<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_2455">Hi,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_2930" dir="ltr">I'm new to SAML and SSO and still finding my feet.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6729"> I've been given the task at work to provide SSO across three applications and I'm looking at various options.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_4506"><br></div><div dir="ltr">In more detail:</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_4520">We have an account on <a href="http://www.aha.io/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6179">http://www.aha.io/</a> and this has an admin panel to configure SSO using SAML.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6264">We also use Freshdesk http://freshdesk.com and this too can be configured for SSO using SAML..</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6329"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6374">The third app is a REST based application we've developed using Java and Angular and backed by MongoDB. It is a self contained app that is deployed with its own built in server. (ie it is not hosted in Tomcat, JBoss etc). Users of the application use name/password to login and the user details are within the MongoDB. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6456">The SSO use case is that users of the REST app can sign on to any of the three applications using their login credentials for the REST app. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6557"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6555">Could you tell me please if Shibboleth is a good fit for this type of problem? If so how should I approach it and typically how much effort is needed to get up and running?<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6570"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6587">I am also looking at PicketLink and JBoss too - how does Shibboleth compare to this?</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6613"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6702">Many thanks for your help.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6772">Mike</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6773"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6556"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_6287"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480000252212_4527"><br></div></div></body></html>