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=== Core Concepts and Terms
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There are some key concepts and terms you should be aware of before attempting to use {{book.project.name} to secure your web applications
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and REST services.
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users::
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Users are entities that are able to log into your system. They can have attributes associated with themselves like email,
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username, address, phone number, and birth day. They can be assign group membership and have specific roles assigned to them.
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credentials:
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Credentials are pieces of data that {{book.project.name}} uses to verify the identity of a user. Some examples are passwords,
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one-time-passwords, digital certificates, or even fingerprints.
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roles::
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Roles identify a type or category of user. `Admin`, `user`, `manager`, and `employee` are all typical roles that may exist
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in an organization. Applications often assign access and permissions to specific roles rather than individual users as dealing
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with users can be too fine grained and hard to manage
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user role mapping::
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A user role mapping defines a mapping between a role and a user. A user can be associated with zero or more roles. This
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role mapping information can be encapsulated into tokens and assertions so that applications can decide access permissions on
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various resources they manage
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composite roles::
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A composite role is a role that can be associated with other roles. For example a `superuser` composite role could be associated with the
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`sales-admin` and 'order-entry-admin` roles. If a user is mapped to the `superuser` role they also inherit the `sales-admin` and `order-entry-admin` roles.
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groups::
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Groups manage groups of users. Attributes can be defined for a group. You can map roles to a group as well. Users that become members of a group
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inherit the attributes and role mappings that group defines.
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realms::
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A realm manages a set of users, credentials, roles, and groups. A user belongs to and logs into a realm. Realms are isolated from one another
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and can only manage and authenticate the users that they manage
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clients::
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Clients are entities that can request {{book.project.name}} to authenticate a user. Most often, clients are applications and services that
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want to use {{book.project.name}} to secure themselves and provide a single sign-on solution. Clients can also be entities that just want to request
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identity information or an access token so that they can securely invoke other services on the network that are secured by {{book.project.name}}
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consent::
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Consent is when you as an admin want a user to give permission to a client before that client can participate in the authentication process.
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After a user provides their credentials, {{book.project.name}} will pop up a screen identifying the client requesting a login and what identity
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informationis requesting of the user. User can decide whether or not to grant the request.
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session::
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When a user logs in, a session is created to manage the login session. A session contains information like when the user logged in and what
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applications have participated within single-sign on during that session. Both admins and users can view session information.
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client templates::
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When a client is registered you need to enter in a bunch of configuration information about that client. It is often useful to store a template
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of this to make create new clients easier. {{book.project.name}} provides the concept of a client template for this.
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user federation provider::
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{{book.project.name}} can store and manage users. Often, companies already have LDAP or Active Directory services that store user and credential
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information. You can point {{book.project.name}} to validate credentials from those external stores and pull in identity information.
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identity provider::
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An identity provider (IDP) is a service that can authenticate a user. {{book.project.name}} is an IDP.
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identity provider federation::
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{{book.project.name}} can be configured to delegate authentication to one or more IDPs. Social login via
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Facebook or Google+ is an example of identity provider federation. You can also hook {{boook.project.name}} to delegate
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authentication to any other Open ID Connect or SAML 2.0 IDP.
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required actions::
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Required actions are actions a user must before immediately after they log in. A user will not be able to complete the authentication process until these actions
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are complete. For example, an admin may schedule users to reset their passwords every month. An `update password` required action would be set for all these
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users.
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authentication flows::
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Authentication flows are work flows a user must perform when interacting with certain aspects of the system. A login flow can define
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what credential types are required. A registration flow defines what profile information a user must enter and whether something like Recaptcha
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must be used to filter out bots. Credential reset flow defines what actions a user must do before they can reset their password.
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events::
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Events are audit streams that admins can view and hook into.
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