Google Authenticator Authentication

Google Authenticator generates 2-step verification codes on your phone. With 2-step verification signing in will require a code generated by the Google Authenticator app in addition to primary authentication. Learn more about the topic here.

Note that the functionality presented here should also be compatible with the likes of LastPass Authenticator, etc.

Configuration

Support is enabled by including the following module in the overlay:

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<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apereo.cas</groupId>
    <artifactId>cas-server-support-gauth</artifactId>
    <version>${cas.version}</version>
</dependency>
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dependencyManagement {
    imports {
        mavenBom "org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-bom:${project.'cas.version'}"
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation "org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-gauth"
}
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dependencies {
    /*
        The following platform references should be included automatically and are listed here for reference only.

        implementation enforcedPlatform("org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-bom:${project.'cas.version'}")
        implementation platform(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES)
        
    */
    implementation "org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-gauth"
}

The following settings and properties are available from the CAS configuration catalog:

The configuration settings listed below are tagged as Required in the CAS configuration metadata. This flag indicates that the presence of the setting may be needed to activate or affect the behavior of the CAS feature and generally should be reviewed, possibly owned and adjusted. If the setting is assigned a default value, you do not need to strictly put the setting in your copy of the configuration, but should review it nonetheless to make sure it matches your deployment expectations.

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.core.scratch-codes.encryption.key=
  • The encryption key. The encryption key by default and unless specified otherwise must be randomly-generated string whose length is defined by the encryption key size setting.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.EncryptionRandomizedCryptoProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.encryption.key=
  • The encryption key is a JWT whose length is defined by the encryption key size setting.

    This setting supports the Spring Expression Language.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.EncryptionJwtCryptoProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.signing.key=
  • The signing key is a JWT whose length is defined by the signing key size setting.

    This setting supports the Spring Expression Language.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.SigningJwtCryptoProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.core.issuer=CASIssuer
  • Issuer used in the barcode when dealing with device registration events. Used in the registration URL to identify CAS.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.gauth.CoreGoogleAuthenticatorMultifactorProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.core.label=CASLabel
  • Label used in the barcode when dealing with device registration events. Used in the registration URL to identify CAS.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.gauth.CoreGoogleAuthenticatorMultifactorProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

    The configuration settings listed below are tagged as Optional in the CAS configuration metadata. This flag indicates that the presence of the setting is not immediately necessary in the end-user CAS configuration, because a default value is assigned or the activation of the feature is not conditionally controlled by the setting value. In other words, you should only include this field in your configuration if you need to modify the default value or if you need to turn on the feature controlled by the setting.

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.core.scratch-codes.encryption.key-size=16
  • Encryption key size.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.EncryptionRandomizedCryptoProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.alg=
  • The signing/encryption algorithm to use.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.EncryptionJwtSigningJwtCryptographyProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.enabled=true
  • Whether crypto operations are enabled.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.EncryptionJwtSigningJwtCryptographyProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.encryption.key-size=512
  • The encryption key size.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.EncryptionJwtCryptoProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.signing.key-size=512
  • The signing key size.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.SigningJwtCryptoProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.strategy-type=ENCRYPT_AND_SIGN
  • Control the cipher sequence of operations. The accepted values are:

    • ENCRYPT_AND_SIGN: Encrypt the value first, and then sign.
    • SIGN_AND_ENCRYPT: Sign the value first, and then encrypt.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.EncryptionJwtSigningJwtCryptographyProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.core.code-digits=6
  • Length of the generated code.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.gauth.CoreGoogleAuthenticatorMultifactorProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.core.multiple-device-registration-enabled=false
  • When enabled, allows the user/system to accept multiple accounts and device registrations per user, allowing one to switch between or register new devices/accounts automatically.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.gauth.CoreGoogleAuthenticatorMultifactorProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.core.time-step-size=30
  • The expiration time of the generated code in seconds.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.gauth.CoreGoogleAuthenticatorMultifactorProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.core.trusted-device-enabled=false
  • Indicates whether this provider should support trusted devices.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.gauth.CoreGoogleAuthenticatorMultifactorProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.core.window-size=3
  • Since TOTP passwords are time-based, it is essential that the clock of both the server and the client are synchronised within the tolerance defined here as the window size.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.gauth.CoreGoogleAuthenticatorMultifactorProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.encryption.key=
  • The encryption key is a JWT whose length is defined by the encryption key size setting.

