What is this page?

This page explains how you should sign in to TERENA's federated services.

Upon clicking a sign-in link, you end up at the discovery page, which looks like this:

(Note that this wiki page itself is an example of such a federated service)

How do I sign in?

You can sign in by clicking on any of the ~1,000 links.

If you don't know what to pick, follow this list:

1. Use an account you already have at your educational/research institution.

Use this if your institution is part of these identity federations:

• Kalmar (Nordic countries)
• SIR (Spain)
• UKfederation (UK)
• InCommon (US)
• Tuakiri (NZ)
• AAF (AU)
• SURFconext (NL)
• eduGAIN.

There are a number of institutions that were manually added upon their request, you can find these at the "Miscellaneous" tab.

2. Use a Google/LinkedIn/Twitter other social networks account

The "Social networks" and "Guest providers" tab lists a number of 'social' sign in options, and some 

3. Last resort

As a last resort, if you don’t have an account at any of the above, you can create a guest account at OpenIDP, and use that to sign in.

This free service is run by UNINETT and only requires a name and an e-mail address. 

To address any potential privacy issues, we do plan on running a guest IdP ourselves in the near future.

Whatever you choose, be sure to choose the same option on any subsequent sign ins.

The login page will help you remember what you picked by setting a cookie.

When I log in with my institution account, I get an error: "Message did not meet security requirements"

If you get this error, it might be that the administrators of your institution need to perform some administrative tasks.

Please inform them and point them to this page: Service Provider Proxy

Why do I have to go through all of this complicated stuff?

We believe this set-up is the best solution that allows you to control your data, while increasing safety by preventing the creation of yet another username/password.