Creating a Site that Uses ODBC Authentication

EFT Server can create Sites that use an ODBC database for authentication.

To create ODBC database-authenticating Site

  1. The Site Setup wizard appears after you complete the Server Setup wizard; otherwise, in EFT Administrator, click Configuration > Create New Site, or right-click anywhere in the Server's tree, then click Create New Site.

  2. Do one of the following:

  3. Click Next. The Site Setup wizard Welcome page appears.

    1. In the Site Name box, type a distinguishing name for the Site. MySite appears by default, but you can change this to anything you want.

    2. In the Listening IP box, select a specific IP address or keep the default of All Incoming.

  4. Click Next. The Site Root Folder page appears.

    1. In the Site root box, click Browse to specify the root folder, or keep the default.

    2. In the Additional options area, select the check boxes as needed:

      Both check boxes are selected by default.

  5. Click Next. The User Authentication page appears.

  6. Click Next. The ODBC Authentication page appears.

    1. In the Specify the data source box, type a connection string for the ODBC database. See Using a DSN-Less Connection with ODBC Authentication for details of creating the connection string, if necessary.

    2. Select the Encrypt passwords check box to encrypt passwords stored in the database.

    3. In the User list refresh interval list, click the down arrow to select how often you want EFT Server to check the database for new users.

    You change the refresh interval later in the Authentication Options dialog box.

  7. Click Next. The Perimeter Network Security page appears.

  8. Click Next. The Connection Protocols page appears.

    1. Select one or more check boxes for the protocol(s) that this Site will use to connect to EFT Server and specify the port number for each protocol.

    2. Click SSL options to define the allowed SSL versions and ciphers or skip this step and leave the defaults.

    3. Click SSL certs to specify the SSL certificate to use for this Site. The SSL Certificate Options page appears.

  9. Click Next. The Site Setup Completed page appears.

  10. You are offered the option of continuing to the User Creation wizard or quitting the Site Setup wizard. Click an option, then click Finish.

    You can run the Site Setup wizard again at any time to create additional Sites. You can view and modify Site configuration in EFT Administrator.