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Multi-tenancy

Tenants represent businesses within an enterprise or companies that subscribe to cloud-based services

through a Service Provider.

In a multi-tenant architecture, all tenants share the Enterprise Authentication software, but each

tenant manages their own data, which is isolated from all other tenants. Enterprise Authentication

securely isolates tenant data using metadata that links each tenant to their own database.

Multi-tenancy is helpful for:

• Enterprise data centers — Avoid security and management issues by virtualizing data server

systems behind fewer resources.

• Cloud-based Service Providers — When managing many subscribers, simplify tasks and

performance maintenance.

Administrator roles and permissions

Enterprise Authentication supports three administrator roles.

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System administrators

Tenant administrators

User administrators

System administrators

Enterprise Authentication is installed with a default tenant account, which has a built-in administrator

account used to log on to the web-based administration interface.

The administrator using the built-in account logs on to the administration interface to access and

manage all configurable Enterprise Authentication settings, including:

• Administrator roles and permissions • User data storage

• Tenant configuration • Authentication requests

• Certificate and token management

Tenant administrators

In a multi-tenant environment, you can assign one administrator role to each tenant.

Each tenant administrator manages their own tenant settings. Although multiple tenants can be

hosted on the same server, each tenant is unable to access other tenant data.

Tenant administrators log on to the administration interface to access and manage these tenant

domain functions:

• Manage identity stores

• Manage actions

• Export authentication flows

User administrators

User administrators assist users with common administrative tasks.

User administrators log on to the Web Manager interface to access and manage these user settings:

• Maintain user contact information

• Reset user lockout

Deployment options

Tenancy and administrator roles

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