructure URL through the Web browser. When authentication is successful, subsequent
accesses to the business system are enabled.
• Specifying the Business system public URL through the Web browser
The user accesses the business system through the Web browser without being aware of the
authentication infrastructure.