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Configure system variables

The Bravura Security Fabric system variables BASE_IDSYNCH_URL and SMON_HTTP_URL allow product administrators to specify where to send requests for features that need to be handled by specific Bravura Security Fabric instance nodes.

The SMON_HTTP_URL system variable is relevant for Bravura Privilege implementations. The session monitor client connects using this fully qualified URL to smonc on a Bravura Privilege server. The smonc program is the high performance CGI program that receives information from workstations. Both privileged account check-out and account access session recording are prominently affected by changes in the server handling their requests, as in a load balanced environment, these requests do not know about which server is handling their request.

By configuring the BASE_IDSYNCH_URL and SMON_HTTP_URL to point to the address of the load balancer, you ensure that these requests are always passed through the same traffic management policies used to initiate the request, ensuring that their session persistence is retained.

To configure these variables:

  1. Identify the publicly-facing address of the load balancer that will handle Bravura Security Fabric traffic; this should be the same address used to log into Bravura Security Fabric by your end users. Record this information for later.

  2. Log in to Bravura Security Fabric as a product administrator.

  3. Click Manage the system > Maintenance > System variables.

  4. In the BASE IDSYNCH URL field, input the load balancer address recorded in Step 1 in the accompanying text field, in the format:

    http://<Load balancer address>

  5. In the SMON HTTP URL, input the load balancer address recorded in Step 1 in the accompanying text field, in the format:

    http://<Load balancer address>/<instance name>/smonc.exe

  6. Click Update at the bottom of the page to commit your changes.

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