Configuring Yahoo

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.

1. To navigate to the federated authenticators configuration section, do the following.
   1. Sign in. Enter your username and password to log on to the Management Console. 
   2. Navigate to the Main menu to access the Identity menu. Click Add under Identity Providers.
      For more information, see Configuring an Identity Provider.  

   3. Fill in the details in the Basic Information section. 

   You can configure the following federated authenticators by expanding the Federated Authenticators section followed by the required subsections.

   

2. Expand the Yahoo Configuration form
   

3. Fill in the following fields where relevant.

   Field	Description	Sample value
   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 Id	This is the ID generated at the application registration.
   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)/commonauth.  Make sure to enter a valid domain name.	https:/wso2.com/commonauth
   Client Id	This is the username from the Yahoo application.	1421263438188909