Using vBulletin as master SSO base?

[Shamil.]

Hi, is there anyway that I could use vBulletin as a master SSO base?
such as OpenX has :


http://login.openx.org to login to the site so: https://login.thinkteen.co.uk

so that the user logs into the forum here: http://thinkteen.co.uk/forum
and the user logs onto a joomla installation or whatever (how do I do it for a custom CMS (built by myself?)) both on http://thinkteen.co.uk and http://radioteen.co.uk and then on the CMS control site: http://admin.thinkteen.co.uk?

So basically, we're looking at using the registration form and login script (from the forum index.php?) to product a cookie that will authenticate the user and login to all of the aforementioned systems/sites.

This might make it slightly more complicated, but add SSL into the mixture :)

[Dismounted]

Are you looking at using the centralised method (i.e. proper SSO), or a decentralised method (easier)?

[Shamil.]

Centralised method, but if all fails, a decentralised method will have to do :)

I may be using vivvo as the front end CMS to power the main site - but, some things will require integration (custom coded things).

The cookie dough mix is getting better when we add Windows Live ID Authentication or OpenID Authentication and integration to the mixture, this should aid the SSO portion of it :)

[Dismounted]

If you're going to use the other services, you could just possibly edit login.php and functions_login.php to do that.

[Shamil.]

Where do I start though?

[bobster65]

@ct2k7

I'm writing an SSO method (Centralized) that involves Vivvo (site A), vBulletin (site A1) , Ruby on Rails custom CMS (site B), PHP custom CMS (Site C). vBulletin will be the Master SSO Base.

Note: Site A1 = Bridged Vivvo and vBulletin (with a modified version of the 4.1 Bridge)

[Shamil.]

@bobster65 - I am actually considering user Vivvo, and have it installed (trial). The bridge works well, yet no posts are being made in the forum.

I may be useful to actually have a centralised login system, then have a secondary login system - decentralised, e.g OpenID

[bobster65]

@bobster65 - I am actually considering user Vivvo, and have it installed (trial). The bridge works well, yet no posts are being made in the forum.

I may be useful to actually have a centralised login system, then have a secondary login system - decentralised, e.g OpenID

Which version of Vivvo are you running? I just upgraded to 4.1 RC1 and I modified the RC1 Bridge (still got some work to do on it).... posting comments to vB works just fine.

I have not looked into OpenID, but might check it out as well.

[Dismounted]

Where do I start though?
Edit the login and logout actions inside those files.

[bobster65]

@ct2k7

I'm writing an SSO method (Centralized) that involves Vivvo (site A), vBulletin (site A1) , Ruby on Rails custom CMS (site B), PHP custom CMS (Site C). vBulletin will be the Master SSO Base.

Note: Site A1 = Bridged Vivvo and vBulletin (with a modified version of the 4.1 Bridge)

WOOT! Success and then some! Took a little bit longer than expected, but added a ton of stuff in as well ... launched tonight without a glitch :D

@ct2k7 ... how did you make out? and did you solve your vivvo issues?