License Types

Owned by Gustaf Sjögren
Dec 21, 2021
3 min read

Current TermWeb 4 licenses are distributed with the following values provided for each instance.

  • Max accounts

  • Max concurrent guests

  • Max concurrent users

Max accounts

The “Max accounts” attribute defines the total number of unique named user accounts that can be created on the TermWeb client. These users have login credentials unique to the user logging in, are listed in the Users list and have an e-mail tied to the User with which they can reset their password. These users can be added to any custom user group and assigned Permissions either through the “All users” user group or custom user groups that they are a member of.

Named users can be assigned an administrative role such as System Administrator, Administrator, User Editor or Dictionary Administrator.

Named users can be created by an Administrator or through the API and can log in via the standard login page and/or Single Sign-on (SSO)*. If a named user is created the API, they can be automatically assigned to a user group by the api.default.user.group attribute. This is an attribute that is set via the TermWeb server properties file.

For more information on API settings see https://termweb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/T4D/pages/100859905/TermWeb+configuration#API-settings.

Max concurrent guests

The “Max concurrent guests” attribute defines the total number of Guest users can access the TermWeb server concurrently. Guest users are non-unique concurrent users with a universal login method. These users do not appear in the Users list and instead have a universal customizable login name which by default is “Guest”. Permission rights for the “Guests” user group are assigned through Permission Schemes.Additional functionality can be restricted or enabled for the “Guests” user group through the User Management > Guest Account menu.

Guest users login methods

Guest users have four login possible login methods that can be implemented.

1. Automatic (Always)

Automatic (Always) logs anyone visiting the base URL of the server in as a Guest user. This is recommended for the distribution of any termbase that is considered public, or restricted to a private network, and is hosted on a single tenant TermWeb server.

Note: The “Automatic (Always)” is only available on the primary client on a server. This is first and original client on any server and has the default name “admin”.

2. Automatic (when client is specified in URL)

Automatic (when client is specified in URL) logs anyone visiting the base URL of the server, appended with the client name, in as a Guest user. This is recommended for the distribution of any termbase that is considered public, or restricted to a private network, and is hosted on a multi-tenant TermWeb server.

3. Normal

Normal login sets a universal username and password that allows for Guest users to log in via the standard login page. This is recommended for the distribution of any termbase considered confidential.

4. Single Sign-on (SSO)

Users that are logged in via SSO, and do not match an existing named user, can be logged in as a Guest user account. This is an attribute that is set via the TermWeb server properties file.

*Note: SSO functionality is only available to customers who have purchased SSO for their server instance.

Max concurrent users

The “Max concurrent users” is the attribute that defines the total number of concurrent users, named users and guest users, which can be logged on a client and/or server. By default, this is set as the sum total of the “Max accounts” and “Max concurrent guests” attributes. If the sum total of named users and guest users logged in concurrently surpasses the maximum concurrent users allowed, users will be shown a log in error screen explaining this.