    This setting supports the Spring Expression Language.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.EncryptionJwtCryptoProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.signing.key=
  • The signing key is a JWT whose length is defined by the signing key size setting.

    This setting supports the Spring Expression Language.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.SigningJwtCryptoProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.alg=
  • The signing/encryption algorithm to use.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.EncryptionJwtSigningJwtCryptographyProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.enabled=true
  • Whether crypto operations are enabled.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.EncryptionJwtSigningJwtCryptographyProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.encryption.key-size=512
  • The encryption key size.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.EncryptionJwtCryptoProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.signing.key-size=512
  • The signing key size.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.SigningJwtCryptoProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.crypto.strategy-type=ENCRYPT_AND_SIGN
  • Control the cipher sequence of operations. The accepted values are:

    • ENCRYPT_AND_SIGN: Encrypt the value first, and then sign.
    • SIGN_AND_ENCRYPT: Sign the value first, and then encrypt.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.util.EncryptionJwtSigningJwtCryptographyProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

    This CAS feature is able to accept signing and encryption crypto keys. In most scenarios if keys are not provided, CAS will auto-generate them. The following instructions apply if you wish to manually and beforehand create the signing and encryption keys.

    Note that if you are asked to create a JWK of a certain size for the key, you are to use the following set of commands to generate the token:

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    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apereo/cas/master/etc/jwk-gen.jar
    java -jar jwk-gen.jar -t oct -s [size]
    

    The outcome would be similar to:

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    {
      "kty": "oct",
      "kid": "...",
      "k": "..."
    }
    

    The generated value for k needs to be assigned to the relevant CAS settings. Note that keys generated via the above algorithm are processed by CAS using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm which is a specification for the encryption of electronic data established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology.


    Configuration Metadata

    The collection of configuration properties listed in this section are automatically generated from the CAS source and components that contain the actual field definitions, types, descriptions, modules, etc. This metadata may not always be 100% accurate, or could be lacking details and sufficient explanations.

    Be Selective

    This section is meant as a guide only. Do NOT copy/paste the entire collection of settings into your CAS configuration; rather pick only the properties that you need. Do NOT enable settings unless you are certain of their purpose and do NOT copy settings into your configuration only to keep them as reference. All these ideas lead to upgrade headaches, maintenance nightmares and premature aging.

    YAGNI

    Note that for nearly ALL use cases, declaring and configuring properties listed here is sufficient. You should NOT have to explicitly massage a CAS XML/Java/etc configuration file to design an authentication handler, create attribute release policies, etc. CAS at runtime will auto-configure all required changes for you. If you are unsure about the meaning of a given CAS setting, do NOT turn it on without hesitation. Review the codebase or better yet, ask questions to clarify the intended behavior.

    Naming Convention

    Property names can be specified in very relaxed terms. For instance cas.someProperty, cas.some-property, cas.some_property are all valid names. While all forms are accepted by CAS, there are certain components (in CAS and other frameworks used) whose activation at runtime is conditional on a property value, where this property is required to have been specified in CAS configuration using kebab case. This is both true for properties that are owned by CAS as well as those that might be presented to the system via an external library or framework such as Spring Boot, etc.

    :information_source: Note

    When possible, properties should be stored in lower-case kebab format, such as cas.property-name=value. The only possible exception to this rule is when naming actuator endpoints; The name of the actuator endpoints (i.e. ssoSessions) MUST remain in camelCase mode.

    Settings and properties that are controlled by the CAS platform directly always begin with the prefix cas. All other settings are controlled and provided to CAS via other underlying frameworks and may have their own schemas and syntax. BE CAREFUL with the distinction. Unrecognized properties are rejected by CAS and/or frameworks upon which CAS depends. This means if you somehow misspell a property definition or fail to adhere to the dot-notation syntax and such, your setting is entirely refused by CAS and likely the feature it controls will never be activated in the way you intend.

    Validation

    Configuration properties are automatically validated on CAS startup to report issues with configuration binding, specially if defined CAS settings cannot be recognized or validated by the configuration schema. Additional validation processes are also handled via Configuration Metadata and property migrations applied automatically on startup by Spring Boot and family.

    Indexed Settings

    CAS settings able to accept multiple values are typically documented with an index, such as cas.some.setting[0]=value. The index [0] is meant to be incremented by the adopter to allow for distinct multiple configuration blocks.

