Backend Mystery · Card #39

How do you implement a single sign-on (SSO) solution?

At a very high level, the steps required to implement an SSO solution are: - Picking an identity provider, such as Okta or Keycloack. - Each application will then integrate with the Identity provider from the previous step using a standard SSO protocol, such as SAML, OpenID or any other. - For the first user access, the application will connect with the IdP and authenticate the user, getting an access token in return. - Then during subsequent requests, the application will validate the provided token through the IdP.
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