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Single sign-on
Single sign on (SSO) is an authentication scheme that allows a user to sign in with a single ID and password to any of several related, yet independent, software systems. With single sign-on, if you are signed in to one of PTC’s applications, then you need not re-authenticate when you connect to another PTC application that you are authorized to access.
For example, a user who has signed in to PTC Arbortext Content Delivery (ACD) need not re-authenticate for ThingWorx.
Before you set up PTC Arbortext Content Delivery for SSO, PTC recommends that you read the PTC Identity and Access Management Help Center to understand the PTC SSO architecture, key terms, and configuration settings.
See the following sections in the PTC Identity and Access Management Help Center for a detailed description on SSO capabilities of PTC products and guidance on configuring PingFederate:
• For SSO overview and key terms, see Single Sign-on Overview.
• For PingFederate installation and authorization processes, see Configuring the Central Auth Server.
• For installing PingFederate as CAS, see Installing PingFederate.
• For upgrading the PingFederate to the supported version, see Upgrading PingFederate.
• For third-party IdPs manual configuration, see the Configuring Authentication for Third-Party IdPs Manually section.
• For creating OAuth clients, see Create OAuth Clients for PTC Products.
• For automatic configuration of PingFederate, see Configuring PingFederate as the Central Auth Server Automatically.
You can then enable SSO for PTC Arbortext Content Delivery.
Configure SSO for PTC Arbortext Content Delivery in the following order:
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