Accessing Appliances using Single Sign-On (SSO)

What is SSO?

Single Sign-on (SSO) is a feature that enables users to authenticate multiple applications by logging to a system only once. It provides federated access, where a ticket or token is trusted across multiple applications in a system. Users log in using their credentials. They are authenticated through authentication servers such as Active Directory (AD) or LDAP that validate the credentials. After successful authentication, a ticket is generated for accessing different services.

Consider an enterprise user having access to multiple applications that offer a variety of services. The applications might require user authentication, where one provides usernames and passwords to access them. Each time the user accesses any of the applications, the ask to provide the credentials increases. It is required that a user remember multiple user credentials for the applications. Thus, to avoid the confusion for the users, the Single Sign-On (SSO) mechanism can be used to facilitate access to multiple applications by logging in to the system only once.

Last modified January 21, 2025