Authentication using SAML
SAML is an XML standard that allows secure web domains to exchange user authentication and authorization data. It allows one online service provider to contact an identity service provider in order to authenticate users who are trying to access the secure content.
Splunk Enterprise supports the use of SAML authentication and authorization for Single Sign-On (SSO). SSO can be enabled in Splunk with the configuration settings provided by the Identity Provider (IdP).
SSO can be configured by Splunk Web or by modifying authentication.conf located at $SPLUNK_HOME\etc\system\default directly. At present, Splunk Enterprise supports the Ping Identity product from PingFederate® for SSO.
To configure SSO with SAML, the following is ...
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