How to integrate OpenAM with Liferay for single sign on (SSO)

the objective of this post is to show the steps of how to enable SSO in Liferay with OpenAM.

Assumption:
1. OpenDJ is installed as LDAP for Liferay
2. OpenAM is installed.

Required software:
1. Liferay 6.1.1
2. OpenDJ 2.5
3. OpenAM 10.2

Steps:
1. login to Liferay as Administrator
2. Go to > Control Panel > Portal Settings > Authentication > Open SSO
3. Fill in the following details

• Login URL - http://openam.example.com:9413/openam_10.1.0/UI/Login?goto=http://openam.example.com:8080/c/portal/login
• Logout URL - http://openam.example.com:9413/openam_10.1.0/UI/Logout?goto=http://openam.example.com:8080/c/portal/login
• Service URL - http://openam.example.com:9413/openam_10.1.0
• Screen Name Attribute - uid
• Email Address Attribute - mail
• First Name Attributte - givenname
• Last Name Attribute - sn

3. Test OpenSSO Configuration

4. Save

Done!!