SimpleSAMLphp Testing installation

Testing a SimpleSAMLphp installation

The admin interface available as /module.php/admin/ on your site allows for testing logins to the authentication sources available on your installation.

You can also see configuration including which modules are enabled and what extensions are available in your PHP environment.

To see the admin page you should set a password in the adminpassword configuration directive (the config.php.dist has details of this process). Also please check that the admin module must be enabled.

The relevant parts of config.php:

    'auth.adminpassword' => '123',
    ...
    'module.enable' => [
        'admin' => true,
        ...

Testing various user profiles

The ProfileAuth authentication source can be used to test login as various users by simply clicking on the user. Note that this testing method allows for login without password so should be disabled in any non testing environment.

The ProfileAuth functionality can be accessed through the path /module.php/admin/test page using for example a profileauth authentication source with the following config.php fragment.

The module must be enabled (and admin to get to it easily) and a small configuration to show what users you wish to "click to authenticate" as. If there is only a single item in the users array then you will not have to click and will be authenticated as that user when you visit the authentication source.

    'module.enable' => [
        'admin' => true,
        'exampleauth' => true,
        ...
    ],

    'profileauth' => [
        'exampleauth:UserClick',
        'users' => [
            [
                'uid' => ['student'],
                'displayName' => ['Student'],
                'eduPersonAffiliation' => ['student', 'member'],
            ],
            [
                'uid' => ['employee'],
                'displayName' => ['Employee'],
                'eduPersonAffiliation' => ['employee', 'member'],
            ],
        ],
    ],