OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication support across the FME Platform - Have Your Say!

Hello FME Community 👋

We at Safe Software are busy working on some exciting FME Platform enhancements, many focused on product security. We would like your thoughts on one of the ideas that is currently up for consideration.

We’ve received previous requests to add OpenID Connect authentication support to FME Flow, and we think that OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication could be supported broadly across both FME Form and FME Flow.

So, before we dive right into development efforts on this idea, we’d like to know what you think about it! Would you benefit from the FME Platform supporting OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication? If so, can you provide a brief description of how FME supporting OpenID Connect authentication would enhance your experience with the FME Platform? 

We are also looking for anyone who might be interested in testing out our implementation of OpenID Connect authentication, once available. If you would like to be included as an early tester, please indicate that interest in your response!

Here’s a bit of background on OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication. If you’ve ever tried to create an account with a new app you’ve downloaded, you might be presented with options to use another account (like Google or Facebook) to login to the new app. In this way, you can use an account you already have, instead of creating a new account. This is OIDC authentication at work, and can be considered an extension to the OAuth 2.0 protocol already supported across the FME Platform. 

More information on OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication can be found by visiting the OpenID Foundation’s How OpenID Connect Works page. 

We look forward to hearing from you on this exciting idea!