CAS Authentication ================== CAS is an open-source Single Sign On (SSO) provider that allows multiple applications and services to authenticate against it and brokers those authentication requests to a back-end authentication provider. This module allows Guacamole to redirect to CAS for authentication and user services. This module must be layered on top of other authentication extensions that provide connection information, as it only provides user authentication. (cas-downloading)= Downloading the CAS authentication extension -------------------------------------------- ```{include} include/sso-download.md ``` The extension for the desired SSO method, in this case `guacamole-auth-sso-cas-1.4.0.jar` from within the `cas/` subdirectory, must ultimately be placed in `GUACAMOLE_HOME/extensions`. (installing-cas-auth)= Installing CAS authentication ----------------------------- Guacamole extensions are self-contained `.jar` files which are located within the `GUACAMOLE_HOME/extensions` directory. *If you are unsure where `GUACAMOLE_HOME` is located on your system, please consult [](configuring-guacamole) before proceeding.* To install the CAS authentication extension, you must: 1. Create the `GUACAMOLE_HOME/extensions` directory, if it does not already exist. 2. Copy `guacamole-auth-sso-cas-1.4.0.jar` within `GUACAMOLE_HOME/extensions`. 3. Configure Guacamole to use CAS authentication, as described below. (guac-cas-config)= ### Configuring Guacamole for CAS Authentication Guacamole's CAS support requires specifying two properties that describe the CAS authentication server and the Guacamole deployment. These properties are *absolutely required in all cases*, as they dictate how Guacamole should connect to the CAS and how CAS should redirect users back to Guacamole once their identity has been confirmed: `cas-authorization-endpoint` : The URL of the CAS authentication server. This should be the full path to the base of the CAS installation. `cas-redirect-uri` : The URI to redirect back to upon successful authentication. Normally this will be the full URL of your Guacamole installation. Additional optional properties are available to control how CAS tokens are processed, including whether [CAS ClearPass](cas-clearpass) should be used and how user group memberships should be derived: `cas-clearpass-key` : If using CAS ClearPass to pass the SSO password to Guacamole, this parameter specifies the private key file to use to decrypt the password. See [the section on ClearPass](cas-clearpass) below. `cas-group-attribute` : The CAS attribute that determines group membership, typically "memberOf". This parameter is only required if using CAS to define user group memberships. If omitted, groups aren't retrieved from CAS, and all other group-related properties for CAS are ignored. `cas-group-format` : The format that CAS will use for its group names. Possible values are `plain`, for groups that are simple text names, or `ldap`, for groups that are represented as LDAP DNs. If set to `ldap`, group names are always determined from the last (leftmost) attribute of the DN. If omitted, `plain` is used by default. This property has no effect if cas-group-attribute is not set. `cas-group-ldap-base-dn` : The base DN to require for LDAP-formatted CAS groups. If specified, only CAS groups beneath this DN will be included, and all other CAS groups will be ignored. This property has no effect if cas-group-format is not `ldap`. `cas-group-ldap-attribute` : The LDAP attribute to require for LDAP-formatted CAS groups. If specified, only CAS groups that use this attribute for the name of the group will be included. Note that LDAP group names are *always determined from the last (leftmost) attribute of the DN*. Specifying this property will only have the effect of ignoring any groups that do not use the specified attribute to represent the group name. This property has no effect if cas-group-format is not `ldap`. (cas-login)= ### Controlling login behavior ```{include} include/sso-login-behavior.md ``` #### Automatically redirecting all unauthenticated users To ensure users are redirected to the CAS identity provider immediately (without a Guacamole login screen), ensure the CAS extension has priority over all others: ``` extension-priority: cas ``` #### Presenting unauthenticated users with a login screen To ensure users are given a normal Guacamole login screen and have the option to log in with traditional credentials _or_ with CAS, ensure the CAS extension does not have priority: ``` extension-priority: *, cas ``` (completing-cas-install)= ### Completing the installation Guacamole will only reread `guacamole.properties` and load newly-installed extensions during startup, so your servlet container will need to be restarted before CAS authentication can be used. *Doing this will disconnect all active users, so be sure that it is safe to do so prior to attempting installation.* When ready, restart your servlet container and give the new authentication a try. (cas-clearpass)= ### Using CAS ClearPass CAS has a function called ClearPass that can be used to cache the password used for SSO authentication and make that available to services at a later time. Configuring the CAS server for ClearPass is beyond the scope of this article - more information can be found on the Apereo CAS wiki at the following URL: . Once you have CAS configured for credential caching, you need to configure the service with a keypair for passing the credential securely. The public key gets installed on the CAS server, while the private key gets configured with the cas-clearpass-key property. The private key file needs to be in RSA PKCS8 format.