Yahoo can be used as a federated authenticator in the Identity Server. Do the following to configure the Identity Server to authenticate users using their Yahoo user accounts.
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- Expand the Yahoo Configuration form
Before you begin, you need to have an application registered in Yahoo. See Getting Started section in Yahoo document.
Fill in the following fields where relevant.
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| Enable | Selecting this option enables Yahoo to be used as an authenticator for users provisioned to the Identity Server. | Selected |
| Default | Selecting the Default checkbox signifies that Yahoo is the main/default form of authentication. This removes the selection made for any other Default checkboxes for other authenticators. | Selected |
| Client Secret | This is the password from the Yahoo application. Click the Show button to view the value you enter. | 12ffb4dfb2fed67a00846b42126991f8 |
| Callback URL | This is the URL to which the browser should be redirected after the authentication is successful. It should have this format: https://(host-name):(port)/acs. | https://localhost:9443/commonauth |
| Client Id | This is the username from the Yahoo application. | 1421263438188909 |
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- Identity Federation is part of the process of configuring an identity provider. For more information on how to configure an identity provider, see Configuring an Identity Provider.
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