5.7 Social Authentication

Access Manager supports authentication through external OAuth providers such as Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, and so on.

Social authentication simplifies the login experience for users and does not require maintaining large user stores. Businesses, universities, and government entities can leverage social identity providers to share the selected identity information for authentication via OAuth tokens. Login using social identities provides a convenient way for users to improve customer satisfaction and increases registration levels.

You can configure this authentication through the SocialAuthClass. Access Manager supports the following social providers:

For information about configuring supported social authentication providers for API Keys and API Secrets, see Configuring Supported Social Authentication Providers for API Keys and API Secrets.