Show SSO login button in the login page

Question

Hi there

I've successfully configured my instance of Canvas to login using a third party system as the IdP via SAML. When I visit /login/saml, everything works as expected. Now, how do I add a button to the default login page to "Log in with my third party system"?

mzimmerman · Accepted Answer

Hi @MarcusMansur ,

You can't really customize the default Canvas login page, aside from the branding options that are available through the Theme settings.

If you want the SSO to be the default login provider for your Canvas, the way to do that is to go to the Authentication Providers and edit the "Position" setting for your SSO auth provider to "1".  The authentication provider in position 1 (the top) is always the default authentication provider when users access your Canvas URL.

If you need to allow users the option to select between multiple authentication providers, the only way to do that is to have a separate web page that includes links to all of the different auth provider URLs, and point users to that page.