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Configuring Twitter as an Identity Provider
The EmpowerID SSO framework allows you to configure Twitter as an identity provider for the EmpowerID Web application. EmpowerID integrates with Twitter using the OAuth protocol to allow your users to log in to EmpowerID with their Twitter accounts.
This topic describes how to configure an Identity Provider connection for Twitter and is divided into the following activities:
- Adding the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret to the Twitter OAuth Connection
- Adding MFA Points to the Twitter OAuth Connection
- Adding a Login Tile for Twitter
- Testing the Twitter SSO Connection
For specific directions on registering EmpowerID as an application in Twitter, see the information provided by Twitter at https://apps.twitter.com.
When registering EmpowerID in Twitter, use the following URL as the Callback or Return URL, replacing "FQDN_OF_YOUR_EMPOWERID_SERVER" with the FQDN or fully resolvable DNS of the EmpowerID Web server in your environment.
https://FQDN_OF_YOUR_EMPOWERID_SERVER/EmpowerIDWebIdPForms/oauth/v1
https://FQDN_OF_YOUR_EMPOWERID_SERVER/EmpowerIDWebIdPForms/Login/EmpowerIDWebSite/Twitter?returnUrl=%2FEmpowerIDWebIdPForms%2F
To add the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret to the Twitter OAuth Connection
From the Navigation Sidebar of the EmpowerID Web interface, navigate to the OAuth Application management page by expanding Admin > SSO Connections and clicking OAuth. From the OAuth Applications management page, click the OAuth Service Provider tab and then search for Twitter. From the OAuth Service Provider grid, click the Twitter link. In the External OAuth Provider Details page that appears, click the Edit button for the specific Twitter connection you want to edit. By default, EmpowerID includes one connection. However, you can add as many connections for Twitter as your organization needs.To add MFA points to the Twitter application
From the External OAuth Providers page for Twitter, click the Provider Edit link at the top of the page. In the MFA Point Value field, type the number of MFA points you want to give to users logging in with Twitter. Click Save.Next, add a login tile for Twitter to the desired IdP Domains. This allows your users to authenticate to EmpowerID with their Twitter credentials. If you have not set up an IdP Domain for your environment, you can do so by following the directions in the below drop-down.
- To create an IdP Domain
- From the Navigation Sidebar, navigate to the SSO Components management page by expanding Admin > Applications and Directories > SSO Connections and clicking SSO Components.
- Click the IdP Domains tab and then click the Add IdP Domain (+) button.
- In the IdP Domain Details page that appears, type the fully qualified domain name in the Domain Name field and then click Save.
To add a Login Tile for Twitter
- From the Navigation Sidebar, navigate to the SSO Components management page by expanding Admin > Applications and Directories > SSO Connections and clicking SSO Components.
- From the IdP Domains tab of the SSO Components management page, click the IdP Domains link for the domain in which you want the login tile to appear.
- In the IdP Domain Details page that appears, click the External OAuth Providers tab and check the box beside Twitter.
- Click Save.
To test the Twitter IDP connection
- From the Navigation Sidebar, navigate to the Workflows page by expanding IT Shop and clicking Workflows.
- From the Workflows page, recycle the EmpowerID App Pools by clicking Recycle EmpowerID App Pools.
- Log out of the EmpowerID Web interface and navigate your browser to the domain name you configured for the Twitter IdP connection.
- Click the Login using Twitter button.
- Log in to Twitter as you normally would and then click Allow. This allows EmpowerID to retrieve the information it needs from Twitter to link your Twitter account to your EmpowerID identity (Person object).
- Back in the EmpowerID Web interface, click Yes to indicate that you have an EmpowerID login.
- Type your EmpowerID Login or Email in the form and click Submit. The EmpowerID Person must have a valid email address as EmpowerID sends a one-time password to that address.
- Check your email for the one-time password.
- Copy the security code in the email message and then return to the EmpowerID Web application.
- Paste the password in to the One-Time Password Validation field, and then clickSubmit.
- Related Topics
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- Creating IdP Domains
- Configure AD SF as an Identity Provider
- Configure Azure as an Identity Provider
- Configure Box as an Identity Provider
- Set up the Remote Windows Identity Provider Application
- Configure Facebook as an Identity Provider
- Configure Github as an Identity Provider
- Configure Google as an Identity Provider
- Configure LinkedIn as an Identity Provider
- Configure Paypal as an Identity Provider
- Configure Smart Card as an Identity Provider
- Configure Windows Auth as an Identity Provider
- Configure Yahoo as an Identity Provider
- Configure Yammer as an Identity Provider
- Creating IP Address Ranges
- Setting MFA Points Granted by SSO Connections