Session Provider Requirements and Selection

There are three different session providers available as grid extensions for production scenarios. The purpose of each session provider is to provide an authentication or validation mechanism for the grid.

Of the three session providers, only Windows Session Provider and SAML Session Provider are supported for the ION Grid installed through a Java program. For the ION Grid for LifeCycle Manager, all three session providers are supported.

To determine the most appropriate session provider to use, consider this information: