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Books24x7Site

Learn how to use the Books24x7Site config.txt directive for EZproxy to specify a site identifier to use when authenticating Books24x7.com.

Books24x7Site specifies the site identifier to use when authenticating to Books24x7.com. The site identifier is a value assigned by Book24x7.com to identify an institutional subscription, similar in nature to a username credential. This value is used in combination with the TokenKey and TokenSignatureKey to generate encrypted authentication URLs needed to authenticate users into this resource.

BinaryTimeout is a position-independent config.txt directive that interacts with database stanzas.

Qualifiers

Qualifier Description
site Value assigned by Books24x7.com to an institution to uniquely identify that institution.

Syntax

Books24x7Site site

Examples 

Typical configuration for accessing Books 24x7.com:

Title Books24x7.com
URL:http://www.library.books24x7.com/library.asp?^B
Books24x7Site ABC123
TokenKey SomethingYouPickAndDontTellAnyone
TokenSignatureKey YouGetThisFromBooks24x7
DJ books24x7.com

Related directives

 TokenKey, TokenSignatureKey