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[Authentication & Authorization](/categories/authentication) 4. / 5. pleio/simplesaml ActiveElgg-plugin[Authentication & Authorization](/categories/authentication) pleio/simplesaml ================ Connect your site to a SAML/CAS IDentity Provider (IDP) as a Service Provider (SP) or configure your Elgg installation as an IDP 02.5kPHP Since Dec 12Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/Pleio/simplesaml)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pleio/simplesaml)[ RSS](/packages/pleio-simplesaml/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (1)Used By (0) SimpleSAML [![Scrutinizer Quality Score](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5c75be6f58300fa02ffdc2d0e605012ab5e8c0dcd32f684afae127e5b702e6b3/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f436f6c64547269636b2f73696d706c6573616d6c2f6261646765732f7175616c6974792d73636f72652e706e673f733d61343864633566623765396666373638333733623265646661623234343137343335646463316462)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/ColdTrick/simplesaml/) ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= [](#simplesaml-) Connect your site to a SAML/CAS IDentity Provider (IDP) as a Service Provider (SP) or configure your Elgg installation as an IDP. Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - installation of SimpleSAMLPHP - read the INSTALL.txt Features -------- [](#features) - Act as SAML Service Provider (SP) - Act as CAS Service Provider (SP) - Act as SAML Identity Provider (IDP) - Use multiple external IDP's (autodetects configured IDP's) - Login with federated accounts - Optionally create accounts based on federated account data - Link existing account to multiple external accounts - Force authentication to an external IDP All your users will be forced to login using the configured external IDP - Automaticly create user accounts based on the information provided by the external IDP This requires that the following attributes are set in the configuration of the SP - elgg:email => the email address of the user - elgg:firstname or elgg:lastname => because we need to create a displayname - elgg:external\_id => to link the newly created account to the external account - Automaticly link existing users based on their profile information and information from the IDP This requires that the following attributes are set in the configuration of the SP - elgg:external\_id => the unique ID of the user on the IDP side - elgg:auto\_link => the value that the configured profile field must have to automaticly link the user ToDo ---- [](#todo) - Single Logout support as SP ### Health Score 24 — LowBetter than 32% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity16 Limited adoption so far Community11 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity41 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 67.3% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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