genericsso Plugin

Compatible with DokuWiki

2013-05-10 “Weatherwax”

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Allows to authenticate against any SSO system that set environment variables

Last updated on: 2015-05-21
Provides: Auth

This extension has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues.

Similar to shibbolethauth

Tagged with auth, shibboleth, sso

By Etienne Méléard

This plugin replaces shibbolethauth for DokuWiki > 2013-05-10 “Weatherwax”.

It allows to authenticate against any SSO system that sets an environment variable with the user ID after authentication (such as Shibboleth).

Installation

Search and install the plugin using the Extension Manager. Refer to Plugins on how to install plugins manually.

Configuration and Settings

Parameter name	Type	Signification	Example value
emailAttribute	string	Environment variable to use as the user id and email	HTTP_MAIL
alwaysCheck	boolean	Does the plugin needs to check if the SP session is still open for each request (otherwise the wiki session will only be closed at logout)	0
loginURL	string	URL to use for loging-in, may contain `{target}` placeholder that will be replaced by the URL to return to after login	`http://my-sso-server.tld/sso/login?after_auth_goto={target}`
logoutURL	string	URL to use for loging-out, may contain `{target}` placeholder that will be replaced by the URL to return to after logout	`http://my-sso-server.tld/sso/logout?go_back_to={target}`

Sample php config using Shibboleth

$conf['plugin']['genericsso']['emailAttribute'] = 'mail';
$conf['plugin']['genericsso']['alwaysCheck'] = 1;
$conf['plugin']['genericsso']['loginURL'] = 'http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].'/Shibboleth.sso/Login?target={target}';
$conf['plugin']['genericsso']['logoutURL'] = 'http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].'/Shibboleth.sso/Logout?return={target}';

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genericsso Plugin

Installation

Configuration and Settings

Sample php config using Shibboleth