Using DotNetNuke for Zendesk single sign-on

ZenDesk Integration

http://www.zendesk.com/
Zendesk is an online ticketing system designed to manage support tickets through a website interface. Zendesk is one of the more popular ticketing systems available as a software as a service.

We have included within the advanced login module the ability to login to Zendesk using your DotNetNuke user database. This makes it possible to manage all of your user support tickets for your DotNetNuke website within the Zendesk software as a service ticketing system, without having to have a separate database if users.

Configuration of this system is extremely easy. There are two settings required one is within the Zendesk interface, and naturally requires you to have signed up for services with Zendesk.

The other is within that advanced login module for DotNetNuke.

Some background

Zendesk allows you to configure a remake URL that is referenced logging in. There should be a URL on your website that has an instance of the advanced login module installed on the page. That instance of the module needs to be configured to work with Zendesk.

When a user clicks on the login button at Zendesk they are redirected to the URL mentioned above. They login to the DotNetNuke website with the normal advanced login interface of your choice. They will then be redirected back to the Zendesk helpdesk having been authenticated through your DotNetNuke user database.

Setup a page with the advanced login module installed. We recommend that you use the page that is the default login page the DotNetNuke. We have explained elsewhere in the manual how to configure this page with an admin only view of the normal all standard DotNetNuke login module, and included in instance of the advanced login module. You can then define in the administrator settings of your website to use this to find page as the login page for your website.

This does not prohibit you from using the advanced login module with more advanced modes like slide down or pop-up effect on other pages of your websites, but it does ensure that should anyone be directed to the normal login page DotNetNuke that they are presented with an instance of the advanced login module. This is the instance that will be used to configure the Zendesk settings.

Some of the great advantages of using DotNetNuke as your authentication provider for Zendesk, include the ability to integrate deeply your Zendesk ticketing system directly into your DotNetNuke website without having to cross over your user database.

Additional information is available from our website in the support page user manual.

http://www.interactivewebs.com/advancedlogin/DNNLoginModule.aspx