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As of DSpace 3.x, this page is outdated. Look at the official docunentation instead: Authentication Plugins#ShibbolethAuthentication |
Ensure that you are running Apache Tomcat (the web application server) behind Apache HTTPD (the web server). This is required as the Shibboleth authentication is performed in Apache HTTPD, while DSpace runs within Apache Tomcat. There are two ways how to do that - using mod_proxy_ajp or mod_jk - both are described on https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DspaceOnStandardPorts
Follow the standard instructions for installing a Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) in Apache HTTPD. Instructions are available from https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/Installation
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- If running DSpace in the ROOT context: http://dspace.example.com/shibboleth-login
- If running DSpace in a different context: http://dspace.example.com/xmlui/shibboleth-login (adjust xmlui as appropriate)
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If you're running DSpace in the ROOT context and you're using ProxyPass directives as described in Running DSpace on Standard Ports, you will most likely have to add
to prevent DSpace from taking over these URLs. |
Edit config/modules/authentication.cfg to set the authentication method (in older DSpace versions, this is in dspace.cfg):
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