How to pass credentials in Ca Service Catalog URL for automatic login?

Products

• CA IT Asset Manager
• CA Software Asset Manager (CA SAM)
• ASSET PORTFOLIO MGMT- SERVER
• Service Accounting
• SERVICE ASSURE
• CA Service Catalog
• CA Service Management - Service Desk Manager
• CA Unicenter NSM

Issue/Introduction

Description:

This document will explain how Username and Password can be passed in the URL to login automatically into Ca Service Catalog.

Solution:

For user credentials to be passable to Service Catalog URL, firstly this must be enabled in the configuration:

Go to Administrator > Configuration> Single sign on > 'Allow Login with GET' set this value as Yes.

Once this has been performed, the URL can be created in the following format.

http://hostname:8080/usm/wpf?Node=iclaunchpad.pad&username=spadmin&pass=spadmin

Note:-

1. Replace the keyword hostname with actual server name/ip address
   
   
2. spadmin/spadmin are credentials taken as example.

Environment

Release: USVACT99000-12.6-Service Accounting
Component: