Sign in process

CORE uses federated login to authenticate users. After a user is successfully authenticated CORE checks the local user database to see if the user exists.

Configuration

SimpleSAML can be configured in application/configs/application.ini

Config value	Description
`simplesaml.dir`	What is the location of your SimpleSAML installation
`simplesaml.authsource`	What is the name of the authentication source
`simplesaml.saml_uid_attribute`	The unique identifier used to identify a user.
`simplesaml.saml_fname_attribute`	Which federated attribute contains first name
`simplesaml.saml_lname_attribute`	Which federated attribute contains last name
`simplesaml.saml_organisation_attribute`	Which federated attribute contains organisation name
`simplesaml.saml_email_attribute`	Which federated attribute contains email address
`simplesaml.saml_country_attribute`	Which federated attribute contains country
{{core.logSamlAttributes }}	Log SimpleSAML attributes upon every login attempt

User roles

The following user roles are defined.

Guest (not authenticated)
User (inherits from guest)
Submitter (inherits from user)
Presenter (inherits from user)
Reviewer (inherits from user)
Chair (inherits from user)
Admin