How to create web authentication automation for general segregation

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In this article, you’ll learn how to create web authentication automation for general segregation.

Requirements

For Web Authentication, the default browser selected by the user is used. Supported browsers:

  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
Caution

Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers are not supported.

Step 1: Create automation for web authentication

  1. On the Segura platform, in the upper left corner, click the Grid Menu, identified by the nine squares, and select EPM.
  2. On the side menu, select General ➔ Automation.
  3. On the upper toolbar, click on the View actions icon ⁝, identified by the three vertical dots, and select the option + New.
  4. In the Automation register pop-up window, fill in the fields.
    1. Name.
    2. Type of automation. Select the Web Authentication option from the drop-down menu.
    3. In Enabled mark Yes.
    4. Application path: fill in the application path on the system. For example, for web pass a URL like https://google.com.br, https://facebook.com and so on.
    5. Define Tags to assist in the search for automation.
    6. View TAGs: use the tags below to build your automation. Select the Input option and fill in the value field.
      1. [#USERNAME#]: credential username.
      2. [#PASSWORD#]: credential password.
      3. [#DOMAIN#]: credential domain.
      4. [#HOSTNAME#]: hostname.
      5. [#HOST_IP#]: IP do hostname.
    7. To create automation to perform authentication on a website, you can use this example:
      Caution

      Remember to replace the name in the label field with the name on the web page.

      1. Select the "Input" action and fill in the label field with the name "email", and in the value field, enter "[#USERNAME#]."
      2. Select the "Input" action again, fill in the label field with the name "password," and in the value field, enter "[#PASSWORD#]."
      3. Select the "Button" action with the "Enter" label.
    8. If you wish, add a brief Description of what the automation does and what it is used for.
  5. Click the Save button.

Step 2: Add access list for automation with workflow

  1. On the Segura platform, in the upper left corner, click on Grid Menu, identified by the nine squares, and select EPM.
  2. On the side menu, access Policies ➔ Windows ➔ Access Lists.
  3. On the upper toolbar, click on the View actions icon, identified by the three vertical dots, and select the option New general segregation.
  4. Choose the Automations category from the pop-up window.
  5. On the General list form:
    1. Fill in Name to identify in the access list.
    2. Check the Status option as Enabled.
    3. Check the Record the session of these applications apps field to as Enabled, whether to record the automation run.
  6. On the Automations session, click the + icon, identified by the sum signal.
  7. Select the automation created in the previous step.
  8. Click the Add button.
  9. On the Workflow tab:
    1. On the Elevation settings section:
      1. Check the User can elevate applications option to allow automation to elevate privilege when running automation.
      2. Check the Require reason to elevate applications option to require justification when running automation.
      3. Check the Requires approval to elevate applications option to require an approving user to approve the automation run.
      4. Set the number of Approvals required.
      5. Set the number of Disapprovals required to cancel.
      6. If you want to, check Allow emergency access.
      7. If you want to, check Approval in levels.
    2. On the Access request settings section:
      1. Check the Governance ID required when justifying? option as Yes if you have and want to use a code.
      2. Check the Always add user manager to approvers? option as Yes whether you want to automatically add the manager to the approvers.
  10. Click the Save button.
Info

User interaction is blocked until the automation finishes running.

Run automation

  1. Access the workstation desktop.
  2. start the application GO Automation.
  3. Select the automation you want to run.
  4. Right-click the automation and then click Execute.
  5. Select the credential that will be used to run the automation.
  6. Wait for the automation to run.

Do you still have questions? Reach out to the Segura Community.