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Linking identities

Linking new identities to your RCIAM Account#

Identity linking allows you to access RCIAM resources with your existing personal RCIAM ID, using any of the login credentials you have linked to your account. You can use any of your organisational or social login credentials for this purpose. To link a new organisational or social identity to your RCIAM account:

  1. Enter the following URL in a browser: https://rciam.example.org/registry

  2. Click Login and authenticate using any of the login credentials already linked to your RCIAM account

  3. Navigate to My RCIAM User Community Account page in one of the following ways:

    • hover over your display name next to the gear icon on the top right corner of the page; or, alternatively,
    • select RCIAM User Community from the list of available Collaborations and then click My RCIAM User Community Account from the People menu

    RCIAM my account

  4. Under the Organisational Identities section of your profile page, expand Actions menu and click Link New Identity.

    Link new identity

  5. On the introductory page for Identity Linking, click Begin

    Link new identity intro

  6. You will need to sign in using the login credentials from the institutional/social identity provider you want to link to your account.

    caution

    It is very important to escape the identity provider selection, cached in the discovery page, before picking the new one.

  7. After successful authentication, the new Identity Provider will be available under the Organizational Identities tab and you'll be able to access RCIAM resources with your existing personal RCIAM ID using the login credentials of the identity provider you selected in Step 6.

    Link new identity end

Linking your certificate to your RCIAM Account#

Certificate linking allows you to add the subject DN of your certificate to your existing personal RCIAM ID. For this you need to import your certificate to your browser.

To link a subject DN to your RCIAM account:

  1. Enter the following URL in a browser: https://rciam.example.org/registry

  2. Click Login and authenticate using any of the login credentials already linked to your RCIAM account

  3. Navigate to My RCIAM User Community Account page in one of the following ways:

    • hover over your display name next to the gear icon on the top right corner of the page; or, alternatively,
    • select RCIAM User Community from the list of available Collaborations and then click My RCIAM User Community Account from the People menu

    RCIAM my account

  4. Under the Organisational Identities section of your profile page, expand Actions menu and click Link New Identity.

    Link new identity

  5. On the introductory page for Identity Linking, click Begin

    Link new identity intro

  6. Continuously, you will need to sign in using the IGTF Certificate Proxy.

    caution

    It is very important to escape the identity provider selection, cached in the discovery page, before picking the new one.

    RCIAM IdP discovery IGTF

  7. Then select the certificate you want to link to your account from the popup window.

    Select certificate

  8. After successful authentication you will be redirected back to your RCIAM Account. Also, you'll be able to access RCIAM resources with your existing personal RCIAM ID using IGTF Certificate Proxy and your certificate.

  9. To verify that the subject DN is added to your RCIAM account scroll down to Organisational Identities and click on view button in the row where the source is https://edugain-proxy.igtf.net/simplesaml/saml2/idp/metadata.php.

    List organisational identities

  10. Then scroll down to Certificates and you should see the subject DN of your certificate.

    Certificates preview