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Introduction To configure the Web SSO you must complete the next steps 1. Attribute definition: add the necessary attributes if they are not in the list. 2. Attribute sharing policies: define the proper attribute sharing policies to determine which attrib...

Definition This operation allows to generate a SAML logout request to be sent to a IdP supporting SAML Global Logout, including Soffid IdP. URL <console-domain>/webservice/federation/rest/generate-saml-logout-request Method ...

Definition This operation allows to validate a SAML response generated by another external IDP that support SAML protocol. URL <console-domain>/webservice/federation/rest/parse-saml-response Method POST Headers Accept = “appl...

Definition This operation allows to generate a SAML request to an external IDP. URL <console-domain>/webservice/federation/rest/generate-saml-request Method POST Headers Accept = “application/json” Content-Type = “applic...

Definition This operation allows to close a session created by either validate-credentials or parse-saml-response. If you want to get real global logout, this method invocation is not enough. You should also use the generate-saml-logout-request method. ...

Definition This operation allows to validate the credentials of the user against Soffid. URL <console-domain>/webservice/federation/rest/validate-credentials Method POST Headers Accept = “application/json” Content-Type =...

Definition This operation allows to validate the user domain and return the IDP ower of the user. URL <console-domain>/webservice/federation/rest/validate-domain Method POST Headers Accept = “application/json” Content-Type = “application/...

Introduction OpenID-Connect has a clear design suitable for both frontend and backend. SAML has a clear design for the frontend, but the backend usage is harder as the security in SAML cannot be placed at transport layer. Instead, in must be placed at docume...

Step-by-step To enable the kerberos authentication method, the identity provider must have a keytab file that enables it to authenticate users. The steps to get it are described below: 1. First of all, you need to create a net user. You can use the old-fashi...

There is a service point to allow users change their passwords. Simply redirect the user to: https://servername:port/protected/changePassword The user will be required to enter identify itself and enter a new password. Optionally, you can enter a web page ...

Definition Based on SAML version 1 standard. This profile is used when the Service Provider wants to resolve or check a received assertion. Screen overview Standard attributes Class: class name (readOnly field). Enabled: if it is checked (selected opt...

Definition The Identity Provider will serve the OpenID-Connect protocol. It is possible to accept the default endpoints or modify them. You can check the server features visiting https://<YOUR-IdP>/.well-known/openid-configuration. That JSON gives you inform...

Description Soffid Identity Federation addon helps administrators to manage an Identity Federation. With Soffid you can manage the whole federation security configuration, increasing the security while reducing the federation management costs. Soffid can also...

Description After defining the attributes to publish, it’s required to write a policy that defines which attributes will be allowed to share with each service provider. Soffid allows you to define security rules that apply to any attribute that should be del...

Description The attribute definition page displays all the auto-generated user attributes. Those attributes will be the attributes to deliver from the identity providers to the service providers depending on the defined rules. Soffid has a default implementa...

Introduction OpenID is an open standard and decentralized authentication protocol.  It allows users to be authenticated by cooperating sites (known as relying parties, or RP) using a third-party service, eliminating the need for webmasters to provide their ...

Introduction Security Assertion Markup Language is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, in particular, between an identity provider and a service provider. It is an identity federation protocol, born in 2...

Description An entity group is just like a folder that allows you to manage different kinds of federation members. One of the most common ways to group federation members is by trust level. When you create an entity group, the Identity Providers and the Serv...

Definition A single identity provider usually offers different profiles or service levels to diffeferent service provider. To be able to define this behavior, any Identity Provider can be split into many virtual identity providers. Those identity providers wi...

There are two options for certificate management 1. The easiest, fast and cheap one: Do not create any public or private key, nor enter any certificate chain. At first start up, Soffid Identity Provider will generate a new public/private key pair. Using thi...