# Enabling Single Sign-On for Talend Administration Center

## About this task

To activate SSO for Talend Administration Center during installation, you can:

* activate SSO from Talend Installer (recommended)
* activate SSO by editing a configuration file

Note that, if you do not activate SSO during installation, you still have the possibility to do so on the Configuration page once you are logged in the web application. For more information, see [Accessing the Configuration page](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/administration-center-user-guide/8.0/accessing-configuration-page).

For information on configuring the Identity Providers, see the SSO guides for:

* [AD FS 2.0](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/sso-with-adfs20/8.0/ad-fs-2.0-overview)
* [AD FS 3.0/4.0](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/sso-with-adfs3040/8.0/ad-fs-3.0-4.0-overview)
* [Azure Active Directory](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/sso-with-azure/8.0/configuring-azure-ad)
* [CA SiteMinder](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/sso-with-siteminder/8.0/ca-siteminder-talend-administration-center-sso-configuration-overview)
* [Keycloak](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/sso-with-keycloak/8.0/creating-tac-app-on-keycloak)
* [PingFederate](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/sso-with-pingfederate/8.0/pingfederate-overview)
* [Okta](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/sso-with-okta/8.0/add-talend-administration-center-in-okta)

## Enabling Single Sign-On for Talend Administration Center by using Talend Installer

### Before you begin

You have chosen to perform a Custom installation, that allows you to customize settings during installation. See [Installing Talend modules using Talend Installer Custom installation mode](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-windows/8.0/installing-talend-modules-using-installer-custom-mode "The Custom installation mode is a customizable installation method of Talend Installer. Use this mode to choose what to install, where, and how. This way, you can fully customize your installation and choose, for example, to install Talend Administration Center on one machine and Talend Runtime on another.") for more information.

### Procedure

In the Talend Administration Center Configuration step of the Installer, select the Enable SSO checkbox to activate SSO during installation and continue the installation process.

### Results

SSO is activated, which means the first time the administrator logs in Talend Administration Center, they will be able to configure the link between the application and their Identity provider system directly from the Talend Administration Center Database Configuration page.

For more information, see [Logging in to Talend Administration Center without SSO](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/administration-center-user-guide/8.0/logging-in-to-talend-administration-center-without-sso).

## Enabling Single Sign-On for Talend Administration Center in the configuration file

### Procedure

1. Open the <tomcat\_path>\WEB-INF\classes\configuration.properties file to edit it.
2. Set the sso.field.useSSOLogin parameter value to true and save your changes.

### Results

SSO is activated, which means the first time the administrator logs in Talend Administration Center, they will be able to configure the link between the application and their Identity provider system directly from the Talend Administration Center Database Configuration page.

For more information, see [Logging in to Talend Administration Center without SSO](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/administration-center-user-guide/8.0/logging-in-to-talend-administration-center-without-sso).