tareko/drupalauth

simpleSAMLphp module that turns Drupal site into IdP(Identity Provider)

Introduction

Drupal + SimpleSAMLphp + drupalauth = Complete SAML Identity Provider (IdP)

Users interact with Drupal to create accounts, manage accounts, and authenticate. SAML SPs interact with SimpleSAMLphp. Drupalauth ties Drupal to SimpleSAMLphp.

The drupalauth module for simpleSAMLphp makes it easy to create a SAML or Shibboleth identity provider (IdP) by enabling authentication of users against a Drupal site on the same server. This allows the administrator to leverage the user management and integration capabilities of Drupal for managing the identity life cycle.

NOTE: This is software establishes a SAML identity provider (IdP) using Drupal as the user database instead of LDAP. If you want to establish your Drupal site as a SAML service provider (SP) connected to a SAML or Shibboleth IdP, see the simplesamlphp_auth module for Drupal.

simpleSAMLphp module

This module for SimpleSAMLphp provides an Authentication Source for authenticating users against a local Drupal site. This allows the administrator to leverage the user management and integration capabilities of Drupal for managing the identity life cycle and the power of SimpleSAMLphp for identity integration. This is a simpleSAMLphp module, NOT a Drupal module. Download and enabme simpleSAMLmodule only if case if you want to use Drupal as Identity Provider.

Drupal modules

If you want to use Drupal as Identity Provide you should also install drupalauth4ssp that is available on Drupal.org. Please note that all issues related to Drupal functionality should be reported there.

If you want to connect your Drupal site as Service Provider to a SAML or Shibboleth IdP, use the simplesamlphp_auth module for Drupal.

Installation

Reqirements

1. Install Drupal 7.x
2. Install simpleSAMLphp
3. Configure SimpleSAMLphp to use something other than phpsession for session storage, e.g., SQL or memcache (See: store.type in simplesamlphp/config/config.php).
4. Download drupalauth and unpack drupalauth
5. Move the drupalauth module directory into simplesamlphp/modules directory
6. Configure the authentication source in simplesamlphp/config/authsources.php as described below.

Authenticate against Drupal but use the Drupal login page

The advantage of this approach is that the SimpleSAMLphp IdP session is tied to a Drupal session. This allows the user who is already logged into the Drupal site to then navigate to a SAML SP that uses the IdP without the need to authenticate again.

Details

Configure the authentication source by putting following code into simplesamlphp/config/authsources.php

'drupal-userpass' => array('drupalauth:External',

 // The filesystem path of the Drupal directory.
 'drupalroot' => '/var/www/drupal',

 // Whether to turn on debug
 'debug' => true,

 // the URL of the Drupal logout page
 'drupal_logout_url' => 'https://www.example.com/drupal/user/logout',

 // the URL of the Drupal login page
 'drupal_login_url' => 'https://www.example.com/drupal/user',

 // Which attributes should be retrieved from the Drupal site.
 'attributes' => array(
   array('drupaluservar'   => 'uid',  'callit' => 'uid'),
   array('drupaluservar' => 'name', 'callit' => 'cn'),
   array('drupaluservar' => 'mail', 'callit' => 'mail'),
   array('drupaluservar' => 'field_first_name',  'callit' => 'givenName'),
   array('drupaluservar' => 'field_last_name',   'callit' => 'sn'),
   array('drupaluservar' => 'field_organization','callit' => 'ou'),
   array('drupaluservar' => 'roles','callit' => 'roles'),
  ),
),

Authenticate against Drupal but use the SimpleSAMLphp login page

The advantage of this approach is that their is no obvious connection between SimpleSAMLphp IdP and the Drupal site.

Details

Configure the authentication source by putting following code into simplesamlphp/config/authsources.php

'drupal-userpass' => array('drupalauth:UserPass',

    // The filesystem path of the Drupal directory.
    'drupalroot' => '/home/drupal',            

    // Whether to turn on debug
    'debug' => true,

    // Which attributes should be retrieved from the Drupal site.
    // This can be an associate array of attribute names, or NULL, in which case
    // all attributes are fetched.
    //
    // If you want everything (except) the password hash do this:
    //      'attributes' => NULL,
    //
    // If you want to pick and choose do it like this:
    //'attributes' => array(
    //                    array('drupaluservar'   => 'uid',  'callit' => 'uid'),
    //                      array('drupaluservar' => 'name', 'callit' => 'cn'),
    //                      array('drupaluservar' => 'mail', 'callit' => 'mail'),
    //                      array('drupaluservar' => 'field_first_name',  'callit' => 'givenName'),
    //                      array('drupaluservar' => 'field_last_name',   'callit' => 'sn'),
    //                      array('drupaluservar' => 'field_organization','callit' => 'ou'),
    //                      array('drupaluservar' => 'roles','callit' => 'roles'),
    //                     ),
    //
    // The value for 'drupaluservar' is the variable name for the attribute in the
    // Drupal user object.
    //
    // The value for 'callit' is the name you want the attribute to have when it's
    // returned after authentication. You can use the same value in both or you can
    // customize by putting something different in for 'callit'. For an example,
    // look at uid and name above.
    'attributes' => array(
      array('drupaluservar'   => 'uid',  'callit' => 'uid'),
      array('drupaluservar' => 'name', 'callit' => 'cn'),
      array('drupaluservar' => 'mail', 'callit' => 'mail'),
      array('drupaluservar' => 'field_first_name',  'callit' => 'givenName'),
      array('drupaluservar' => 'field_last_name',   'callit' => 'sn'),
      array('drupaluservar' => 'field_organization','callit' => 'ou'),
      array('drupaluservar' => 'roles','callit' => 'roles'),
  ),
),