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Introduction: What is SSO?
SSO is an acronym for Single Sign-On, a user-authentication scheme that allows log-in 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…
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Manage Roles with SSO
In this article, we'll examine the various ways you can manage Roles in Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla). Scenario 1: The IdP controls the Roles The identity provider (IdP) has data on what Roles users should have, and will pass that over SSO to Vanilla. If a Role needs to be changed, it should be done via the IdP (outside…
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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. Navigate to the Settings > Membership > User Profile page. 2. Click Add Field and set the following. Type Choose Single Textbox; this accepts text strings. Label Specify…
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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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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) forum and, from there, access a separate system (such as Twitter) without having to log in. The username and password…
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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…