Introduction


Google Captcha allows Web RA to distinguish humans from bots and provides foolproof security against spam attacks or automated extraction of data from the system. When configured, Google Captcha is shown on the following pages:

  • Web RA Admin Login
  • Web RA Admin Forgot Password
  • Web RA User Login
  • Web RA User Registration
  • Web RA User Forgot Password


How it Works?


  1. It is highly recommended by Ascertia to configure the Google Captcha to mitigate the denial of service attacks 
  2. Google Captcha is a free service and you are only required a valid Google Account to create the captcha credentials
  3. Click here for the instructions to create the Google reCaptcha credentials
  4. When three consecutive failed password attempts are made on the above mentioned pages then Google Captcha will be launched to verify that you are not a robot
  5. In a restricted environment where is no internet on the Web RA Server, it is required to open the outbound internet traffic only on the Web RA Server for the Google Captcha to work. If the internet is not accessible on the Web RA Server then Google Captcha will not be loaded.


Create the Google Captcha Connector


  1. Click External Services from the left menu.
  2. Click Connectors.
  3. Click  from the grid header. 
  4. A screen will appear to add the connector details. The connector screen is comprised of two screens, i.e. Basic Information and Details. Specify the basic information, choose the Provider as Google Captcha and click Next to provide the respective connector details. See the below table for fields description.
  5. Click Finish. A new connector will be saved and displayed in the list.


Basic Information

Field

Description

Name

Specify a unique name for this connector, i.e. My Captcha. This connector will be used in the Global Settings > Default Connectors. 

Provider

Select the provider for this connector, i.e. "Google Captcha".

Active

Tick this check box to make this connector active. Inactive connectors cannot be configured in the Global Settings.



Details

Field

Description

Site Key

Specify the registered site key that has been provided by Google to connect to the Captcha server, e.g. "94zt9tmbyeedsxh".

Secret Key

Specify the registered secret key that has been provided by Google to connect to the Captcha server, e.g. "92yeroxz1kbg3dls".

Configure Google Captcha


  1. Click Configurations from the left menu.
  2. Click Default Settings.
  3. In the Captcha Connector field under Others section, select a Google Captcha connector which you want to use in Web RA. Only active Google Captcha connectors are listed for selection.
  4. Click Save from the screen bottom.
  5. Click Publish Changes from the top right corner, to make these configurations effective.