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Certificate based external authentication for Kyvos Web Portal

Certificate based external authentication for Kyvos Web Portal

Applies to: Kyvos Enterprise  Kyvos Cloud (SaaS on AWS) Kyvos AWS Marketplace

Kyvos Azure Marketplace   Kyvos GCP Marketplace Kyvos Single Node Installation (Kyvos SNI)

Note

From Kyvos 2024.1 onwards, a restart of the Kyvos Web Portal will not be required for Kyvos security configuration (Web based SSO).

To configure the Certificate as an external authentication provider for the Kyvos Web Portal, perform the following steps. 

  1. On the navigation pane, click Security > Web based SSO page.

  2. Select the Enable External Authentication checkbox to define the external authentication mechanism for the Kyvos Web portal.

  3. Select the Certificate Based option from the Provider list.

  4. Enter details as:

Parameter/Field

Comments/Description

Parameter/Field

Comments/Description

Header Name

Enter the name of the HTTP header that contains the user name in the HTTP request.

Header Type

Select the type of value to be sent by the external authentication tool as an SSO token.

  1. Click the Save button to save changes.

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