WSO2 Identity Server 5.6.0 Released!

WSO2 Identity Server team is pleased to announce the release of version 5.6.0 of the WSO2 Identity Server.

WSO2 Identity Server is an open source IAM solution federating and managing identities across both enterprise and cloud service environments. It supports a wide array of authentication protocols such as SAML 2.0 Web SSO, OAuth 2.0/1.0a, OpenID Connect and WS-Federation Passive. It supports role-based authorization and fine-grained authorization with XACML 2.0/3.0 while inbound/outbound provisioning is supported through SCIM.

WSO2 Identity Server is developed on top of the revolutionary WSO2 Carbon platform, an OSGi based framework that provides seamless modularity to your SOA solution via componentization.

All the major features have been developed as pluggable Carbon components.

You can download this distribution from https://wso2.com/identity-and-access-management/install

Online documentation is available at http://docs.wso2.org/wiki/display/IS560/WSO2+Identity+Server+Documentation.

How to Run

1. Extract the downloaded zip

2. Go to the bin directory in the extracted folder

3. Run the wso2server.sh or wso2server.bat files as appropriate

4. If you need to start the OSGi console with the server, use the property -DosgiConsole when starting the server.

New Features in this Release

WSO2 Identity Server 5.5.0 is designed based on privacy best practices and adhering to GDPR. Your GDPR compliance in IAM and API security space can be fulfilled with WSO2 IS. Following includes major GDPR related features provided in WSO2 IS 5.5.0.

Support for Eclipse Microprofile - JWT RBAC Security specification (MP-JWT).
Support to validate JWTs based on JSON web key set (JWKS).
eIDAS SAML Attribute Profile that supports EU regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market.
Client side support for SAML Artifact binding that provides the capability to communicate with an external SAML based Identity Provider without exposing the entire message to the user agent.

This release includes functional improvements, and fixes to the product. Complete list of improvements and bug fixes available with the release can be found at following locations:

Known Issues

All the open issues pertaining to WSO2 Identity Server are reported at the following locations:

IS Runtime

IS Analytics

How You Can Contribute

Mailing Lists

Join our mailing list and correspond with the developers directly.

Developer list : dev@wso2.org | Subscribe | Mail Archive

User forum : StackOverflow

Reporting Issues

We encourage you to report issues, documentation faults and feature requests regarding WSO2 Identity Server or in the Carbon base framework through the public WSO2 Identity Server JIRA.

Support

We are committed to ensure your enterprise middleware deployment is completely supported from evaluation to production. Our unique approach ensures that all support leverages our open development methodology and is provided by the very same engineers who build the technology. For more details and to take advantage of this unique opportunity, visit http://wso2.com/support/

For more information about WSO2 Identity Server, please see http://wso2.com/products/identity-server or visit the WSO2 Oxygen Tank developer portal for additional resources.

Thank you for your interest in WSO2 Identity Server.

-The WSO2 Identity and Access Management Team-

wso2/product-is v5.6.0 WSO2 Identity Server 5.6.0 on GitHub