# External SSO provider login link

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-provider-login-link/48392>\
**Category:** SSO\
**Created:** [August 9, 2016, 11:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-provider-login-link/48392 "2016-08-09T11:30:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-provider-login-link/48392/2 "2016-08-09T22:27:48Z")

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This kind of transparent auth can be built, but its complicated cause you would have to write a custom auth provider and ship a plugin.

The simple alternative is to simply enable SSO and force everyone to login to the forum via the main site (a page you create)

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