Advance Auth Application Overview
The Advance auth application is a back-end interface of Advance which Site Administrators use to manage authorization settings for a tenancy in your on-premise installation. For example, you can use the auth application to create API clients.
Overview
Root Administrators use the auth application to manage authorization settings. Typically you will only need to use this application if you are using the Advance API to integrate Advance with your own applications.
Logging into this application provides you with a user interface to manage the API clients for a tenancy in your Advance deployment. Only Root Administrators can add and edit API clients.
Common Tasks
Among others, you can use the Advance auth application to perform the following common tasks:
- Logging into the auth application
- Creating a new API client
- Adding a service principal to a client
- Configure single sign-on (SSO)
- Configure Single Sign-on (SSO) using Azure Active Directory
URL
The URL for the auth application typically looks like https://yourtenancy.yourorganization.com/HdaAuth. If you changed the default AuthWebAppName value in the installer settings file, the auth application may have a different name.
Workflow
You will only need to use this application if you are using the Advance API to integrate Advance with your own applications. Using the API requires you to create one or more clients to access the API. You log into the auth application to add and edit client credentials.
Single Sign-on (SSO)
If you have a single sign-on (SSO) provider, you can configure your tenancy to use SSO. When SSO is enabled, users will not need to provide a username and password to access the tenancy. Advance will automatically add any user known to your SSO provider when they open the tenancy in their web browser. See Configuring Single Sign-on (SSO) for more information about setting up SSO for your tenancy.