Teamcenter-Aurora integration user setup

(Note: this is the second of two TOC entries both titled "Teamcenter-Aurora integration user setup" in the source book — this one covers credential/user-account setup per component; see 04-teamcenter-aurora-integration-user-setup.md for the component-role overview table.)

Aurora

Aurora API client username and password: These user credentials are set up at the Aurora server end. It is used to authenticate the starting of the API client. When the Teamcenter-Aurora connector server process starts for any new model, it internally starts the Aurora API client for that model. To start a new Aurora API client, it requires the credentials of the API client user. If the user credentials provided do not match those in the Aurora server, the Aurora API client fails to start (that is, the TC-Aurora connector server process fails).

TC-Aurora Connector Server

Aurora API Client username and password: These user credentials are set up at the TC-Aurora connector server location.

These credentials are used when a new TC-Aurora connector server process starts. They are authenticated against those at the Aurora server end.

These credentials are used to authenticate the remote calls (using RMI) made from the TC-Aurora connector client to the TC-Aurora connector server. If the credentials provided with the remote call are the same as those set up in the TC-Aurora connector server, only the remote calls get processed. This is required to allow only authenticated clients to make remote calls from the RMI client to the RMI server.

TcIF Admin username and Password: These user credentials are set up at the TC-Aurora Connector server location. A REST call is made from the TC-Aurora connector server to TcIF when data is exported from Aurora to Teamcenter. The TcIF Admin credentials are passed with the REST call and authenticated in TcIF. The export of data starts only if the credentials are correct.

TcIF

Teamcenter username (tcifproxy) and password: TcIF makes SOA calls to Teamcenter to pull or push the data, and these user credentials are used to make SOA calls.

Aurora API Client username and password: TcIF makes remote calls from the TC-Aurora connector client to the TC-Aurora connector server using RMI. The Aurora API client credentials are used to authenticate the remote calls at the TC-Aurora connector server end.

Teamcenter

TcIF Admin username and password: Update the OOTB administrator preference for the TcIF administrator username and password. These credentials are passed with REST calls from Teamcenter to TcIF. The processing only starts if the credentials are correct.