Welcome to the Identity Service
documentation.
The Identity Service (IDS) is responsible for supporting user authentication of other Alfresco software.
The key capabilities of Identity Service
include the ability to:
- Enable Single Sign On capabilities for Alfresco Content Services and Alfresco Process Services
- Configure user authentication between Identity Service and an LDAP provider
- Configure a supported SAML provider to enable Single Sign On (SSO) with an existing identity provider
More information is available about the Identity Service covering:
- An overview of the Identity Service architecture is within the Alfresco/alfresco-identity-service GitHub project documentation.
- How to deploy the Alfresco Identity Service.
- How to configure any customizations in the realm or theme of Identity Service.
Note: See the supported platforms page for compatibility between Alfresco Content Services or Alfresco Process Services and Identity Service.