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SSO support for Aikau apps

sgupta — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 11:53:24 GMT

I want to create a standalone Aikau app to show document list and has webscripts which get info from Alfresco server. I want to implement SSO for the standalone app.Does Aikau support SSO using Kerberos? how can SSO be configured for this app?

Re: SSO support for Aikau apps

angelborroy — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:15:12 GMT

We have this issue too, I asked Martin and Dave without success.

We have copied all Java classes from Alfresco to the Aikau app, but some tweaks are required. We're still working on this, I'll tell you if we have any advance.

Re: SSO support for Aikau apps

ddraper — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:33:51 GMT

An Aikau standalone client (built using the Aikau Maven Archetype) is just a Surf application in the same way that Share is a Surf application. Share supports SSO because of the way that it is configured.

When we created the Aikau Archetype we essentially copied some of the key Java classes and Spring bean configuration from Share.

If you want to enable SSO in a standalone Aikau application then you just need to copy across the SSO related configuration from Share into your client (as suggested by ‌)

Re: SSO support for Aikau apps

ddraper — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:34:31 GMT

‌ apologies for not answering your question - I hadn't seen it before!

Re: SSO support for Aikau apps

angelborroy — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 08:05:15 GMT

Thanks, Dave Draper‌

I forgot also about this question. Finally we managed to include key classes from Share in our Aikau app and SSO is working properly.

Maybe a blog post on this could be useful?

Re: SSO support for Aikau apps

ddraper — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 09:14:54 GMT

Yes, definitely... If you're able to write up how you got it working that would be awesome! I've not actually tried to get it setup myself yet so it would definitely be useful.

Re: SSO support for Aikau apps

angelborroy — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 21:03:10 GMT

Dave Draper finally I've managed to write a draft post (SSO support for Aikau apps | Programming and So ) and to provide a GitHub template (GitHub - angelborroy/aikau-kerberos-sso: SSO support for standalone Aikau client ) to show how an Aikau standalone client works with Kerberos SSO.

It's not perfect, but I think it can be enough.

Re: SSO support for Aikau apps

ddraper — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 06:14:10 GMT

Great stuff, thanks Angel Borroy