Third-Party Authentication

Escenic Content Engine can be set up to use a third party for authentication of users, instead of doing the user authentication itself. Three third party authenticators are supported – Google Apps, Microsoft Active Directory and Facebook. If the Content Engine is configured to use Google Apps for user authentication, then Google Apps will also be used by Live Center for authenticating users. This means that users in organizations that use Google Apps as their standard office suite can also log into Content Engine and Live Center using their Google log-ins. Live Center does not, however, currently support Microsoft Active Directory or Facebook-based authentication.

For a full description of the Content Engine's support for Google OAuth authentication and how to enable it, see the Escenic Content Engine Server Administration Guide. If Google OAuth authentication is set up as described in this section, then the Live Center login form will include an alternative Log in with Google link alongside the standard Login button.