Introduction

The phixflow-login.xml configuration file allows the operator to define different login form configurations with restricted login options e.g. Local only, Active Directory only, all options. The user can then choose the login for to be displayed by providing an extra parameter to the PhixFlow start URL, or accept the default.

There are 2 reasons for doing this:

You have configured Local logins and Active Directory (or SAML / SIngle Sign-on) logins, and you want advanced users to see all login options but normal users to see only Active Directory or Single Sign-on.
You want to enable SAML / Single Sign-on auto login. This logs you in automatically using your current logged-in Microsoft Windows credentials without displaying a login form, and cannot be mixed with other form options.

Configuration

If $webapp/WEB-INF/classes/phixflow-login.xml does not exist, create it by copying phixflow-login.xml.example.

If you are not configuring Active Directory or SAML / Single Sign-on integration, no changes are required.

Configuration for Active Directory or SAML / Single Sign-on

If you are configuring Active Directory or SAML / Single Sign-on integration:

Edit $webapp/WEB-INF/classes/phixflow-login.xml:

Find the loginConfiguration bean:

	<bean id="loginConfiguration"
		class="com.accipia.centerview.util.LoginConfiguration"
		p:defaultForm="local" />

The lines immediately following define 3 login forms:

Bean Id	Form Name	Description
localLogin	local	Local login only
fullLogin	full	All login options except auto
autoLogin	auto	SAML Single Sign-on without displaying a login form

You can add new forms and edit or delete any of these 3 examples, provided that you define at least one form and that the loginConfiguration's defaultForm (above) matches the name of one of the defined forms.

Login Form Details

Each login form has the same format:

	<!-- This login form allows all login methods to be selected -->
	<bean id="fullLogin"
		parent="parentLogin"
		p:name="full"
		p:localLogin="true"
		p:activeDirectoryLogin="true"
		p:samlLogin="true"
		p:samlLabel="Single Sign-on"
		p:defaultSelected="local" />

The form properties are as follows:

Property	Default	Description
id	None	A name reflecting the purpose of the form
parent	parentLogin	Do not change
name	default	Used when defining the default form or when selecting
localLogin	false	Whether the form should include local login
samlLogin	false	Whether the form should include SAML / Single Sign-on login
samlLabel	SAML	The label displayed against the SAML Single Sign-on option on the form
autoLogin	false	Whether the user should be logged in via SAML / Single Sign-on without displaying the form. This cannot be set in combination with any other xxxLogin option.
activeDirectoryLogin	false	Whether the form should include Active Directory login
defaultSelected	none	The login option that is selected by default when the form opens. For local, this is 'local' For SAML / Single Sign-on this is 'saml' For Active Directory this is the active directory domain name

Setting the default login form

Edit the loginConfiguration bean (above).

Set the defaultForm property to the name of the form that you want to be the default.

Starting PhixFlow with a non-default login form

To start PhixFlow with a non-default login form, append ?login=mylogin to the PhixFlow URL, where mylogin is the name of the login form e.g.

https://myserver.com/phixflow?login=full

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Configure the Login Form