WSO2 Identity Server : An open source Identity and Entitlement management server

WSO2 Identity Server v4.0.0 Release Note

2 Nov 2012

WSO2 Identity Server is an open source Identity and Entitlement management server having support for XACML, SAML, OAuth, OpenID and SCIM.

WSO2 Identity Server is developed on top of the revolutionary WSO2 Carbon platform, an OSGi based framework that provides seamless modularity to your SOA via componentization.

All the major features have been developed as pluggable Carbon components.

The online documentation is available at http://docs.wso2.org/wiki/display/IS400/WSO2+Identity+Server+Documentation.

How to Run

1. Extract the downloaded zip
2. Go to the bin directory in the extracted folder
3. Run the wso2server.sh or wso2server.bat as appropriate
4. If you need to start the OSGi console with the server use the property -DosgiConsole when starting the server. The INSTALL.txt file found on the installation directory will give you a comprehensive set of options and properties that can be passed into the startup script

New Features In This Release

• XACML 3.0 support.
• OAUTH 2.0.
• SCIM.
• Support for Multiple User Stores.
• Various bug fixes and enhancements including architectural improvements to Apache Axis2, Apache Rampart, Apache Sandesha2 , WSO2 Carbon and other projects.

Key Features

• Entitlement Engine with XACML 2.0/3.0 and WS-XACML support.
• SAML based Single-Sign-On support.
• OAuth 1.0a/2.0 based Access Delegation support.
• Claim based Security Token Service with SAML 1.1/SAML 2.0.
• OpenID Provider.
• Identity Provisioning with SCIM.
• Extension points for SAML assertion handling.
• XMPP based multi-factor authentication.
• Improved User Management.
• Claim Management.
• User Profiles and Profile Management.
• XKMS.
• Separable front-end and back-end - a single front-end server can be used to administer several back-end servers.

Issues Fixed in This Release

• WSO2 Identity Server

Known Issues

• WSO2 Identity Server

How You Can Contribute

Mailing Lists

Join our mailing list and correspond with the developers directly.

• Developer list : dev@wso2.org | Subscribe | Mail Archive
• User forum : StackOverflow

Reporting Issues

We encourage you to report issues, documentation faults and feature requests regarding WSO2 Identity Server or in the Carbon base framework through the public WSO2 Identity Server JIRA or Carbon JIRA.

Support

We are committed to ensuring that your enterprise middleware deployment is completely supported from evaluation to production. Our unique approach ensures that all support leverages our open development methodology and is provided by the very same engineers who build the technology. For more details and to take advantage of this unique opportunity http://wso2.com/support/

For more information about WSO2 Identity Server, please see http://wso2.org/projects/identity or visit the WSO2 Oxygen Tank developer portal for addition resources.

Thank you for your interest in WSO2 Identity Server.

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