How to enable Single Sign Onfor NOUS with Shibboleth

1What is Single Sign On?
When you use several Web systems and log into any one of them, you do not have to log into the other systems if you could
use Single Sign On.
Thus if you set up SSO, you do not have to use two-Step Verification for logging into NOUS and could simplify the process.
If you want to use SSO for NOUS login, you can enable it with a system called Shibboleth or a Google account.* If you want
to use Google account for SSO, please refer to the manual "How to enable Single Sign On for NOUS with Google account" onthe Institute's website.

NOTE

Only users who fulfill the following requirements can use Single Sign On forlogging into NOUS:>>For using Shibboleth:•Your institute is authenticated as a member of Academic Access Management Federation in Japan (GakuNin*).
•Your institute give permission to use Single Sign On for NOUS.
Please ask person in charge at your institute if you would like to know whether you could use SSO or not.
*If you would like to know more about GakuNin and Shibbpleth, please check the following URL.
( https://www.gakunin.jp/en )>>For using Google account:• You will need a Google account.

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The first step is to log in to NOUS
with two-step verification. If you
want to know how to log into NOUS,
you can find guidelines in English on
the Insituteʼwebsite.

In order to activate Single Sign On, youneed to log into NOUS with two-stepverification and set it up from My Pageat first.
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Open the login page for NOUS fromhere( https://nous.nins.jp/user/signin )and log in to NOUS by using twostep verification.

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After entering My Page, please clickthe button Login Settings in thegreen bar at the upper part of thescreen.

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Please click Login via Shibboleth .
All of the written description above
the button explains that you need toset up Shibboleth at first to use
SSO.**The whole Japanese description above the buttons says:“NOUS allows single sign-on with Shibboleth. In order to use single sign-on, you needto link your NOUS account with your institution's Shibboleth account. Click on the Login
via Shibboleth button below to set up your account.
This setting will enable single sign-on with Shibboleth from the next login”
6Please click the arrownext to theJapanese text「所属機関の選択(Selectyour Institute)」.
所属している機関を選択

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Please select your institute from thedrop-down list.

8After selecting your institute, please
select the button 「選択(Select)」.

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Then you could see the login page ofyour institute. Please enter
ID/Username and password and log
into the system.（*The example islogin page of IMS.）

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Please register your institute to skip
the above process by clicking 「所属機関を保存して次へ(Please select yourinstitute and go to the next step.)」*The whole Japanese description above the buttons says:“The whole Japanese description above the buttons says:
If you register your institute, you could skip the process of selecting your institute nexttime you visit the system with the same browser. Your selected institute is below:”11

At this point, Shibboleth has been setup. Please confirm that the 「アカウントの関連付けが完了しました(Your account isauthenticated for Shibboleth.)」message has been displayed at theupper part of the screen

12Please go back to login page
( https://nous.nins.jp/user/signin)
Login via Shibboleth
and click the buttonPlease do not enter your ID orpassword in upper entry fields.

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Please follow the instructions theGakunin system at your instituteindicates and log into NOUS. After
this setting, you do not need toperform two-step verification using
the authentication key.

The process of enabling Single Sign On for NOUS with Shibboleth is completed.
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Inquiry….

If you have any questions about NOUS, please do not hesitate to contact
to us.

Address
Joint Research Section, International Relations and Research Cooperation Division,Okazaki Administration Center , National Institutes of National Sciences(NINS)
38 Nishigonaka Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585
TELMAIL0564-55-7133
r7133@orion.ac.jp

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