    Bypass

    The following settings and properties are available from the CAS configuration catalog:

    The configuration settings listed below are tagged as Required in the CAS configuration metadata. This flag indicates that the presence of the setting may be needed to activate or affect the behavior of the CAS feature and generally should be reviewed, possibly owned and adjusted. If the setting is assigned a default value, you do not need to strictly put the setting in your copy of the configuration, but should review it nonetheless to make sure it matches your deployment expectations.

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.groovy.location=
  • The location of the resource. Resources can be URLs, or files found either on the classpath or outside somewhere in the file system.

    In the event the configured resource is a Groovy script, specially if the script set to reload on changes, you may need to adjust the total number of inotify instances. On Linux, you may need to add the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf: fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 256.

    You can check the current value via cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances.

    In situations and scenarios where CAS is able to automatically watch the underlying resource for changes and detect updates and modifications dynamically, you may be able to specify the following setting as either an environment variable or system property with a value of false to disable the resource watcher: org.apereo.cas.util.io.PathWatcherService.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.GroovyMultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.rest.url=
  • The endpoint URL to contact and retrieve attributes.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.RestfulMultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

    The configuration settings listed below are tagged as Optional in the CAS configuration metadata. This flag indicates that the presence of the setting is not immediately necessary in the end-user CAS configuration, because a default value is assigned or the activation of the feature is not conditionally controlled by the setting value. In other words, you should only include this field in your configuration if you need to modify the default value or if you need to turn on the feature controlled by the setting.

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.authentication-attribute-name=
  • Skip multifactor authentication based on designated authentication attribute names.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.MultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.authentication-attribute-value=
  • Optionally, skip multifactor authentication based on designated authentication attribute values. Multiple values may be separated by a comma.

    This settings supports regular expression patterns. [?].

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.MultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.authentication-handler-name=
  • Skip multifactor authentication depending on form of primary authentication execution. Specifically, skip multifactor if the a particular authentication handler noted by its name successfully is able to authenticate credentials in the primary factor. Multiple values may be separated by a comma.

    This settings supports regular expression patterns. [?].

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.MultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.authentication-method-name=
  • Skip multifactor authentication depending on method/form of primary authentication execution. Specifically, skip multifactor if the authentication method attribute collected as part of authentication metadata matches a certain value. Multiple values may be separated by a comma.

    This settings supports regular expression patterns. [?].

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.MultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.credential-class-type=
  • Skip multifactor authentication depending on form of primary credentials. Value must equal the fully qualified class name of the credential type.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.MultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.http-request-headers=
  • Skip multifactor authentication if the http request contains the defined header names. Header names may be comma-separated and can be regular expressions; values are ignored.

    This settings supports regular expression patterns. [?].

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.MultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.http-request-remote-address=
  • Skip multifactor authentication if the http request's remote address or host matches the value defined here. The value may be specified as a regular expression.

    This settings supports regular expression patterns. [?].

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.MultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.principal-attribute-name=
  • Skip multifactor authentication based on designated principal attribute names.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.MultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.principal-attribute-value=
  • Optionally, skip multifactor authentication based on designated principal attribute values.

    This settings supports regular expression patterns. [?].

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.MultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.rest.basic-auth-password=
  • If REST endpoint is protected via basic authentication, specify the password for authentication.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.RestfulMultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.rest.basic-auth-username=
  • If REST endpoint is protected via basic authentication, specify the username for authentication.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.RestfulMultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.rest.headers=
  • Headers, defined as a Map, to include in the request when making the REST call. Will overwrite any header that CAS is pre-defined to send and include in the request. Key in the map should be the header name and the value in the map should be the header value.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.RestfulMultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.bypass.rest.method=GET
  • HTTP method to use when contacting the rest endpoint. Examples include GET, POST, etc.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.RestfulMultifactorAuthenticationProviderBypassProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

    CAS takes advantage of Apache Groovy in forms of either embedded or external scripts that allow one to, by default, dynamically build constructs, attributes, access strategies and a lot more. To activate the functionality described here, you may need to prepare CAS to support and integrate with Apache Groovy.

    Please review this guide to configure your build.

    Configuration Metadata

    The collection of configuration properties listed in this section are automatically generated from the CAS source and components that contain the actual field definitions, types, descriptions, modules, etc. This metadata may not always be 100% accurate, or could be lacking details and sufficient explanations.

    Be Selective

    This section is meant as a guide only. Do NOT copy/paste the entire collection of settings into your CAS configuration; rather pick only the properties that you need. Do NOT enable settings unless you are certain of their purpose and do NOT copy settings into your configuration only to keep them as reference. All these ideas lead to upgrade headaches, maintenance nightmares and premature aging.

