Enabling User Self-Registration

Overview

The user self-registration is by default disabled for security reasons.This section describes how to enable it.

Enable Self-Registration Section on Login Page

To enable the self-registration section on the login page, set the property “loginForm.showRegister” in file WEB-INF/config/webCenter.properties to true:

loginForm.showRegister = true

Activate the Self-Registration Actions

Activate the self-registration actions “/startRegistration” and “/finishRegistration” in file WEB-INF/config/workflows/struts-config.xml by removing the enclosing XML comment markers “<!--” and “-->”.

Set the Self-Registration Password

Add the clear text password of user ANYONE (cn=ANYONE,cn=<domain>) with key “ANYONE” to file WEB-INF/password.properties.The password will be encrypted on next restart of Web Center.

ANYONE=<cleartext password>