OpenASelect Documentation

Consult the following documentation and guides for OpenASelect.

General information
	What is OpenASelect?	Gives you an introduction on OpenASelect and what it can be used for.
	At a glance	Gives a high-level feature list of OpenASelect
	Technical overview	Gives you a technical overview of OpenASelect and in particular the OpenASelect Server

 

Features
	Authorization	Discusses the way OpenASelect implements context-based authentication, i.e., Authorization hooks.
	Authentication methods	Discusses how authentication of users works in OpenASelect
	Single Sign-On	Gives you an introduction on how Single Sign-On works in OpenASelect
	Attribute provider	Discusses how attribute gathering and release works in OpenASelect
	Federated authentication	Discusses how federated authentication works in OpenASelect.
	Account provisioning	Discusses how the built-in account provisioning of OpenASelect works.

The following pages are for developers and system integrators that want to know more about the interconnectivity protocols, e.g., SAML 2.0, that are supported by OpenASelect.

Interconnectivity
	General information	Discusses the way OpenASelect communicates in general.
	A-Select protocol	Discusses how OpenASelect implements the A-Select protocol.
	OpenID 2.0	Discusses how OpenASelect implements the OpenID 2.0 protocol.
	SAML 2.0	Discusses how OpenASelect implements SAML 2.0.
	DigiD Burger	Discusses how OpenASelect implements the DigiD Burger protocol of the Dutch Government.

Guides

The following pages contain all the information for installation and configuration of OpenASelect. An index containing the available guides can be found here.

OpenASelect Server
	Installation guide	The installation guide for the latest OpenASelect Server distribution.
	Migration guides	Contains guides for migrating from previous versions of OpenASelect.
	Configuration reference	The complete configuration reference for OpenASelect.

 

IdP Profiles
	A-Select IdP	Contains the documentation to install and deploy A-Select for IdP mode.
	SAML 2.0 IdP	Contains the documentation to install and deploy SAML 2.0 for IdP mode.
	OpenID 2.0 IdP	Contains the documentation to install and deploy OpenID 2.0 for IdP mode.

 

Authentication methods
	Password authentication	Contains the documentation to install and deploy Password authentication support.
	PKI authentication	Contains the documentation to install and deploy PKI authentication support.
	Question authentication	Contains the documentation to install and deploy the Question Authentication method.

 

Federated Authentication methods
	A-Select authentication	Contains the documentation to install and deploy A-Select authentication support.
	DigiD authentication	Contains the documentation to install and deploy DigiD Burger authentication support.
	SAML2 authentication	Contains the documentation to install and deploy SAML2 authentication support.

 

Helpers
	Stylesheet Helper	Contains the documentation to install and deploy the stylesheet helper for OpenASelect Server.
	Monitoring Helper	Contains the documentation to install and deploy the monitoring support for OpenASelect Server.