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UbuntuNet Access Hub

v1.0.7
Managed identity for higher education and research

Launch a standards-ready institutional IdP without building the stack from scratch.

UbuntuNet Access Hub packages tenant branding, metadata generation, service provider onboarding, account lifecycle, attribute release, and federation operations into one deployable platform built for institutional rollouts across Africa.

Backends
LDAP, SQL, SAML, RADIUS
Federation
Rich IdP metadata and SP onboarding
Operations
Containerized deployment and admin workflows
UbuntuNet Access Hub platform illustration
What is included
  • Institution-scoped tenant IdPs with branding, contacts, and federation publication controls.
  • Service provider metadata import, approval, requested-attribute review, and release policy management.
  • Self-service account registration, invitations, password reset, and tenant-admin approval workflows.
  • eduroam authentication onboarding for supported backends, alongside federation and metadata automation.
Built with

Operational stack

Symfony, SimpleSAMLphp, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Docker-based deployment with generated per-tenant configuration.

Documentation

Rollout guidance

Deployment notes, federation practices, and operating procedures are intended to live on GitLab for institutional teams.

Platform posture

Made for repeatable institutional deployment

Launch the platform
Federation

Metadata publication, discovery support, and federation export.

Identity lifecycle

Invites, password reset, self-registration, and tenant approval workflows.

Attribute control

Tenant defaults and per-service-provider release decisions.

Operations

Structured errors, request IDs, and documented deployment paths.