Initial preparations

Before you can start integrating with Signicat's implementation of MitID in production, be aware of the following prerequisites.

Access to MitID

Before you can create a production account, you need to configure MitID access with an onboarding manager. To get help with this, please contact us.

Initial setup in Dashboard

Once you have received the needed access to the MitID service, you can add a production account, connect a domain to the account and add MitID to the Dashboard.

Create a production account

To create the production account from the Signicat Dashboard:

1. Click the name of your organisation at the top left of the screen and then select Manage.
2. Under Organisation management, click Add Account.
3. Enter the name of your account under Account Name.
4. Tick the Production account type.
5. Click Create to create the new account.

Set up domain

When you have created a production account, you can add a domain to this account.

1. In the Signicat Dashboard, go to Account management > Domain management. If you are a member of multiple accounts, make sure you are in the correct account by checking the account name in the top left of the screen.
2. Click Add domain.
3. To add a standard (Signicat) domain, enter the name of your subdomain in the Domain name field.
4. Click Add domain to create the new domain.

For more setup options, see Add a domain in the Dashboard setup section.

Add MitID to the Dashboard

1. In the Dashboard, go to eID Hub > ID Methods.
2. To enable the ID method, click Add new in the top right.
3. Choose the ID method from the list. Then, click Save.
4. Now you can see the ID method listed and enabled with status "Active" in the ID methods list.

Add MitID to Dashboard

Select a protocol

To establish a connection between Signicat's MitID implementation and your application, you can select either the OpenID Connect protocol or the Signicat Authentication REST API.

Choice of protocol depends on what you prefer and what you want to achieve. The Authentication REST API gives you a lot of flexibility and is easy to set up. OIDC is industry standard and you do not need to manage user sessions on your own (like with the Authentication REST API).

For more information about the different protocol types, see the Signicat eID Hub documentation.

Next steps

Continue the integration with your chosen authentication protocol:

Integration with OIDC

See the general eID Hub documentation

Integration with Authentication REST API

Integrate with MitID using Signicat Authentication REST API