Request assistance for Shibboleth integration with NGINX or DSpace integration with Apache

[Namrata Dobariya]

Dear Professionals,

Please assist us in integrating Shibboleth with NGINX and DSapce with Apache servers. We moved our old repository from DSpace 6.3 to the new DSpace 7. When DSpace 7 was installed, it was integrated with the NGINX server, as it supports the new Angular-based UI interface. 

Shibboleth, on the other hand, was integrated with the Apache server with DSpace 6.3. Hence, it has been stuck at the last stage of the shibboleth integration in DSpace 7 because both of them use different servers.

We would greatly appreciate your guidance and assistance in resolving this matter. Alternatively, if you have relevant manuals or resources detailing the integration of Shibboleth with NGINX or DSpace with Apache, kindly provide them to us.

Thank you in advance for your support and expertise in addressing this issue.  

With regards,

Namrata Dobariya

Mob: +91 99 139 83655 

Email: namrata....@cept.ac.in

 

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[Mark H. Wood]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 06:18:58PM +0530, Namrata Dobariya wrote:
> Please assist us in integrating Shibboleth with NGINX and DSapce with
> Apache servers. We moved our old repository from DSpace 6.3 to the new
> DSpace 7. When DSpace 7 was installed, it was integrated with the NGINX
> server, as it supports the new Angular-based UI interface.
>
> Shibboleth, on the other hand, was integrated with the Apache server with
> DSpace 6.3. Hence, it has been stuck at the last stage of the shibboleth
> integration in DSpace 7 because both of them use different servers.
>
> We would greatly appreciate your guidance and assistance in resolving this
> matter. Alternatively, if you have relevant manuals or resources detailing
> the integration of Shibboleth with NGINX or DSpace with Apache, kindly
> provide them to us.

I have no useful experience with Nginx, but I find that asking Google
for "shibboleth nginx" returned many promising hits.

--
Mark H. Wood
Lead Technology Analyst

University Library
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
755 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-274-0749
www.ulib.iupui.edu

[DSpace Technical Support]

Hi,

Instructions for running DSpace on Apache can be found in our Installation Docs.  There are instructions there for either Apache or Nginx

https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/Installing+DSpace

You are correct, that currently we only have Shibboleth integration instructions for *Apache* at https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/Authentication+Plugins#AuthenticationPlugins-ShibbolethAuthentication

I'd welcome help in adding Shibboleth instructions for Nginx. But, those are currently lacking because we've had no one who uses Shibboleth + Nginx volunteer to help us add documentation for that setup.  Our DSpace Documentation is a collaborative effort, and we do rely on developers to help document new setups which are not yet documented.  If anyone on this list would like to volunteer to help with Shibboleth + Nginx documentation, please let me know.

Tim