Hi Geert and others,

> It mainly depends on where you need access to the 
> permissions/privileges/users, and what artifacts are already in place. It is 
> not uncommon to have user administration in an LDAP server. In that case you 
> don't want to replicate all user info into MarkLogic database, as that would 
> involve continuous synchronisation.

In this particular case, there are +1000 users that authenticate
against a +10000 users identity provider, so there's a real benefit in
using that existing infrastructure.

> If you want to fully utilize the security layer of MarkLogic, then perform 
> all authentication and authorisation against the MarkLogic database. Should 
> be that very difficult, though there is no LDAP api for connecting to 
> MarkLogic. (Perhaps a nice to have? ;)

No, I'd want it the other way round and have MarkLogic use an existing
directory service and authentication provider. The MarkLogic users are
only a subset of the complete user database.

Am I right in believing that Mark Logic Server does not support
application-external authentication and role mapping?

regards,
Jeroen


2009/10/5 Geert Josten <[email protected]>:
> Hi Jeroen,
>
> It mainly depends on where you need access to the 
> permissions/privileges/users, and what artifacts are already in place. It is 
> not uncommon to have user administration in an LDAP server. In that case you 
> don't want to replicate all user info into MarkLogic database, as that would 
> involve continuous synchronisation.
>
> If you want to fully utilize the security layer of MarkLogic, then perform 
> all authentication and authorisation against the MarkLogic database. Should 
> be that very difficult, though there is no LDAP api for connecting to 
> MarkLogic. (Perhaps a nice to have? ;)
>
> Kind regards,
> Geert
>
>>
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>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>> Jeroen Pulles
>> Sent: maandag 5 oktober 2009 15:30
>> To: General Mark Logic Developer Discussion
>> Subject: [MarkLogic Dev General] Integration with single sign
>> on and directory services?
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> What are the possibilities for Mark Logic Server to integrate
>> with a single sign on (SSO) system for user authentication
>> and directory services for mapping group membership to Mark
>> Logic roles? I am specifically interested in integration with
>> a SAML 2.0 environment.
>>
>> My application has a Java layer in place in front of Mark
>> Logic. All access to Mark Logic Server is done over the XCC
>> connector. I /could/ do all privilege and permission control
>> in the Java layer. That seem to be a waste to me as ML
>> newbie, however, since the permissions/privilege
>> functionality is just what I want for my document management.
>> And I don't want to end up duplicating existing document
>> permissions/privilege functionality.
>>
>> Any advice?
>>
>> regards,
>> Jeroen
>>
>> --
>> Jeroen Pulles
>> Xopus B.V., The Netherlands
>>
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