Azure Authenticator for API

Content Type: Module
Categories: Authentication,Connectors

Overview

This module can be used to -

  1. Generate Azure Entra ID OIDC token for API authentication
  2. Verify Azure Entra ID OIDC token provided by other systems as part of custom authentication in published REST/SOAP/OData Services.

Documentation

Typical usage scenario -

This module aims to deliver the ability to generate or validate OIDC token issued by Azure Entra ID. This module mainly offer 2 microflows - 

1. SUB_TokenGenerator - This microflow can be used to generate OIDC token whenever connecting to an external API which uses Azure OIDC for authentication.

2. SUB_VerifyToken - This miciroflow is used to setup custom authentication for the published web services (REST, SOAP) configured within Mendix.

 

Refer Sample microflow ACT_CheckConnection to understand the sample implementation.

 

Features and limitations

SUB_TokenGenerator - Can only generate OIDC tokens for client-credentials grant type

 

Dependencies

Community Commons

Encryption

Releases

Version: 1.0.0
Framework Version: 9.24.23
Release Notes: Contains the setup of configuring OIDC tokens via Azure