Configure ClaimCenter-to-ContactManager authentication

Guidewire recommends that you change the user name and password that ClaimCenter uses to authenticate with ContactManager.

Procedure

  1. Start ContactManager.

    At a command prompt, navigate to the ContactManager installation folder and enter the following command:

    gwb runServer
  2. Log in as a user who can create new ContactManager users.
    For example, log in with user name su and password gw.
  3. Click the Administration tab, and then navigate to Actions > New User.
  4. Enter the following values:

    Name

    Value

    First Name

    CC

    Last Name

    NewAuthUser

    Username

    CCNewAuthUser

    Password

    Xc8899Lm

    Confirm Password

    Xc8899Lm

    Active

    Yes

    Locked

    No

  5. Under Roles, click Add.
  6. Click the Name field and choose Client Application.
  7. Click Update.
  8. Start Guidewire Studio for ClaimCenter.

    At a command prompt, navigate to the ClaimCenter installation folder and enter the following command: 

    gwb studio
  9. Open the Project window.
  10. Press Ctrl+N and enter ABConfigurationProvider, and then click the class name in the search results to open it in the editor.
  11. Change the Username and Password definition in the configure method.
    For example, change the values to CCNewAuthUser and Xc8899Lm, as follows: 
    override function configure( serviceName : QName, portName : QName, config : WsdlConfig )  {
  config.Guidewire.Authentication.Username = "CCNewAuthUser"
  config.Guidewire.Authentication.Password = "Xc8899Lm"
}
  12. In the Project window, navigate to configuration > gsrc and then to wsi.remote.gw.webservice.ab.ab1000.wsc.
  13. Double-click the ab1000.wsc web resource collection to open the editor.
  14. In the editor, click ${ab}/ws/gw/webservice/ab/ab1000/abcontactapi/ABContactAPI?wsdl.
  15. With ContactManager still running, click Fetch .
  16. When the update finishes, stop the ClaimCenter server if it is running, and then restart it to pick up this change.
  17. Log in to ClaimCenter as a user with permission to work with the Address Book, such as user ssmith with password gw.
  18. Verify that you can use the Address Book tab to search for ContactManager contacts, such as the sample contact William Weeks.