Cloud Identity Engine (CIE) is a cloud-based service designed to simplify identity and access management across different environments, including on-premises, cloud, and hybrid setups.
Palo Alto network appliances natively support SAML and can leverage providing identity to a SAML Identity Provider. This can be very useful in multiple ways - granting access to admin GUI interface, authenticating users for GlobalProtect (remote access VPN) and Captive Portal user authentication are
In this post we will do an initial setup of Authentik IdP (Identity Provider), an excellent piece of software that provides user identification.
On top of being an IdP, it also allows us to use it for SSO purposes, which we will utilise to grant access to our users to internal resources. It can als