Configure FW with Windows Authentication Provider

Learn to configure and use Windows Authentication provider.

Last published at: June 29th, 2023

FlowWright supports Windows authentication provider for authenticating users from a specific domain or from multiple domains.

Configure Windows Auth Provider and Connection in FlowWright

As an Admin User, you need to create the Windows Authentication Provider definition in FlowWright, to start with. Navigate to Administration menu and select Authentication menu option. The Authentication Providers page is displayed in the same tab.

Select Actions - Create menu option.

Create an Auth Provider with the details as shown below. Click on "Validate" button to verify the new Authentication Provider definition.  A notification is displayed after validation to confirm the auth provider definition settings.

As an Admin User, you can create the Windows Authentication Connection definition in FlowWright, if the corresponding Auth Provider definition is succesfull. Navigate to Integration - Connections menu and the Authentication Connections page is displayed in the same tab. Select Actions - Create menu option.  

Create an Windows Auth Connection with its corresponding Auth Provider, Auth Key and Domain as shown below. Click on Create button to save the new Auth Connection definition. 

As an Admin User, you can create the Login UI Auth Connections which facilitates a login system to FlowWright application. Within the same Auth Connections tab, navigate to Actions - Login UI Auth Connections menu option. 

The Login UI Auth Connections page is displayed in the same tab. All Auth Connections are available in the list, including the recent definition as shown below.

Select the required Windows authentication as shown below.

Login to FlowWright application again to experience the new Login UI Auth Connections.

As an Admin User, navigate through the above steps and deselect the check box option if required.


Windows Authentication Connection is not working

For some reasons, if the Windows Authentication Connection is not working and this happens to be the only Login UI configured for the application, then type-in the following URL in the new browser tab to access the FlowWright as an Admin.