8 Replies Latest reply on Sep 21, 2015 7:17 AM by Shankar Narayanan SGS

Tableau Server 9.1 - auth.xml removed?

John Meier Sep 17, 2015 6:27 AM

We have developed an application that uses the 'auth.xml' url, to obtain an authenticity_token from Tableau server. i.e.: http://server/auth.xml.

Our application no longer works with Tableau Server v9.1, it appears the url call to auth.xml as described no longer works.

Does anyone know if auth.xml was removed, or renamed, in Tableau Server v9.1?

Thanks in advance for your feedback,

John

1. Re: Tableau Server 9.1 - auth.xml removed?

Jeff Strauss Sep 17, 2015 10:46 AM (in response to John Meier)

why are using this file directly as opposed to using trusted auth?

Trusted Authentication
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2. Re: Tableau Server 9.1 - auth.xml removed?

Toby Erkson Sep 17, 2015 10:54 AM (in response to Jeff Strauss)

What's even the purpose of the file from the Tableau side of things? I didn't know it existed so this is a neat find
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3. Re: Tableau Server 9.1 - auth.xml removed?

John Meier Sep 17, 2015 11:06 AM (in response to Jeff Strauss)

Thanks Jeffrey,

This is being used as part of a solution to login to Tableau, as mentioned here:
http://community.tableau.com/docs/DOC-5251.

I'm no longer able to access auth.xml with 9.1
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4. Re: Tableau Server 9.1 - auth.xml removed?

Jeff Strauss Sep 17, 2015 1:14 PM (in response to John Meier)

I see, this solution may have been replaced with the more documented and newer REST API. See the signing in sections under concepts and API reference section.

http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/help.htm
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5. Re: Tableau Server 9.1 - auth.xml removed?

Shankar Narayanan SGS Sep 18, 2015 2:26 AM (in response to John Meier)

Hi John,

You would not be able to use auth.xml directly in newer version. Please modify your application to use REST for authentication. Tableau 9.x has good support and features in REST.

Regards
Shankar
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6. Re: Tableau Server 9.1 - auth.xml removed?

John Meier Sep 21, 2015 6:52 AM (in response to Shankar Narayanan SGS)

Thanks for the feedback every6one, I appreciate it. Ultimately, I need to retrieve the https://<server>/admin/systeminfo.xml page, to get service status. I'm not sure how to do that with the REST API after logging in. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance for your comments.
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7. Re: Tableau Server 9.1 - auth.xml removed?

Jeff Strauss Sep 21, 2015 7:07 AM (in response to John Meier)

You can enable accessing the system status via the systeminfo.xml without logging in if you whitelist the calling IP's. We have done this for Enterprise monitoring and it works well.

Access Status Remotely
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8. Re: Tableau Server 9.1 - auth.xml removed?

Shankar Narayanan SGS Sep 21, 2015 7:17 AM (in response to John Meier)

Hi John,

See if these resources could help you.

Using the undocumented Rest API: authentication and invocation of Tableau Server
Authentication
Authentication-Tableau Server REST API

You can use Postman to try the request before implementing in code.

Regards
Shankar
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