How to extend Shib IdP to have a new customized DataConnector

[Yaowen Tu]

Thanks a lot. I will try it out. If I think this is also useful to other
people I will definitely contribute it to the community.

Yaowen


On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Nate Klingenstein <ndk at internet2.edu> wrote:

> Yaowen,
>
> In our product, IdP may not have access to the database directly( some
> security reason ). We are think if it is possible to extend the
> DataConnector or build a customized DataConnector. For example instead of
> using JDBC to send some "select" statement, can we send some SOAP message
> to a server to do the authentication? Is that possible or easy to extend
> from the existing code?
>
>
> Absolutely.  Please see:
>
> https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/DevelopmentDocs
>
> and specifically:
>
> https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/IdPDevCustomExtension
> https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/IdPDevExtDataCtr
>
> There are also a couple of web service style data connectors that have
> already been written and contributed back to the community.  You may find
> one of those useful.
>
> https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/Contributions
> #Contributions-IdentityProviderExtensions
>
> If you decide to develop your own and encounter questions along the way,
> please ask on this list, and consider contributing your work back if you
> develop something new or improve one of the existing extensions.
>
> Thanks,
> Nate.
>
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