Identity Provider Deployment Based on Container Technology

• Main Authors: M. S. Eremija, N. R. Ilić, M. Cvetanović, J. Protić, Z. Radivojević
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Telecommunications Society, Academic Mind 2018-11-01
• Series: Telfor Journal
• Subjects: Containers; Docker; Identity Federations; SAML; Single Sign-On
• Online Access: http://journal.telfor.rs/Published/Vol10No2/Vol10No2_A6.pdf

Identity Providers are an integral part of Identity Federations. Many different and complex technologies are needed to create an Identity Provider. In order to be able to fully utilize all the benefits of Identity Federations, adequate hardware resources are needed for Identity Provider deployment. Containers address the complexity and resources issues, while enabling faster deployment and keeping the functionalities and core concepts intact at the same time. Containers cannot be perceived as a replacement for virtual machines or bare metal servers, as they are meant to co-exist and have already found a wide range of use cases. This paper proposes using containers for easier implementation of Identity Providers, while lowering resource usage and complexity imposed by deployment requirements.