Understanding the CardAuth configuration data for e‑Task 5 printers

User authentication settings

Setting

Description

Card Validation

Determines how cards are validated.

Required value

Identity Service

Card Registration

The login method for registering using cards.

Required value

Identity Service

Note: Selecting Disabled restricts all users from registering their badge at the specific printer.

Manual Login

The login method for logging in manually.

Required value

Identity Service

Note: Selecting Disabled restricts all users from logging in without a badge.

Identity Service settings

Setting

Description

Identity Service Provider Address

The URL of the identity service provider. Use the following format for its value:

  • http://IPaddress:9780/idm

  • https://IPaddress/idm

Where IPaddress is the IP address of the identity service provider.

Badge Service Provider Address

The URL of the badge service provider. Use the following format for its value:

  • http://IPaddress:9780/lpm

  • https://IPaddress/lpm

Where IPaddress is the IP address of the badge service provider.

Client ID

The client credentials from the identity service provider used with the client secret.

Required value

esf‑cardauth‑app

Client Secret

The client credentials from the identity service provider used with the client ID.

Set Client Secret with the value from <install‑Dir> \Lexmark\Solutions\apps\idm\WEB-INF\classes\idm‑production‑config.properties file, where <install‑Dir> is the installation folder of LDD.

To increase security, update the client secret. Make sure that the values match the entries set in the idm-production-config.properties file.