Stroom Configuration
A reference for every Stroom and Stroom-Proxy setting involved in authenticating against an external identity provider.
Tag: authentication
AWS ALB and Cognito
Running Stroom behind an AWS Application Load Balancer that authenticates users against an Amazon Cognito user pool.
KeyCloak
How to set up KeyCloak as an external identity provider for Stroom.
Calling an API
How to call a method on the Stroom API using curl.
NGINX, oauth2-proxy and KeyCloak
Running Stroom behind NGINX with oauth2-proxy authenticating users against KeyCloak (or any Open ID Connect provider).
Amazon Cognito
How to set up an Amazon Cognito user pool as an external identity provider for Stroom.
External IDP
How to set up Stroom to use a 3rd party identity provider such as KeyCloak, Cognito or Google for authentication.
User Accounts
User accounts for authentication when using Stroom’s internal identity provider.
Authentication
Signing In
What happens when a user signs in to Stroom, how passwords are reset and how a locked account is recovered.
Sessions and Tokens
Viewing and ending user sessions, and revoking the tokens held by a user.
Edge Proxy as the Relying Party
Running Stroom behind an authenticating reverse proxy, such as an AWS Application Load Balancer with Cognito, that completes the Open ID Connect flow itself.
Signing Keys
The keys Stroom’s internal identity provider uses to sign tokens, and how to withdraw one that may have been exposed.
How to set up Google as an external identity provider for Stroom.
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
How to set up Microsoft Entra ID, formerly Azure Active Directory, as an external identity provider for Stroom.
Token Authentication
How to send data using token based authentication.
Setting up Stroom with an Open ID Connect IDP
How to set up Stroom to authenticate users: with its own internal identity provider, with a 3rd party one such as KeyCloak, Cognito or Google, or behind an authenticating proxy such as an AWS Application Load Balancer.
Login
This HOWTO shows how to log into the Stroom User Interface.
Logout
This HOWTO shows how to log out of the Stroom User Interface.