Shibboleth workshop

The authentication problem to solve

As you know, we've several resources for Wolfplex Hackerspace:

• the wiki (MediaWiki)
• the intranet powered by Keruald/Xen and Azhàr
• the new community/presentation site Enigma prepares in Drupal
• a redmine install (will soon be replaced by a ChiliProject install) shared with Espace Win Open Source Project and grip users

Currently, the auth is performed by Azhàr.

We'll have more resources in the future, like:

• the Wolfplex servers
• the audio system
• an eggdrop (Nasqueron will sail to other space realms, and a

Wolfplex dedicated eggdrop will replace it)

• Sympa mailing lists

We should deoploy something standard so everybody could develop for it.

It's also the opportuniy to deploy an heavier, stronger auth solution.

Useful links

• Yes it can connect to a LDAP so we can store Wolfplex Hackerspace

accounts somewhere : https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/ResolverLDAPDataConnector

• MediaWiki : http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Shibboleth_Authentication

• Drupal : http://drupal.org/project/shib_auth

• Redmine : https://federation.renater.fr/technique/applications/config/redmine#configurer_l_authentification_shibboleth_dans_redmine

• The Sympa mailing lists manager : http://www.sympa.org/manual/authentication#configuring_shibboleth:

The worskhop

The workshop will setup a Shibboleth service provider and implement some authentication consumers.

It will also install a LDAP server for our accounts and if we've time, we'll develop a plug-in to transform a Keruald-based PHP application to a Shibboleth authentication source.

The worskhop will be hosted at Spike's place (@ Charleroi Ville-Haute), this Wednesday 2011-04-20 from 2pm to 6pm CEST.

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