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Re: Single Sign On for Debian



On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 10:39:14AM +0200, Clément OUDOT wrote:
> 2017-08-25 6:59 GMT+02:00 Luca Filipozzi <lfilipoz@debian.org>:
> > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 09:05:32AM +0200, Xavier wrote:
> >> Le 23/08/2017 à 08:46, Alexander Wirt a écrit :
> >> > On Wed, 23 Aug 2017, Philip Hands wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Michael Lustfield <michael@lustfield.net> writes:
> >> >>
> >> >> ...
> >> >>> Using Gitlab (or any VCS) as the user db for guest accounts means adding a
> >> >>> dependency that could block future upgrades... kinda like now. This is not a
> >> >>> future-proof design and will come at a future cost.
> >> >>
> >> >> I suspect that Alexander's intent was just to avoid blocking the gitlab
> >> >> setup on having some SSO solution in place.
> >> >>
> >> >> If lemonldap-ng can make use of gitlab's guest data initially, then that
> >> >> lets the two things be setup independently.
> >> >>
> >> >> Once lemonldap-ng is shown to do the job, I doubt it will be a big task
> >> >> to transfer authority for the guest data into lemonldap-ng's control,
> >> >> and then have gitlab use lemonldap-ng as it's source of that data.
> >> > I dont' think Lemonldap-ng does usermanagement on its own.
> >> > It is a replacement for sso.d.o which allows to have more backends and
> >> > provides more frontends (like saml, oauth2 and so on)
> >> >
> >> > Alex
> >>
> >> You're right, LLNG doesn't provide usermanagement. Many user's use
> >> https://lsc-project.org to populate a LDAP directory from any source.
> >> Clément Oudot (leader of LLNG community) is also leader of LSC-Project.
> >> You can ping him if you have any question on this
> >
> > LDAP sync isn't what is meant by 'user management'. Rather, it's a
> > combination of self-empowerment (create account, manage profile, reset
> > password) and delegation administration (role creation and assignment,
> > etc.). Keycloak offers some of this functionality. Whatsay I stand up a
> > demo and we can kick some tires?
> 
> Keycloack might be a good solution. I suggest you also test
> FusionDirectory which I often use with LemonLDAP::NG to provide a full
> identity management solution : https://www.fusiondirectory.org/

I'll have a look and consider standing it up adjacent to keycloak so we
can kick the tires of both.

> I made a presentation about some free softwares products that can be
> used together for identity management :
> https://www.slideshare.net/coudot/rmll2017-des-logiciels-libres-pour-la-gestion-des-identits.
> Sadly it's in french but you have all product names, screenshots and
> links to websites.

Merci.

> For information there will be a lot of presentation on this topic at
> the next LDAPCon (https://ldapcon.org/2017/). Maybe some people from
> Debian community can join us at this event.

I can't but maybe other DSA members can. I mention DSA in particular
because I personally view the management of LDAP and Identity Provider
Solutions as fairly core duties of DSA. I have to build consensus with
my colleagues (so start with a public email, Luca, that's a good idea)
but the demo is as much for them as for anyone else. (hi guys)

-- 
Luca Filipozzi


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