[Wactclc-alma] Alma, EZproxy and ctclink auth

[Isaac Devereux]

Hi Kirsti,

Yes, Okta is what I meant. They are switching to Okta for Canvas next week and we are trying to figure out what to do with our systems at the library.  You may have heard about the ransomware incident at Shoreline. My understanding is that we are unable to add new users to Active Directory, which is how Alma, Primo and EZProxy authenticate now, but I'm not sure about that.

I'm hoping we can stay with AD and that it will be complete, or that we can move to Okta, but I think we might have to move to authenticating against a text file for a while if college IT deprioritizes us as they sometimes do.

regards,
sj


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Do you mean you want to use ctcLink (the PeopleSoft platform) itself as the tool for authenticating that someone is a current student or employee?



I don't think you can use the PeopleSoft platform that way. But maybe I'm wrong?



I think your institution needs to have some kind of identity management system like Okta, Shibboleth, OpenAthens, or Microsoft Active Directory for EZproxy and Alma-Primo authentication.



>From what I remember,  the State Board has a contract with Okta that any of the WA community/technical colleges can sign onto. I know our IT department now uses Okta for authentication via that contract.



We switched to Okta for EZProzy authentication in January and I hope to have Okta set up for Alma-Primo authentication soon.





It will be ok!



Kirsti S. Thomas (Hear my first name<namedrop.io/kirstithomas>)

Library Technical Services Manager & Systems Librarian

Seattle Colleges

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Subject: [Wactclc-alma] Alma, EZproxy and ctclink auth



Hi All,



Who has Alma and or EZProxy set up to authenticate against ctclink? Is anyone available to talk to me about their set up?

thanks!





regards,

sj



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