Setting Up Vkontakte as an IDM Social Identity Provider

Set Up Vkontakte

To set up Vkontakte as a social identity provider, navigate to the following Vkontakte page: Vkontakte Developers Page . You'll need a Vkontakte account. Find a My Apps link. You can then create an application with the following information:

If you leave and need to return to Vkontakte, navigate to https://vk.com/dev and select My Apps. You can then Manage the new apps that you've created.

Navigate to the Settings for your app, where you'll find the Application ID and Secure Key for your app. You'll use that information as shown here:

Configure a Vkontakte Social Identity Provider

When you enable a Vkontakte social identity provider in the Admin UI, IDM generates the identityProvider-vkontakte.json file in your project's conf/ subdirectory.

When you review that file, you should see information beyond what you see in the Admin UI. The first part of the file includes the name of the provider, endpoints, as well as information from the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret, you'll see them as clientId and clientSecret, respectively, in the configuration file.

{
    "provider" : "vkontakte",
    "configClass" : "org.forgerock.oauth.clients.vk.VKClientConfiguration",
    "basicAuth" : false,
    "clientId" : "<someUUID>",
    "clientSecret" : {
        "$crypto" : {
            "type" : "x-simple-encryption",
            "value" : {
                "cipher" : "AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding",
                "stableId" : "openidm-sym-default",
                "salt" : "<hashValue>",
                "data" : "<encryptedValue>",
                "keySize" : 16,
                "purpose" : "idm.config.encryption",
                "iv" : "<encryptedValue>",
                "mac" : "<hashValue>"
            }
        }
    },
    "authorizationEndpoint" : "https://oauth.vk.com/authorize",
    "tokenEndpoint" : "https://oauth.vk.com/access_token",
    "userInfoEndpoint" : "https://api.vk.com/method/users.get",
    "redirectUri" : "http://openidm.example.com:8080/",
    "apiVersion" : "5.73",
    "scope" : [
        "email"
    ],
...

You should also see UI settings related to the social identity provider icon (badge) and the sign-in button, described in "Social Identity Provider Button and Badge Properties".

You'll see links related to the authenticationIdKey, redirectUri, and configClass; the location may vary.

The file includes schema information, which includes properties for each social identity account, as collected by IDM, as well as the order in which it appears in the Admin UI. When you've registered a user with a Vkontakte social identity, you can verify this by selecting Manage > Vkontakte, and then selecting a user.

Another part of the file includes a propertyMap, which maps user information entries between the source (social identity provider) and the target (IDM).

If you need more information about the properties in this file, refer to the following appendix: "Vkontakte Social Identity Provider Configuration Details".

Configure User Registration to Link to Vkontakte

Once you've configured the Vkontakte social identity provider, you can activate it through User Registration. To do so in the Admin UI, select Configure > User Registration, and activate that feature. Under the Social tab that appears, enable Social Registration. For more information on IDM user self-service features, see "Self-Service End User UI".

When you enable Social Registration, you're allowing users to register on IDM through all active social identity providers.

Vkontakte Social Identity Provider Configuration Details

You can set up the Vkontakte social identity provider through the Admin UI or in a conf/identityProvider-vkontakte.json file. IDM generates the identityProvider-vkontakte.json file when you configure and enable this social identity provider in the Admin UI. Alternatively, you can create the file manually.

The following table includes the information shown in the Admin UI Vkontakte Provider pop-up window, along with associated information in the identityProvider-vkontakte.json file:

For information on social identity provider buttons and badges, see "Social Identity Provider Button and Badge Properties".