This chapter provides you with knowledge of authentication and identity of portals, such as information related to passwords, accounts, organization configuration, and more via the following topics:
Introduction to authentication and authorization
Details of login modules, different authentication workflows and authorization.
Information about hashing and salting of passwords in Picketlink IDM.
Introduction to plugins used to specify the initial Organization configuration for predefined users, memberships and groups.
Authentication token configuration
Knowledge of implementing and configuring the Token Service API.
Introduction to the PicketLink IDM configuration files.
Introduction to the OrganizationService component that serves as an entry point into Organization API, and provides the handling functionality for 5 main components, including UserHandler, UserProfileHandler, GroupHandler, MembershipTypeHandler, and MembershipHandler.
Introduction to the configuration of retrieving the details for a logged-in user and the Organization Service.