SAML Authentication

This modules allows users to authenticate against a SAML Identity Provider to log in to your Drupal site. (This means your Drupal site serves as a SAML Service Provider.)

Documentation

The README contains installation instructions, more information about SAML communication, handling of user info, security considerations and more.

A list of all modules with a similar function and a broader overview of SAML use cases in Drupal are available in the Contributed Modules documentation section.

Support status

The main module functionality is stable. Maintenance is lagging (because volunteer driven), but this is not known to affect the majority of projects using it.

In case of needs that go beyond anything that should be handled in the issue queue: feel free to send the main maintainer a message.

As of 2025: 7.x releases have been removed from the project page, but there still is some level of support for 7.x-1.x issues in this issue queue, per D7Security group practices.

Related functionality / extension modules

Support for multiple IdPs

The SAML auth Multi IDP module provides an implementation. Feedback about this solution
vs. any work (still / not anymore) needed in this module, is welcome in the related samlauth issue.

Migrating from simplesamlphp_auth

See the dedicated module, and possibly the related samlauth issue.

(Other extension modules exist; those not mentioned above have not communicated with this project or been reviewed yet.)

AI policy

Using AI to create issues / merge requests for this module is allowed; its use must be disclosed per general Drupal policy. MRs may be accepted (depending on perceived code quality) if the maintainer is able to fully review and understand the code.

There is no intention of using AI to significantly add to/change this module's code. Per October 2026, it has been known to aid one MR.