Enable certificate-based user validation in Akamai IdP
Enable the identity provider (IdP) to get the user identity from the certificate itself.
Before you begin
If you want to create a new OCSP, see Create an online certificate status protocol (OCSP) and then return to this procedure.
This procedure enables the IdP to
get the user identity from the certificate itself. It also provides a warning for
certificate expiration.
How to
- Log in to the Enterprise Application Access (EAA) Management Portal.
- From the top menu bar, click .
- Locate the IdP that you want to enable for certificate-based validation.
- Click the Settings (gear) icon to modify or configure the settings of the identity provider.
- In the General settings, select the Certificate validation.
- Select the CA certificate issuer that you want to use to validate the end user’s certificate.
- In the Certificate identity attribute menu, select the attribute that identifies the user in the certificate.
- If you want to enable a certificate validation method, in the Certificate validation method menu, select OCSP.
- In the Select OCSP field, select an OCSP.
- If you entered a Validation URL under , that will be used. If not, it will be extracted from the certificate.
- In the Certificate onboard URL field, enter the URL where the user is redirected if no certificate is provided.
- If the certificate identity selected in step 7 identifies the username, select Certificate identity is username. When this option is selected, it enables certificate-based authentication for a user.
- In Certificate expiration duration warning field, enter the number of days before which the end user receives a warning message before the certificate expires. This is optional.
- To save the changes, click Save and exit or Save and go to Directories.