About the Helix Authentication Service Administrator Guide

Support for a configuration involving Multiple providers

For a complete list of what's new in the product, see the 2023.1 release notes.

• See Warning and workaround for SAML security.

• Support for debugging for SAML and the provisioning of groups and users. See DEBUG_SAML and DEBUG_SCIM in Other Settings.

• Support for debugging HAS when load balancing is involved. See DEBUG_PROXY in Other Settings.

• CLIENT_CERT_FP provides additional security (see Other Settings).

• OIDC_SELECT_ACCOUNT has been added to the OpenID Connect settings

• The Example Helix Swarm configuration has been improved.

• A new feature in provisioning is How to re-activative a user.

For a complete list of what's new in the product, see the 2022.2 release notes.

• Support for Hansoft, Helix TeamHub, and Helix DAM. See Supported client applications and minimal versions.

• Implementation of a System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) for Helix Core user and group provisioning through your cloud service provider.

• Support for authentication through JSON web tokens. See Settings for JSON web token authentication.

• Support for Redis with client certificates. See REDIS_CERT_FILE.

• SVC_GROUP and SVC_USER added as settings for the process that runs Helix Authentication Service.

• rename ecosystem.config.js to ecosystem.config.cjs

• change the extension of the file referred to by LOGGING to be .cjs instead of .js

• change the extension of the file referred to by IDP_CONFIG_FILE to be .cjs instead of .js

For a complete list of what's new in the product, see the 2022.1 release notes.

Simplifies installation and configuration for package and install script users:

• no need to download and work with pm2
• the example.env file provides a starting point for your .env file. See Configuring Helix Authentication Service.

Adds support for using the identity provider's metadata as a file instead of URL. See SAML settings > SAML_IDP_METADATA_FILE