    YAGNI

    Note that for nearly ALL use cases, declaring and configuring properties listed here is sufficient. You should NOT have to explicitly massage a CAS XML/Java/etc configuration file to design an authentication handler, create attribute release policies, etc. CAS at runtime will auto-configure all required changes for you. If you are unsure about the meaning of a given CAS setting, do NOT turn it on without hesitation. Review the codebase or better yet, ask questions to clarify the intended behavior.

    Naming Convention

    Property names can be specified in very relaxed terms. For instance cas.someProperty, cas.some-property, cas.some_property are all valid names. While all forms are accepted by CAS, there are certain components (in CAS and other frameworks used) whose activation at runtime is conditional on a property value, where this property is required to have been specified in CAS configuration using kebab case. This is both true for properties that are owned by CAS as well as those that might be presented to the system via an external library or framework such as Spring Boot, etc.

    :information_source: Note

    When possible, properties should be stored in lower-case kebab format, such as cas.property-name=value. The only possible exception to this rule is when naming actuator endpoints; The name of the actuator endpoints (i.e. ssoSessions) MUST remain in camelCase mode.

    Settings and properties that are controlled by the CAS platform directly always begin with the prefix cas. All other settings are controlled and provided to CAS via other underlying frameworks and may have their own schemas and syntax. BE CAREFUL with the distinction. Unrecognized properties are rejected by CAS and/or frameworks upon which CAS depends. This means if you somehow misspell a property definition or fail to adhere to the dot-notation syntax and such, your setting is entirely refused by CAS and likely the feature it controls will never be activated in the way you intend.

    Validation

    Configuration properties are automatically validated on CAS startup to report issues with configuration binding, specially if defined CAS settings cannot be recognized or validated by the configuration schema. Additional validation processes are also handled via Configuration Metadata and property migrations applied automatically on startup by Spring Boot and family.

    Indexed Settings

    CAS settings able to accept multiple values are typically documented with an index, such as cas.some.setting[0]=value. The index [0] is meant to be incremented by the adopter to allow for distinct multiple configuration blocks.

    Actuator Endpoints

    The following endpoints are provided by CAS:

     Delete all accounts.

     Delete account for the user.

     Export accounts as a zip file.

     Load and get all accounts for the user.

     Load and get all accounts.

     Import account as a JSON document.


    Token Repository

    In order to prevent reuse of tokens issued, CAS will attempt to keep track of tokens that are successfully used to authenticate the user. The repository that holds registration records and tokens is periodically scanned and cleaned up so that expired and previously used tokens may be removed.

    The following settings and properties are available from the CAS configuration catalog:

    The configuration settings listed below are tagged as Required in the CAS configuration metadata. This flag indicates that the presence of the setting may be needed to activate or affect the behavior of the CAS feature and generally should be reviewed, possibly owned and adjusted. If the setting is assigned a default value, you do not need to strictly put the setting in your copy of the configuration, but should review it nonetheless to make sure it matches your deployment expectations.

    The configuration settings listed below are tagged as Optional in the CAS configuration metadata. This flag indicates that the presence of the setting is not immediately necessary in the end-user CAS configuration, because a default value is assigned or the activation of the feature is not conditionally controlled by the setting value. In other words, you should only include this field in your configuration if you need to modify the default value or if you need to turn on the feature controlled by the setting.

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.cleaner.schedule.cron-expression=
  • A cron-like expression, extending the usual UN*X definition to include triggers on the second, minute, hour, day of month, month, and day of week. For example, 0 * * * * MON-FRI means once per minute on weekdays (at the top of the minute - the 0th second) or 0 0 0 * * * means every day at midnight. * Note that when cron expressions are defined, the start delay and repeat interval settings are must be removed and set to blank.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.quartz.SchedulingProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.cleaner.schedule.cron-time-zone=
  • A time zone for which the cron expression will be resolved. By default, this attribute is empty (i.e. the scheduler's time zone will be used).

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.quartz.SchedulingProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.cleaner.schedule.enabled=true
  • Whether scheduler should be enabled to schedule the job to run.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.quartz.SchedulingProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.cleaner.schedule.enabled-on-host=.*
  • Overrides SchedulingProperties#enabled property value of true if this property does not match hostname of CAS server. This can be useful if deploying CAS with an image in a statefulset where all names are predictable but where having different configurations for different servers is hard. The value can be an exact hostname or a regular expression that will be used to match the hostname.

