CounterPath Bria Professional 2.5 Provisioning Guide - Manual (Page 14)

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• The authorization user name is used only to register the account. It does not replace the account user
name in identifying the user to the outside world.
• If you use an authorization name, make sure it is different from the user name!
2.2 Specifying the Login Server
You can identify the login server in one of these ways:
• Bria Professional discovers login server via DHCP.
• Users enter login server manually. You might choose to use this scenario, for example, in the following
situations:
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You do not want to set up DHCP in your enterprise.
• You have set up DHCP but one of your users is using Bria Professional for the first time on a computer
that is not on the enterprise LAN; for example, the user is traveling and using a new laptop.
Login with DHCP Discovery
Your DHCP server must be set up so that option 120 specifies the URL of the login server.
When Bria Professional starts, the standard Login dialog appears. When the user presses OK, Bria Professional
attempts to find a login server using DHCP. If a server URL is found, then Bria Professional attempts to contact
that server. If the server is contacted, then Bria Professional attempts log in to that server, as described in “The
Login Process” on page 12.
If the login is successful, then account credentials and other data are sent through provisioning. This data, as
well as the URL of the discovered login server, is stored locally on the Bria Professional computer. The next
time the user logs in, it first goes through DHCP discovery. If discovery fails (for example, the user is
temporarily not on the enterprise LAN), then Bria Professional uses the locally stored server URL.
Login with Manually Entered Server
In this case, you must provide users with the URL of the provisioning server. The URL should include any
scripts and macros you are using.
When Bria Professional starts, the standard Login dialog appears. When the user presses OK, Bria Professional
attempts to find a login server using DHCP. If a server URL is not found, then the “Skip Login or Enter Server”
version of the Login dialog appears.
The user should enter the server URL and sign in. Bria Professional attempts log in to that server, as described
in “The Login Process” on page 12.
If the login is successful, then account credentials and other data are sent through provisioning. This data, along
with the manually entered URL for the login server, is stored locally on the Bria Professional computer. The
next time the user logs in, it goes through DHCP discovery and fails (as usual). Bria Professional then uses the
locally stored server URL.