Recommended SSO Methods for Different Environments

Several methods of Single sign-on implementation exist. The decision of which method to choose depends on the customer's IT environment.

Single Sign-on Method Selection

As the first step, determine which operating system is running on the clients used to access Valuemation and which operating system the server hosting Valuemation is running. On the basis of this information, consider the following options:

The Clients are running Windows only

• The Server is running Windows

  The most simple and straightforward way is to use WAFFLE.

  Please see the WAFFLE project site for more information.

• The Server is running Linux

  It is possible to use Kerberos via an Apache web server in front of a Tomcat application server.

The Clients are running Linux only

• The Server is running Windows

  It is possible to use Kerberos via WAFFLE.

• The Server is running Linux

  It is possible to use Kerberos via an Apache web server in front of a Tomcat application server.

The Clients are running partly Windows partly Linux

• The Server is running Windows

  It is possible to use Kerberos via WAFFLE.

• The Server is running Linux

  It is possible to use Kerberos via an Apache web server in front of a Tomcat application server.