
16 Best Practice for Breeze Directory Service Integration
To set Breeze configuration variables manually for authentication integration:
1. Stop all Breeze services.
2. Enter the new parameters and values (as described in the following sections).
3. Save the modified file as custom.ini.
4. Restart all Breeze services.
5. Verify that the Breeze services are functioning successfully.
NTLM authentication
NTLM is a challenge/response protocol that enables a client to prove its identity without
providing a password. An application queries an authentication server for the user’s
credentials. The NTLM routine is transparent to the user. To implement NTLM for Breeze,
you will need to add the following parameters to the Breeze custom.ini file:
NTLM_DOMAIN=domain
NTLM_SERVER=NTLM_server_IP_address
where domain is the name of the domain, such as acme.com, and NTLM_server_IP_address
is the IP address of the NTLM authentication server. The numeric IP address must be used
with
NTLM_SERVER; the host name won’t work.
Breeze and Microsoft NTLM use different login policies for authenticating users. These
policies must be made consistent before a user can employ single sign-on to access Breeze. By
default, Breeze
em
ploys the user’
s e-mail a
ddress ([email protected]) and password as the primary login to authenticate the user. But you can configure Breeze to use an external
login, such as a user name and password for authentication.
The Breeze login and password policy is configured in Breeze Manager (Administration > Edit
Login and Password Policies). In the Login Policy section you can specify whether to use the
user’s e-mail login as the default login to Breeze. Select No if you want Breeze to accept a user
name as the authentication vehicle. This configuration makes the Breeze password policy
consistent with the NTLM password policy.
In order for users to make use of single sign-on with NTLM authentication, they must be
using Internet Explorer. Other web browsers do not support NTLM authentication.
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