Social Media for Captive Portal

Related documentation See the FortiNAC Captive Portal Azure AD Authentication guide.

How it works:

FortiNAC is able to use various social media sites for authenticating users via the captive portal.

Currently supported sites:

Facebook

Google

LinkedIn

Outlook

Azure AD

Twitter

Yahoo

Using the social media site's developer account, an app can be created that will provide an “App ID” or “Client ID” and a “Secret”. These values are then entered in the Portal > Portal Configuration > Global > Settings.

One of the pages in the captive portal is then configured for Social Networking authentication. When a user selects the link for Social Networking in the captive portal, the Social Media Networks are displayed for them to choose. Once the user properly authenticates with their Social Media Account, normal processing of the captive portal occurs.

General Steps:

1. Log into the developers site of the social media network you wish to configure. Create and set up an app for the site and save the Client ID and Client Secret. Use https://fortinac02.classicnetworking.net/registration/CustomLogin.jsp as the authorized redirect URL.
2. In FortiNAC, navigate to Portal > Portal Configuration > Global > Settings. Change either Standard, Custom, or Game Login type to Social.
3. Check the box for the Social Media Network Auth to enable its configuration. Input the Client ID and Client Secret.
4. Click Apply.
5. Navigate to Portal > Portal Configuration > Registration > Login Menu
6. Edit the Login Type that was chosen with the desired text
7. Click Apply to save
8. Navigate to Portal > Portal Configuration > Registration > (Login Type) Login
9. Edit the text as desired
10. Click Apply to save.