LoginAuthenticationIntegration

Integrating your application to JForum

By default JForum runs as a standalone web application, with its own user registration and login management.

Each option below provides a solution to integrate JForum into an application environment where existing user management and security policies are implemented.

Using Single Sign-On

You should use SSO if:
* your users already login to a website and you want JForum to be appear as part of that site.
* your users are authenticated for a 'user realm' which provides an implementation for the ''request.getRemoteUser()'' method, e.g. tomcat security realm, JAAS etc.

[Click here to read it|SSO]

Delegating the Authentication

If you have a centralised sign-on to facilitate the management of user credentials across multiple platforms and applications, you can configure JForum to delegate the authentication during the login process.

A good example of this would be an intranet where users credentials are stored on an LDAP server or Windows Active Directory.

[Click here to read it|Authenticators]

Advanced Integration

You can incorporte many JForum features directly into your application, including sign-on and login management. Other examples include displaying most recent posts on your web-site's main pages and accessing users Private Messages.

[Click here to read it|AdvancedLoginAuthenticationIntegration]