External Authentication in CPanel 54

jhawkins003

• January 14, 2016 14:58

Greetings! One of our testing servers just got the update to CPanel 54 and the new features are looking pretty fantastic. I have a quick question about one in particular - namely the new external authentication module. The documentation seems to indicate the ability to choose from a list of varying auth providers: Google, Facebook, etc. but at present only CpanelID and WHMCS are available within WHM. Will additional providers be added via a patch at a later date, or are there steps we need to do serverside to activate these additional providers.

• 

  cPanelMichael

  • January 14, 2016 20:56

  Hello :) Thank you for your interest in this feature. Additional examples that demonstrate other methods (e.g. Google, Facebook, Amazon) are available in the "/usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/Security/Authn/Provider/" directory with the .sample file extension. This is documented at: Guide to External Authentication - OpenID Connect - Software Development Kit - cPanel Documentation For example, if you copy "Google.pm.sample" to "Google.pm", Google becomes an available option and a link to further instructions from Google is displayed: OpenID Connect Note that cPanel version 56 will display these providers by default. Thank you.

  0
• 

  cPanelJason

  • January 14, 2016 20:57

  The documentation seems to indicate the ability to choose from a list of varying auth providers: Google, Facebook, etc. but at present only CpanelID and WHMCS are available within WHM. Will additional providers be added via a patch at a later date, or are there steps we need to do serverside to activate these additional providers.

  
  Hello! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the new features. In 11.54, we supplied documentation

  0
• 

  jhawkins003

  • January 14, 2016 21:21

  Thanks for the lightning response guys - these resources were exactly what I was looking for!

  0

Please sign in to leave a comment.