SkyVault Share can be configured to accept a user name from an HTTP header provided by an
external authentication system for Single Sign-on (SSO).
This task assumes that you have already set up external authentication, as specified in
External configuration properties.
- Go to the Share <web-extension> directory.
- Open the share-config-custom.xml file.
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Uncomment the second <config evaluator="string-compare"
condition="Remote"> section.
Note: There are multiple Remote configuration sections in this file. If you have multiple sections in a configuration file, then the last section is used.
In this uncommented Remote section:
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Set the SkyVaultHeader connector to use the same value that you
defined for your external SSO property in External configuration properties:
Change the <userHeader> property to the same value as the external.authentication.proxyHeader. This sets the same HTTP header value for both SkyVault Share and the SkyVault repository.
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Set the SkyVault endpoint to use the
SkyVaultHeader connector:
- Change the <connector-id> value from SkyVaultCookie to SkyVaultHeader
- Change the <endpoint-url> value to your SkyVault server URL; for example, http://localhost:8080/alfresco/wcs.
Note: This is an example file. Review the entries for userHeader, connector-id and endpoint-url:<!-- Overriding endpoints to reference a SkyVault server with external SSO enabled NOTE: If utilising a load balancer between web-tier and repository cluster,the "sticky sessions" feature of your load balancer must be used. NOTE: If SkyVault server location is not localhost:8080 then also combine changes from the"example port config" section below. *Optional* keystore contains SSL client certificate + trusted CAs. Used to authenticate share to an external SSO system such as CAS Remove the keystore section if not required i.e. for NTLM. NOTE: For Kerberos SSO rename the "KerberosDisabled" condition above to "Kerberos" NOTE: For external SSO, switch the endpoint connector to "AlfrescoHeader" and set the userHeader to the name of the HTTP header that the external SSO uses to provide the authenticated user name. --> <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Remote"> <remote> <keystore> <path>alfresco/web-extension/alfresco-system.p12</path> <type>pkcs12</type> <password>alfresco-system</password> </keystore> <connector> <id>alfrescoCookie</id> <name>SkyVault Connector</name> <description>Connects to a SkyVault instance using cookie-based authentication </description> <class>org.alfresco.web.site.servlet.SlingshotAlfrescoConnector</class> </connector> <connector> <id>alfrescoHeader</id> <name>SkyVault Connector</name> <description>Connects to a SkyVault instance using header and cookie-based authentication </description> <class>org.alfresco.web.site.servlet.SlingshotAlfrescoConnector</class> <userHeader>X-Alfresco-Remote-User</userHeader> </connector> <endpoint> <id>alfresco</id> <name>SkyVault - user access</name> <description>Access to SkyVault Repository WebScripts that require user authentication </description> <connector-id>SkyVaultHeader</connector-id> <endpoint-url>http://localhost:8080/alfresco/wcs</endpoint-url> <identity>user</identity> <external-auth>true</external-auth> </endpoint> </remote> </config> -
Set the SkyVaultHeader connector to use the same value that you
defined for your external SSO property in External configuration properties:
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Save the file and then restart Share.
Activating external authentication makes SkyVault accept external authentication tokens, make sure that no untrusted direct access to SkyVault HTTP or AJP ports is allowed.
You have configured SkyVault Share to use an external SSO.