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Understanding Ideagen Mazlan Home authentication
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Administrators responsible for security and authentication management within their organisation.
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The integration with Ideagen Mazlan Home brings a new authentication system that changes depending on the method you use.
The supported methods are:
- AWS Cognito
- Single Sign-On (SSO) through an external identity provider (IdP)
User email addresses need to be unique within Ideagen Mazlan Home, so each user can only use one authentication method: either AWS Cognito or SSO.
To handle this, users must either fully switch to SSO or have separate accounts for each method, which means having two user records in Ideagen Quality Management.
AWS Cognito authentication
Configuration
The pre-requisite configuration in Ideagen Mazlan Home for customers using the AWS Cognito authentication method is for the users to be created in Ideagen Mazlan Home as “internal user”:
Next, make sure the external IdP is configured in:
Authentication experience
When you select a database in Ideagen Quality Management that's set up with AWS Cognito, you'll see a Login via AWS Cognito button:
Clicking this button will take you to the Ideagen Mazlan Home AWS Cognito login page where you can enter your credentials:
Once you've logged in successfully, you'll be signed into the Ideagen Quality Management application.
Important
This process replaces the existing native authentication mechanism in Ideagen Quality Management. Special consideration must be given to existing authentication setups for web services, such as those using the 'APIUSER' account.
IdP authentication
Configuration
The pre-requisite configuration in Ideagen Mazlan Home for customers using the IdP authentication method is for the users to be created in Ideagen Mazlan Home as External:
External users in Ideagen Mazlan Home can only be created using the import feature by ensuring the UserID field input is using a GUID and not marked as Internal:
Next, make sure the external IdP is configured in:
Authentication experience
When you select a database in Ideagen Quality Management set up with AWS Cognito, you'll see a Login via AWS Cognito button:
Clicking this button takes you to the Ideagen Mazlan Home login page, where you can pick the IdP set up for your tenant:
After you choose, you'll be redirected to the login page of the selected SSO provider:
Once you log in successfully, you'll be able to access Ideagen Quality Management.