Installing the Auth Tools package

Why install the Auth Tools package?

To utilize SAML or OIDC authentication, ensure your Validate server is version 2024.2 or later. Additionally, install version 24.2 or newer of kwauth from one of the following packages:

• The Auth Tools package
• The kwbuildtools package
• The kw-cmd-installer, found in the kw-desktop-tools package

If you are using SAML or OIDC and wish to continue using version 24.1 or earlier of your desktop or build tools (excluding kwauth), you can install the latest version of kwauth as standalone software from the Auth Tools package.

When is the Auth Tools package required?

If the Validate server is configured to use either SAML or OIDC, you must install kwauth from the Auth Tools package under any of the following conditions:

• You are a desktop user with the Visual Studio extension installed, and you are using only the classic engine for analysis.
• You are a desktop user with the Visual Studio extension installed, and you are using a version of the modern engine for analysis that is supported by version 24.1 or earlier of the command line tools.
• You are running a build process through version 24.1 or earlier of the kwbuildtools package.
• You are using version 24.1 or earlier of the command line tools package, or a plug-in that comes with it.
• You are using a plug-in that allows you to specify a version of the command line tools to support analysis, and you specified version 24.1 or earlier.