Configuration

If you intend to use the card auto-update feature:

  1. Configure ActivID CMS to enable the card auto-update (refer to the ActivID CMS technical documentation).

  1. Install the ActivClient Card auto-update with ActivID CMS feature on user workstations (it is not installed in the default ActivClient setup).

  2. Configure the ActivClient policies described in sections Client Card Auto-Update Configuration and ActivID CMS Connection Configuration.

  3. Configure the user workstations to support ActivID CMS User Portal. Refer to the ActivID CMS documentation for details for the following steps:

  1. Install the ActivID CMS root certificates on the user workstations.

  2. Install the ActivID CMS Synchronization Client (ActiveX control) on the user workstations.

    You can do this either in advance (for example, installing the ActiveX at the same time you install ActivClient), or you can automatically install the ActiveX component when the user first accesses ActivID CMS User Portal.

    (This might not be possible depending on your workstation configuration – for example, if users do not have local administrative privileges, they might not be able to install the ActiveX component – the specific behavior depends on the user's access rights, Windows UAC configuration and Internet Explorer version and security configuration).

Prerequisites:

The Smart Card Auto-Update is only available if Disable smart card discovery information caching is not configured or disabled.

(That is, if smart card discovery information caching is enabled.)

The following sections provide detailed information on the Smart Card Auto Update policy.

For additional information, see section Smart Card Auto-Update.