Drupal, Technology

What is Single Sign-On (SSO) and how does it work?

Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication method that enables users to securely authenticate with multiple applications and websites using just one set of credentials. SSO is an authentication scheme that allows a user to log in with a single ID to any of several related, yet independent software systems. True single sign-on allows users...

by raushan.tiwari
Tag: SSO
23-Jan-2024

Technology

Cross-domain SSO with Google into AWS Console using SAML

Recently, I worked on a task wherein the users had to be authenticated based on existing Google credentials to get access of AWS Management Console. It took more time than expected to make it work as the documentation provided by Google is not complete. Let’s start by setting this up step by step. Scenario: Provide access of AWS...

by Navjot Singh
Tag: SSO
17-Dec-2015

Technology

SSO with Central Authentication Service

You can check How to set up CAS Rest api with JDBC Authentication. for setting up CAS server for your application. Now if you want to test if your CAS server is working properly for REST calls then you can use the following code and you need to check for the following things. You need to make a GET or POST call depending on your CAS...

by Ekansh Rastogi
Tag: SSO
18-Nov-2015

Technology

Enabling SSO with CQ5 – Part III

In previous part , we discussed protecting CQ5 author instance when CQ5 acts as a service provider (SP). In this blog post, we'll cover how to protect any published resource/website. We'll be using Shibboleth SP for the same. Necessary Steps:  Installing LDAP Server. Installing Shibboleth IdP. Installing Apache tomcat on...

by Geetika Chhabra
Tag: SSO
26-Mar-2014

Technology

Enabling SSO with CQ5 – Part II

In first part of our tri-part blog series ,  we discussed about the installation and configuration of Shibboleth IdP. We'll be focusing on the following two use cases : Use-Case I : Protecting CQ5 author instance when CQ5 acts as a service provider (SP). Use-Case II: Protecting any published resource/website. This...

by Geetika Chhabra
Tag: SSO
11-Mar-2014

Technology

Enabling SSO with CQ5 – Part I

Single sign-on (SSO) is a mechanism where by a single action of user authentication and authorization can permit a user to access all computers and systems for which he has access permission, without the need to enter multiple passwords. While implementing SSO as part of one of our projects , we thought of protecting CQ5 author and...

by Geetika Chhabra
Tag: SSO
27-Feb-2014