Access Gateway

This section provides an overview of the capabilities and configuration options available in the OpenIAM Access Gateway (aka Reverse Proxy). The Access Gateway helps to improve security in the OpenIAM platform as well as provides the ability to configure SSO to legacy applications that do support an SSO standard such as SAML, oAuth or OpenID Connect (OIDC).

To enable SSO into these applications, the Access Gateway provide the following core capabilities:

TopicDescription
Form FillAccess Gateway sends a form post to a specified URL to automate authentication
Header injectionAccess Gateway can set headers, cookies, and URL parameters
URL RewritingAccess Gateway can rewrite URLs to allow applications to proxy correctly
ExamplesExamples of how to configure the access gateway for various use-cases.