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Authentic 2 - Versatile Identity Server
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Authentic 2 is a versatile identity management server aiming to address a
broad range of needs, from simple to complex setups; it has support for many
protocols and can bridge between them.

Authentic 2 supports many protocols and standards, including SAML2, CAS,
LDAP, X509 and OAUTH2.

Authentic 2 is under the GNU AGPL version 3 licence.

It has support for SAMLv2 thanks to `Lasso <http://lasso.entrouvert.org>`_,
a free (GNU GPL) implementation of the Liberty Alliance and OASIS
specifications of SAML2.

Authentic 2 requires Python 2.7 and Django 1.7.

Full documentation available on http://authentic2.readthedocs.org/en/stable/.

Features
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* SAML 2.0 Identity and service provider
* Server CAS 1.0 and 2.0 using a plugin
* Standards authentication mechanisms:

    * Login/password through internal directory or LDAP
    * X509 certificate over SSL/TLS

* Protocol proxying
* Support of LDAP v2 and v3 directories
* Support of the PAM backend
* One-time password (OATH and Google-Authenticator) using a plugin
* Identity attribute management
* Plugin system


Installation
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First of all, you can boot Authentic vwithout root
privileges  like this:

# Initialize a virtualenv::

    virtualenv authentic
    source ./authentic/bin/activate
    cd authentic

# Install Authentic::

    pip install

# Initialize the database migrations::

    authentic2-ctl syncdb --migrate

# Run the HTTP test server::

    authentic2-ctl runserver

Upgrade
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.. WARNING::
   Version 2.2.0 is the first version supporting only Django 1.7, if you are
   using a previous one you must first upgrade to 2.1.12 before tempting
   upgrade to a release later than 2.2.0.

Support
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Authentic's developpers and users hangs on the mailing list
authentic@listes.entrouvert.com
See archives or register at http://listes.entrouvert.com/info/authentic.

You can "open":http://dev.entrouvert.org/projects/authentic/issues/new bug
reports or feature request on this site.

Entr'ouvert also provides a commercial support. For information, see
http://www.entrouvert.com.


Copyright
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Authentic is copyrighted by Entr'ouvert and is licensed through the GNU Affero
General Public Licence, version 3 or later. A copy of the whole license text
is available in the COPYING file.