Authentication models
This chapter describes different options to configure authentication of flow apps (user/machine workflows) in OData Connector towards IFS Cloud.
Different authentication models
Each OData connector configuration has two authentication configuration, both mandatory:
Design time setup is used
when you develop flow in Studio (configure machine steps) and
OData connector uses it to expose projections from IFS, that can be used in flow apps.
Runtime setup is used when
user flow is executed in any flow clients or
executing machine workflows and
debugging user flow in Studio.
Each authentication are to be configured based on customer requirements and flow types. It is not very uncommon to have several OData connector configurations used by different kinds of workflows.
Each authentication are to be configured based on customer requirements and flow types. It is not very uncommon to have several OData connector configurations used by different kinds of workflows.
Available Authentication Flows
Client Credential flow
Password Credentials flow
Basic authentication
This option shouldn’t be generally used towards IFS Cloud, even though exists in OData connector.
Authorization Code Flow
OpenId flow
Summary of authentication flows
Below is a summary of main features of each authentication flow to consider when configuring OData configurations based on customer requirements and flow types developed.
Flow documentation about authentication
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