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  • 1.  AIX SSO with Azure

    Posted 08/21/23 07:01 AM

    AIX 720-05-03

    My customer is looking to implement SSO for AIX authentication.

    They currently use Azure for authentication which uses SAML authentictaion.

    I'm aware that AIX can use AD for authentication but I'm told that SAML is the preferred authentication method for Azure based authentiction.

    Any thoughts on how it may be possible to use SAML authentication with Azure?



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    Glenn Robinson
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  • 2.  RE: AIX SSO with Azure

    Posted 08/22/23 02:37 AM

    Hi Glenn,

    did they implement it on Linux? Can they point to a similar solution for Linux?



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    Andrey Klyachkin

    https://www.power-devops.com
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  • 3.  RE: AIX SSO with Azure

    Posted 08/23/23 03:21 AM

    The Azure authenticator is a standard Microsoft solution on Azure Cloud (AD) but it uses SAML.



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    Glenn Robinson
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  • 4.  RE: AIX SSO with Azure

    Posted 08/25/23 06:56 AM

    A bit more info on this.

    Azure uses Active Directory Federated Services (AD FS) for authenrtication with uses the SAML protocol.

    So what the customer would like to do is authenticate AIX logins against ADFS.

    Is this possible wth AIX?



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    Glenn Robinson
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  • 5.  RE: AIX SSO with Azure

    Posted 08/31/23 04:37 AM

    AIX authenticates to AD using an LDAP client.  If Azue AD provides LDAP service then this can be used.



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    Phill Rowbottom
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  • 6.  RE: AIX SSO with Azure

    Posted 08/31/23 06:52 AM

    Thanks for your input.

    I've also had this confirmed by Lab Services so I will be installing LDAP for the customer and connecting to AD and not ADFS.



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    Glenn Robinson
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  • 7.  RE: AIX SSO with Azure

    Posted 08/30/23 12:56 PM

    The AIX LDAP client does not support SAML authentication with AD. The Client could submit an enhancement request that could be considered for a future AIX update.



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    Carl Burnett
    DE, IBM Systems Group, IBM Power
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