Enabling and disabling OIDC authentication

The oidc-auth stanza entry is located in the [oidc] stanza of the WebSEAL configuration file. It enables and disables the OIDC authentication method.

About this task

OIDC authentication is disabled by default. To configure OIDC authentication, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Stop the WebSEAL server.
  2. Edit the WebSEAL configuration file. In the [oidc] stanza, specify the protocol to support in your network environment. The protocols are shown in the following table.
    Table 1. Configuring OIDC authentication
    Protocol to support Configuration file entry
    HTTPS oidc-auth = https
    Disable OIDC authentication (default) oidc-auth = none
    Note: OIDC authentication is not supported over the HTTP protocol.
  3. Customize the entries contained within the [oidc:<op-id>] stanza, where '<op-id>' is a unique identifier for the OP.
  4. Set the default OP ID by modifying the default-op entry in the [oidc] stanza.
  5. Restart the WebSEAL server.