How to remotely login a user
Asked by Marc Demhartner:

Hello,

we want to provide a Website link from our existing SaaS application to our hosted confluence site for documentation porpurses.

So, for this, we want the user not to have to sign in again at the confluence system with username \& password.

Curretnly we only see the option to give username and password (in cleartext!) with in the URL - we can?t believe that this is the only option ?!

Please describe how we can accomplish a remote login procedure on our local installed confluence.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Marc,

Having users accessing a system without having to login is a major plus when pushing for adoption and simplified access. In order to do this with Confluence, you have a few options available to you.

The first option would be to use a SAML integration to allow for SSO type access into your systems. You can find more about SAML and SSO through the following:

[Server: SSO and SAML support](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confeval/other-atlassian-evaluator-resources/server-sso-and-saml-support)

[Single Sign-on Integration with the Atlassian stack](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/single-sign-on-integration-with-the-atlassian-stack-794495126.html)

The other option would require the use of Atlassian Crowd. Crowd would act as your primary authentication source and all users would (when accessing Atlassian tools) authenticate through Crowd. Crowd also offers SSO capabilities. You can find more about Crowd at the following;

[Introduction to Crowd](https://confluence.atlassian.com/crowd/introduction-to-crowd-152043763.html)

<https://www.atlassian.com/software/crowd>

I hope this provides better options then having plain text usernames within a URL. Please let us know if you would like any further information.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


author: Jon Espen Ingvaldsen Kantega SSO
body: Hi [@Marc Demhartner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1166025).

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As [@Stephen Sifers](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2145523) mentions, Crowd and SAML SSO are two options for limiting the number of manual logins. If you use Microsoft Active Directory as user directory, you can also setup Integrated Windows Authentication (Kerberos) to give users a password-free link from your SaaS application.

You can also set this up in combination with SAML SSO to achieve the best link and login experience in both trusted and remote networks.

[Kantega SSO](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/1211151/kantega-sso) is one of the vendors delivering add-ons to Confluence with this functionality.

Cheers,  
Jon Espen

comments: author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hi Jon,

We noticed you are affiliated with Kantega, we ask you to please disclose this information when providing an answer.

Along with this, we ask you please ensure you align with the guidelines for the community: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-articles/Atlassian-Community-guidelines-for-Marketplace-vendors-and/ba-p/689723>

Thank you,  
Stephen Sifers


author: Jon Espen Ingvaldsen Kantega SSO
body: Hi Stephen. I am sorry the affiliation was not visible enough. I will make sure to follow these guidelines and make the affiliation highly visible.

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-Jon Espen


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