A simple authentication node for ForgeRock's Identity Platform 5.5 and above. This node allows for the authentication flow to be paused for a period of time, while displaying a spinner to the user. This may be useful in the case where the authentication server requires to wait on the completion of a remote operation and wishes to poll for that success every few moments.
The authentication node will pause for a defined number of seconds, before submitting itself back to the authentication framework. The message displayed on the waiting page can be defined by the administrator, either through a static text entry field on the node, or through use of the internationalized resource bundle (an example Swedish .properties file is included). In either case, the variable {{time}} may be used in the message to insert the number of seconds defined in the seconds to wait field.
The selection as to which is used is determined by the message selection choice.
- ResourceBundle The message will be taken from the appropriately localized resource bundle's entry, under the property name waiting.
- AdminDefined The message will be taken from admin-specified defined message field.
Configuration Screenshot
The above screenshot demonstrates the use of the Polling Wait Node by first requesting the user identify themselves, gathering some data from their profile and then calling out to a third-party REST service to fulfill a step of the authentication. The service operates asynchronously, and must be polled for a response. Using a Retry Limit Decision node in combination with the Polling Wait Node we can give the service a period of time to respond while displaying a user-friendly message. If the service responds successfully we break the loop and succeed, but if the service indicates failure or we get no appropriate answer from the service after a number of iterations, we fail.
Active Screenshot
Copy the .jar file from the ../target directory into the ../web-container/webapps/openam/WEB-INF/lib directory where AM is deployed. Restart the web container to pick up the new node. The node will then appear in the authentication trees components palette.
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