CDP identity management CDP Identity Management includes CDP user management system, Free IPA, identity federation, and Knox authentication. FreeIPA identity managementFederating identity management with users/groups maintained in FreeIPA and passwords authenticated via SSO to an SAML-compliant identity provider (IDP) provides the necessary backbone infrastructure needed for CDP services, without requiring you to expose your on-prem identity management system over the network. Cloud identity federationCloud identity federation in CDP is provided by Knox IDBroker, an identity federation solution that exchanges cluster authentication for temporary cloud credentials. Authentication with Apache KnoxApache Knox handles proxy for web UIs and APIs, and Trusted Proxy propagates the authenticated end user to the backend service.
