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I want to distribute my application across multiple servers. I would like to achieve the following:
Server 1: Login portal / with user database
Server 2: Web application Part 1 - with associated database
Server 3: Web application Part 2 - with associated database
Server 4: Web application Part 3 - with associated database
How can I ensure that the user only has to log in once and can then switch to a part of the web application that runs on another server without having to log in again. How can I make sure that the login session from server 1 also works on server 2, 3 and 4? Is it possible to make a link between the servers? How does something like that work in Laravel?
Hi @propolis
You are looking for SSO (single sign-on).
Single sign-on (SSO) is a session and user authentication service that permits a user to use one set of login credentials (e.g., name and password) to access multiple applications. https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/single-sign-on
Out of the box Laravel does not have this option but there are some packages to archive this. Example: https://github.com/aacotroneo/laravel-saml2
Hi mvd, That is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
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