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WSO2 Identity Server 5.5.0 - Cheat Sheet

WSO2 Identity Server Architecture WSO2 Identity Server a.k.a WSO2 IS is a fully fledged Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution which provides capabilities for your enterprise to secure your resources. The product is build with a rather simplistic but powerful architecture to support variety of identity and access management requirements. Below figure explains the high level architecture of the WSO2 Identity Server. Figure 1: WSO2 Identity Server Architecture The main components included in the above figure are explained below. Service Providers - These are the applications which needs to be secured using WSO2 IS as the authentication and authorization framework. This includes your mobile applications, web applications, SaaS applications, etc. Inbound Authentication - This component deals with various protocols like SAML, OIDC, WS-Federation, OAuth, etc. which are used to authenticate the users by the service providers (applications). Authentication Framewor...