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Shibboleth and Library Cards
This feature was added in VuFind 8.0.
Use case
Typical usage of shibboleth authentication in multi ILS environment is as follows: You configure shibboleth as alternative authentication method and library cards are connected to that account using ILS username and password (through ILS driver)
But in case you want to connect your VuFind instance to multiple shibboleth identity providers and also enable connecting accounts through library cards you have to set it explicitly.
Settings multiple identity providers
1. Set shibboleth to point out to WAYF/DS instead of single identity provider. See more about identity provider discovery here: Shibboleth.net - Identity Provider Discovery.
2. Enable option allow_configuration_override in [Shibboleth] section of config.ini.
3. In shibboleth.ini configuration file map entityId of needed identity providers to instance names corresponding with multi backend configuration MultiBackend.ini and eventually overwrite default attributes mapping for particular identity providers.
Enabling library cards for shibboleth
The configuration option for this feature is in [Catalog] section of config.ini and is called shibboleth_library_cards. Just uncomment the example - set it to true.