Soffid parameters

Definition

Soffid allows you to customize the configuration of some attributes of the Console, Syncserver, connectors and addons.

There are several types of parameters.

Informative parameters, such as the versions of internal components of Soffid.
Parameters used as attributes in Soffid screens, such as the values of the look & feel fields.
There are also parameters that can be modified, such as some configuration data for the synchronization server.
There are new attributes that can be included to expand the functionality of Soffid, such as mail server data.

Standard attributes

Name: code used to identify the parameter.
Value: parameter value.
Network (optional): network to which this parameter would be assigned.
Description (optional): a brief description of the parameter.

Actions

Soffid parameters query actions

Add new	Allows you to add a new Soffid parameter. You can choose that option on the hamburger menu or clicking the add button (+). To add a new parameter it will be mandatory to fill in the required fields.
Delete	Allows you to delete one or more Soffid parameters by selecting one or more records and next clicking the button with the subtraction symbol (-). To perform that action, Soffid will ask you for confirmation, you could confirm or cancel the operation.
Import	Allows you to upload a CSV file with the parameter list to add, update or delete parameters to Soffid. First, you need to pick up a CSV file, that CSV has to contain a specific configuration. Then you need to check the content to be loaded, it is allowed to choose if you want or not to load a specific attribute. And finally, you need to select the mappings for each column of the CSV file to import the data correctly and to click the Import button. To delete a parameter, the values of the parameter have to be empty `"Parameter","Network","Value","Description" "addon.backup.test","","",""`
Download CSV file	Allows you to download a csv file with the basic information of all Soffid parameters.

Soffid parameters detail actions

Apply changes

Allows you to save the data of a new parameter or to update the data of a specific parameter. To save the data it will be mandatory to fill in the required fields.

Delete

Allows you to delete a specific Soffid parameter. To delete a host you can click on the hamburger icon and then click the delete button (trash icon).

Soffid will ask you for confirmation to perform that action, you could confirm or cancel the operation.

Undo

Allows you to quit without applying any changes.

List of parameters sort by functionality

Console

Parameter	Description
soffid.auth.system	Select the managed system where the account name will be searched on user login. Defaults to soffid.
soffid.auth.trustedLogin	Set to true to enable Soffid console to validate passwords on trusted systems. Setting it to false, the password will be validated against internal tables only.
soffid.delegation.disable	Set to true to prevent users to delegate its permissions from self service page.
soffid.entitlement.group.holder	Set to optional enables the operator to set a group as the group holder for any entitlement assignment. Set to always to enforce that any entitlement assignment must be bound to a holder group. Set to none to disable this feature. This parameter affects to role holder
soffid.language	Enforce user interface language.
soffid.language.default	Default user interface language (en).
soffid.network.internet	Sets the name for a generic subnet that will hold any host not included on any listed network.
soffid.propagate.timeout	Timeout in seconds to retry the password validation needed to propagate a managed system notified password change (requires syncserver 1.5.4).
soffid.server.sharedThreads	Number of shared dispatcher threads per synchronization servers (by default 1)
soffid.syslog.server	Server to receive audit information using syslog protocol.
soffid.task.limit	The maximum number of tasks allowed per transaction. If a simple or complex transaction generates more tasks than specified, these tasks will be kept on hold. Administrator can release them through the monitoring page. (version 2.0+)
soffid.ui.docPath	Path where to store report and workflows documents.
soffid.ui.docServer	URL where is the server to store the files.
soffid.ui.docStrategy	Class responsible for managing report and workflow documents.
soffid.ui.docTempPath	The path where to store temporary files
soffid.ui.docUsername	Username of the doc server.
soffid.ui.docUserPassword	The password of the doc server.
soffid.ui.maxrows	The maximum number of rows to display in searches. The default value is 200 but you can change it.
soffid.ui.timeout	Max time (in milliseconds) a query can take to complete (version 2.0 +).
soffid.ui.wildcarts	Setting the auto value enables the user interface to add wildcards on user queries. Setting it to off disables this feature.
soffid.externalURL	External URL to access to Soffid console.

Syncserver

Parameter	Description
SSOServer	This parameter indicates which server acts on the workstations that run SSO. This parameter can have different values for any subnet. So you can define ESSO servers allowed for any subnet.
seycon.https.port	Port where synchronization server connects to. This parameter is used by ESSO clients to connect to synchronization servers.
seycon.server.list	Shows where Syncserver and SyncServer backup is installed. When installing the first server synchronization, this parameter is automatically updated. If you want to install a synchronization server backup you must update this parameter manually. Note that proxy synchronization servers are not in this list. See the Soffid installation guide.

Mail server

Parameter	Description
mail.host	Host to send electronic mail messages.
mail.from	Recepient address that will be set as the email sender.
mail.transport.protocol	Set to SMTPS to get secure mail. Default value "smtp" to use plain SMTP protocol.
mail.auth	Set to true if your mail server requires user authentication.
mail.user	Set your email user name if your mail server requires user authentication.
mail.password	Set your email password if your mail server requires user authentication

Job notifications

Parameter	Description
soffid.scheduler.error.notify	Users to notify when a scheduled task fails.
soffid.bpm.error.notify	Users to notify when a BPM task fails.
soffid.bpm.error.retry	Set to true to always retry any failed BPM task.

Syncserver provisioning

Parameter	Description
soffid.server.register	Set to "direct" value to bypass standard workflow needed for a syncserver to join the syncservers security network. Otherwise, the standard approval workflow will be required(Since syncserver 2.6.0)