Federated Authentication

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About Federated Authentication

Federated authentication is the practice of allowing an external system to provide authentication services for another application.

About Fallback from Federated Authentication

Fallback from federated authentication allows users to log in to Blueprint using a username and password in addition to federated authentication.

Active Directory and Federated Authentication Settings

How to configure Active Directory and Federated Authentication Settings in Blueprint.

Configuring your Identity Provider for Blueprint Federated Authentication

Before you can use Blueprint federated authentication, your identity provider must be configured properly so the token submitted to Blueprint includes all of the required information in the proper format.

Enabling Blueprint Federated Authentication

After configuring your identity provider to work with Blueprint, you must enable federated authentication in Blueprint.

Managing Active Directory Settings

Active directory integration allows you to leverage your active directory infrastructure to authenticate your users on behalf of Blueprint. Blueprint provides the following options for connecting to one or more active directory servers.

Configuring Default Active Directory Integration

If you use the default active directory integration, Blueprint automatically uses the active directory server that the Blueprint Server User is a member of.

Configuring Custom Active Directory Integration

Custom active directory integration allows you to specify one or more active directory servers. By specifying multiple active directory servers, you can add users to Blueprint from multiple forests.…

Disabling Active Directory Settings

If you disable active directory integration, you can no longer add Windows users to Blueprint. You are limited to adding Database users to Blueprint.