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Introduction: What is SSO?
SSO, or Single Sign-On, is a user-authentication scheme that allows login credentials to be shared across multiple systems to reduce repeated log-in operations. A user can have one set of authentication credentials and personal data stored on one web property and these can be used to log in to other web properties. In its…
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Manage Roles with Single Sign-On (SSO)
This article describes three scenarios in which you can assign and manage Roles in Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) if you're using Single Sign-On (SSO). ✔️ TIP: User management through Roles and their permissions is described in detail in Roles & Permissions. Scenario 1: Roles managed in your IDP In this scenario, the…
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Pass Additional Profile Data via SSO
This article describes how to pass additional user-profile data when connecting users via SSO. Let's walk through how to set it up. Create a field 1. Access the Dashboard. 2. Navigate to the Settings > Membership > User Profile page. 3. Click Add Field and set the following: Type - Select Single Textbox (this accepts text…
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Password Field Displays During SSO Connection
When connecting via SSO and adding a display name, a password field appears "intermittently." Background As a user types in the Name field, Vanilla performs a lookup to see if that name exists in the community. If it does, it's assumed that the user who is typing is the same user who created the account; the password field…
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Salesforce SSO using OAuth 2.0
You can use Salesforce as an authentication provider in conjunction with the OAuth 2.0 protocol. Before setting this up we strongly encourage you to read the section Understand OAuth 2.0, below. If you have any questions, contact Vanilla Support before proceeding. Salesforce addons Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) offers two…
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Social Connect Options
Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) integrates with several third-party applications that accommodate Single Sign-On (SSO) access from the application to Vanilla. This means that your users can access your Vanilla community, without having to sign in, directly from one of these applications that they are currently signed in to.…
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SSO Overview
Single Sign-on (SSO) is a feature that allows log-in credentials to be shared across multiple systems to reduce repeated log-in operations. For example, users can sign in to a Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community and, from there, access a separate third-party account/site without having to log in. The username and…
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WordPress Single Sign-On
If you use WordPress to publish your blog or as your website CMS, you can create a Single Sign-On (SSO) connection to your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community. The SSO connection makes it possible for your WordPress-registered users, who are also members of your Vanilla community, to log in to your WordPress website…