cubicweb-saml 0.8.0

SAML2 authentifier

SAML2 authentifier for cubicweb. This cube allow to authenticate from a SAML2 provider with cubicweb login form.

Installation

The first step is to install cubicweb-saml into your python environment:

pip install cubicweb-saml

To add this cube into your cubicweb instance:

cubicweb-ctl shell <your_app>
>>> add_cube('saml')
>>> exit

To generate SAML related option in all-in-one.conf:

cubicweb-ctl upgrade <your_app>

Configuration

To configure cubicweb-saml metadata, open sources.conf from cubicweb instances folder (by default $HOME/etc/cubicweb.d/<instance>):

[SAML]

# SAML v2 metadata uri which can be read from a file (file://<absolute_path>)
# or retrieved from a specific URL(http[s]://...)
saml-metadata-uri=

# The globally unique identifier of the entity.
saml-entity-id=

To configure cubicweb-saml options, open all-in-one.conf in the same directory:

[SAML]

# Don't verify that the incoming requests originate from us via the built-in
# cache for authn request ids in pysaml2
saml-allow-unsolicited=yes

# Indicates if the Authentication Requests sent by this SP should be signed by
# default.
saml-authn-requests-signed=no

# Indicates if this entity will sign the Logout Requests originated from it.
saml-logout-requests-signed=yes

# Indicates if this SP wants the IdP to send the assertions signed. This sets
# the WantAssertionsSigned attribute of the SPSSODescriptor node of the
# metadata so the IdP will know this SP preference.
saml-want-assertions-signed=yes

# Indicates that Authentication Responses to this SP must be signed. If set to
# True, the SP will not consume any SAML Responses that are not signed.
saml-want-response-signed=no

# Allow to register a new user
# if this one does not exist in current database.
saml-register-unknown-user=no

# Set the default group to register new user
# if the saml-register-unknown-user option was activated.
saml-register-default-group=guests

# Set the default password system to use if the saml-register-unknown-user
# option was activated (available values: empty, random).
saml-register-default-password=empty