29.0 NetIQ Access Manager

Using Novell Filr in conjunction with NetIQ Access Manager adds enterprise-level security to your Filr system.

Only a version of Access Manager that supports Transport Layer Security (TLS) can be used when using Access Manager with Filr. For information about which versions of Access Manager support TLS and how to enable it, see Enabling Transport Layer Security 1.1 and 1.2 for Access Manager.

IMPORTANT:NetIQ Access Manager cannot grant external users access through the generated URL links that Filr includes in email notifications. This means that the following features are not functional for external or Guest users:

For more information about external users in Filr, see Section 10.1, Allowing External Users Access to Your Filr Site.

Before internal users can access your Filr site through NetIQ Access Manger, you must first configure specific protected resources in Access Manager to be public, as described in Section 12.0, Allowing Access to the Filr Site through NetIQ Access Manager.

Furthermore, you can configure NetIQ Access Manager to work with Novell Filr in the following way:

When you set up NetIQ Access Manager to work with Filr, ensure that you specify the correct HTTP/HTTPS port numbers during the configuration of the Filr appliance, as described in HTTP/HTTPS Ports When You Use NetIQ Access Manager with Filr.