#Objective

When an application is deployed on the platform, it is automatically created in the Identity Access Manager as a separate entity for which you can manage the authentication protocols. Applications include:

• Your analytics applications: individual applications that can be deployed from the APP Manager, as well as consumers that you can connect in the Connectors. This typically includes user-friendly interfaces to expose the data such as dashboards, reporting, or alerting tools.

• Identity Access Manager: accessible as an independent URL, https://project-name.eu.dataplatform.ovh.net/iam, the Identity Access Manager external application is used when you need users (say the administrator of a given application) to manage its user base without having to access the Platform.

For each deployed application, the platform lets you configure the application information, the authentication modes that are visible on the sign-in page, and the style of that sign-in page.

#Application information

• ID: the ID of the application in the IAM
• Name: the name of the application shown by default in its login page
• Version: version of the application currently deployed (not required, only for custom use cases)
• Description: description of the application
• Tags: tags of the application
• URL: Base URL of the application.
• "Share URL" button: Send by email the URL of the application to the selected users or groups of users.

• Display URL: Title of the application used in the email sent by the "Share URL" button

#Authentication Mode

The authentication page is an important part of your Platform application: it is the page on which users will log in in order to reach the content of the app.

The Authentication Mode list allows you to manage which authentication methods are displayed on the sign-in page of the application. The Auth. Provider tab in your IAM lets you configure which authentication methods can be used in your Project, and those methods can then be displayed or hidden to visually customize your login page.

#Display an authentication provider on an application login page

Click on Applications and edit the desired application.

Locate the panel Authentication Mode

Add your new provider if it doesn't appear automatically. Make sure the authentication providers of your choice are not set as hidden. Those who are will not be visible from the application's login page.

#Link to a specific authentication provider

You can generate URL links to reach a specific authentication page for your application, even if you have several authentication providers active on your Project. You will need:

• your app URL
• your authentication method's ID

You can get your app URL in the IAM settings of your application:

You can get your authentication provider's ID by going to its settings page in the IAM and looking at the URL:

To reach a specific authentication page for your application, use the URL link:

• Another ID for the the platform account authentication method is king
• Another ID for the Project authentication method is password

#Customize the sign-in page

The visual style of your sign-in page includes the following elements:

• Welcome title: edit the welcome message on the sign-in page. if empty, it will show the application name instead.
• Welcome message: the message under the welcome title
• Color Theme: default primary CSS color for the sign-in page
• Background image: adds a background image to the sign-in page.

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