CNL
Cnl is a unit of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research whose mission is to ensure the operation of the Software Group, at the administrative and organisational level as well as at the legal and economic level.
Verify users from CNL
CNL is a member of Fédération Éducation-Recherche, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with CNL by having them sign in with their CNL account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- France
- Federation
- Fédération Éducation-Recherche
Institution details
- Organization
- Cellule Nationale Logicielle du Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Espac
- Description
- Cnl is a unit of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research whose mission is to ensure the operation of the Software Group, at the administrative and organisational level as well as at the legal and economic level.
- Country
- France
- Website
- https://www.glesr.fr/
- SAML Entity ID
https://auth.glesr.fr/realms/cnl- Scopes
- cnlesr.fr
- Federation
- Fédération Éducation-Recherche
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- technical
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with CNL?
Yes. CNL participates in Fédération Éducation-Recherche, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their CNL account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does CNL support persistent identifiers?
No. CNL only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is CNL in?
CNL is located in France.
How do I verify students from CNL?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at CNL. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from CNL?
Start the demo and authenticate with CNL, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.