User security
For the Pentaho User Console (PUC), your predefined users and roles can be used if you are already using a security provider such as Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Microsoft Active Directory (MSAD), or Single Sign-On (SSO). Pentaho Data Integration (PDI) can also be configured to use your implementation of these providers or Kerberos to authenticate users and authorize data access.
These articles guide you through the process of configuring third-party security frameworks for the Pentaho Server.
Before you can implement advanced security, you must have installed and configured the Pentaho Server. You should have administrative-level knowledge of the security provider you want to use, details about your user community, and a plan for the user roles to be used in PDI. You should also know how to use the command line to issue commands for Microsoft Windows or Linux.
PUC can be use to perform most security tasks pertaining to the console. For some cases with PDI, you will need a text editor to modify text files. Some of these security tasks also require that you work on the actual machine where the Pentaho Server is installed.
All of the tasks that use the Administration page in PUC require that you log on to the User Console with the Pentaho administrator user name and password.
Pentaho Security
Advanced security providers
If you are already using a security provider, such as MSAD, LDAP, or SSO, you can use the users and roles you have already defined with Pentaho. Your security provider controls which users and roles can access Pentaho web resources through the User Console or resources in the Pentaho Repository.
Pentaho supports the following security providers: