Kony Fabric console User Guide: Benefits of using Kony Identity

Identity

Kony Fabric identity services help you secure your application by adding an authentication layer.

You can set up an identity service based on the type of the users who are allowed to access your application. To restrict access to your company's internal audience, use Microsoft Active Directory authentication. To allow access of your application to a larger audience, you can use enterprise identity providers (Microsoft Active Directory, Kony SAP Gateway, Open LDAP, OAuth 2.0, Salesforce, Custom Identity Service, SAML 2.0, Siteminder ) and social identity providers (Google, Linkedin, Instagram, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, BOX, Facebook.)

Benefits of using Kony Identity

Kony Fabric’s Identity Service User Interface eliminates coding backend authentication mechanisms into your app.
All the auth token handling is done at Kony Fabric layer to make applications more secure.

Workflow of Kony Identity Services

The following workflow describes the various stages of Identity services:

Supported Identity Providers

Kony Fabric Identity Services support connectivity to the following different identity providers.

Enterprise Identity Providers	Social Identity Providers (OAuth 2.0)
Microsoft Active Directory Salesforce Open LDAP SAML 2.0 Siteminder Kony SAP Gateway Kony User Repository (User Store) (Support is deprecated from V8 SP4 AprilFP onwards) (The Kony User Repository identity service is available in every Kony Fabric account by default. You are allocated only a single instance of the Kony User Repository for a single Kony Fabric account. Kony User Repository stores meta-data of all users in the account, such as Email, First Name, Last Name, and Password, and Groups.) User Repository Identity Service (You are allocated to create multiple instances in a one Kony Fabric Account. User Repository stores meta-data of users in the account, such as Email, First Name, Last Name, and Password, and Groups.) Kony Custom Identity Service Facebook Kony Fabric OAuth 2.0 OAuth Provider Application SSO	Social identity providers, including: Google Linkedin Instagram Amazon Microsoft Yahoo BOX Facebook

Enterprise Identity Providers

Social Identity Providers
(OAuth 2.0)

Microsoft Active Directory
Salesforce
Open LDAP
SAML 2.0
Siteminder
Kony SAP Gateway
Kony User Repository (User Store) (Support is deprecated from V8 SP4 AprilFP onwards)
(The Kony User Repository identity service is available in every Kony Fabric account by default. You are allocated only a single instance of the Kony User Repository for a single Kony Fabric account. Kony User Repository stores meta-data of all users in the account, such as Email, First Name, Last Name, and Password, and Groups.)
User Repository Identity Service
(You are allocated to create multiple instances in a one Kony Fabric Account. User Repository stores meta-data of users in the account, such as Email, First Name, Last Name, and Password, and Groups.)
Kony Custom Identity Service
Facebook
Kony Fabric OAuth 2.0
OAuth Provider
Application SSO

Social identity providers, including:
- Google
- Linkedin
- Instagram
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- Yahoo
- BOX
- Facebook