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This article presents common authentication and authorization flows for users in Kaltura's Video Portal (formerly MediaSpace).

Audience

This content is intended for:

• Kaltura partners
• Kaltura community members
• Customers managing authentication and authorization

Authentication and authorization flows overview

Kaltura supports several standard authentication and authorization methods, each suited to different needs.

Each section below includes a diagram that represents a generic flow between Kaltura and external systems. The diagrams illustrate logical interactions and are not tied to a specific configuration.

Single sign-on (SSO) gateway

Kaltura authentication and authorization

Generic LDAP authentication

Header-based authentication