This PR provides IST Login/SAML integration via using ominauth-saml which is all done in ruby and no longer requires the need of an external service such as shibboleth to be used.
Shibboleth had some pain points such as requiring additional infrastructure. This includes running apache/passenger in development, locking us to apache and required additional configuration/maintenance for system admins.
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This PR provides IST Login/SAML integration via using
ominauth-saml
which is all done in ruby and no longer requires the need of an external service such as shibboleth to be used.Shibboleth had some pain points such as requiring additional infrastructure. This includes running apache/passenger in development, locking us to apache and required additional configuration/maintenance for system admins.