    This settings supports regular expression patterns. [?].

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.quartz.SchedulingProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.cleaner.schedule.repeat-interval=PT2M
  • String representation of a repeat interval of re-loading data for a data store implementation. This is the timeout between consecutive job’s executions.

    This settings supports the java.time.Duration syntax [?].

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.quartz.SchedulingProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

  • cas.authn.mfa.gauth.cleaner.schedule.start-delay=PT15S
  • String representation of a start delay of loading data for a data store implementation. This is the delay between scheduler startup and first job’s execution

    This settings supports the java.time.Duration syntax [?].

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.quartz.SchedulingProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

    Configuration Metadata

    The collection of configuration properties listed in this section are automatically generated from the CAS source and components that contain the actual field definitions, types, descriptions, modules, etc. This metadata may not always be 100% accurate, or could be lacking details and sufficient explanations.

    Be Selective

    This section is meant as a guide only. Do NOT copy/paste the entire collection of settings into your CAS configuration; rather pick only the properties that you need. Do NOT enable settings unless you are certain of their purpose and do NOT copy settings into your configuration only to keep them as reference. All these ideas lead to upgrade headaches, maintenance nightmares and premature aging.

    YAGNI

    Note that for nearly ALL use cases, declaring and configuring properties listed here is sufficient. You should NOT have to explicitly massage a CAS XML/Java/etc configuration file to design an authentication handler, create attribute release policies, etc. CAS at runtime will auto-configure all required changes for you. If you are unsure about the meaning of a given CAS setting, do NOT turn it on without hesitation. Review the codebase or better yet, ask questions to clarify the intended behavior.

    Naming Convention

    Property names can be specified in very relaxed terms. For instance cas.someProperty, cas.some-property, cas.some_property are all valid names. While all forms are accepted by CAS, there are certain components (in CAS and other frameworks used) whose activation at runtime is conditional on a property value, where this property is required to have been specified in CAS configuration using kebab case. This is both true for properties that are owned by CAS as well as those that might be presented to the system via an external library or framework such as Spring Boot, etc.

    :information_source: Note

    When possible, properties should be stored in lower-case kebab format, such as cas.property-name=value. The only possible exception to this rule is when naming actuator endpoints; The name of the actuator endpoints (i.e. ssoSessions) MUST remain in camelCase mode.

    Settings and properties that are controlled by the CAS platform directly always begin with the prefix cas. All other settings are controlled and provided to CAS via other underlying frameworks and may have their own schemas and syntax. BE CAREFUL with the distinction. Unrecognized properties are rejected by CAS and/or frameworks upon which CAS depends. This means if you somehow misspell a property definition or fail to adhere to the dot-notation syntax and such, your setting is entirely refused by CAS and likely the feature it controls will never be activated in the way you intend.

    Validation

    Configuration properties are automatically validated on CAS startup to report issues with configuration binding, specially if defined CAS settings cannot be recognized or validated by the configuration schema. Additional validation processes are also handled via Configuration Metadata and property migrations applied automatically on startup by Spring Boot and family.

    Indexed Settings

    CAS settings able to accept multiple values are typically documented with an index, such as cas.some.setting[0]=value. The index [0] is meant to be incremented by the adopter to allow for distinct multiple configuration blocks.

    Registration

    By default, an account registry implementation is included that collects user device registrations and saves them into memory. Issued tokens are also captured into a self-cleaning cache to prevent token reuse for a configurable period of time. This option should only be used for demo and testing purposes. Production deployments of this feature will require a separate implementation of the registry that is capable to register accounts into persistent storage.

    Note that each individual account is allowed to register multiple devices to be used later for multifactor authentication. Duration the authentication flow, the user will be asked to select the appropriate device for authentication if multiple device registration records are found. The ability to handle multiple device registration records can be controlled via CAS settings.

    Storage Description
    JPA See this guide.
    MongoDb See this guide.
    DynamoDb See this guide.
    Redis See this guide.
    LDAP See this guide.
    REST See this guide.
    JSON See this guide.

    REST Protocol Credential Extraction

    In the event that the CAS REST Protocol is turned on, a special credential extractor is injected into the REST authentication engine in order to recognize credentials and authenticate them as part of the REST request. The expected parameter name in the request body is gauthotp. The account identifier may also be passed using the gauthacct parameter in the request body.

    Account Profile Management

    The integration with Google Authenticator is able to provide user device registration information to the account profile management feature in CAS. See this guide for better details.