Identity v3 (Powered by Auth0) is Aspenware’s next-generation identity management product.
This feature is supported for Aspenware Cloud customers.
This feature is not supported for resorts using Siriusware.
Key Terms
Actions
Secure, tenant-specific, versioned functions written in Node.js that execute at certain points during the Auth0 runtime. Actions are used to customize and extend Auth0's capabilities with custom logic.
Applications
Software that relies on Auth0 for authentication and identity management. Auth0 supports single-page, regular web, native, and machine-to-machine applications.
Biometrics
Authentication process that allows the user to leverage FaceID or Fingerprint scanning.
Connection
Relationship between Auth0 and the sources of users for your applications. Examples include identity providers (such as Google or Active Directory), passwordless authentication methods, or user databases.
Custom Domain
Third-party domain with a specialized, or vanity, name. Also known as a CNAME.
Organizations
Auth0 product that allows B2B customers to categorize end-users and define specific roles, login experience, and access to resources.
Tenants
A logically-isolated group of users who share common access with specific privileges to a single software instance.
Identity v3 (Powered by Auth0)
Aspenware Identity v3 - Powered by Auth0 marks a significant leap forward in secure, reliable, and modern identity features for our valued customers. In addition to the basic login & sign-up features, this product includes customer matching logic that will help reduce duplicate customers and account for any merging of customers in RTP.
As part of Aspenware’s ongoing commitment to safety and efficiency when rolling out new products and features, we will closely monitor and evaluate data in Auth0 and in Google Analytics. This ensures smooth operations and a seamless experience for all stakeholders.
However, this is just the beginning. In 2024, we plan to make massive inroads at numerous other Auth0-supported features like Passwordless and Social Sign-in to reduce any friction at login or signup.
What is Auth0?
Auth0 is an identity access management (IAM) provider. An IAM solution is a gatekeeper to the resources you provide to customers as web applications, APIs, etc, adding layers of authentication to secure your users’ digital identities and your product. The Auth0 identity platform supports regular web, mobile, or machine-to-machine apps.
The Identity v3 (Powered by Auth0) identity platform allows Aspenware to customize login services to fit your business, technology, and customer base.
Why Auth0?
Best in-class identity access management platform
Secure platform
Ability to easily extend into SSO, social, biometrics, MFA, and passwordless which has been proven to increase conversion rates
Quick onboarding experience for customers.
Product Features
Sign in & Create Account
Your guests can utilize a standard login & create account flow using an email and password. The guest will be required to remember these credentials every season unless they decide to switch to other methods such as passwordless, which will be available in an upcoming release.
Customer Matching
Guests that sign in create a user account. The user account is mapped to a customer in the point of sale (POS). It's vital to limit duplicate customer creation in the POS when possible. For that reason, Aspenware created a customer matching feature. When a guest creates a new user account, they will be prompted to complete their profile, which creates a customer record in the POS. When the provided information matches an existing customer in the POS, we send them through a matching process in order to prevent creation of a duplicate customer. Aspenware will endeavor to prevent a duplicate and will attempt to match with the following information (must match to all):
Email (In RTP, this is an email profile)
First
Last
If the customer matched to only one (1) customer in the POS, Aspenware will send an email to the customer for them to verify that they are the owner of that email. Once verified, the customer will then be matched. The new Auth0 user account will be associated to the customer record found in the POS, and they can then sign in and purchase products on the resort commerce site.
If the customer matched to multiple customers in point of sale, the guest is presented with the resort’s phone number so they can call for help. At this point, Aspenware systems don’t know which customer to match to and will leave it up to the call center to make the determination with the customer.
The resort maintains responsibility over what to do when a guest matches to multiple customers. In order to address this issue, when the resort receives the call from the customer, one option is to merge those customers in the POS and then direct the guest to enter the credentials they previously created when attempting to create an account the first time. From there, the guest will receive the ‘account already exists’ message and be required to verify their email before logging in successfully.
Email Verification
Anytime verification is required (e.g. account linking or customer matching), the customer will receive an email with a code so they can verify as a second ‘factor.' The email will look something similar to the example below.
SMTP
Email verifications will be sent from Auth0 using an SMTP provider.
Supported SMTP Providers: Sendgrid (Recommended), Mailgun, Mandrill, Amazon SES, Microsoft 365, Sparkpost, and Azure.
It is strongly recommended that the resort utilize an SMTP provider and have a dedicated IP address for transactional emails. This will significantly increase the likelihood of guests receiving emails for any verification needs.
Merged Customers
Some point of sales, like RTP|One have the concept of merging customers. Whenever customers are merged in the point of sale (i.e. RTP|One), Aspenware’s platform will associate the user to the merged customer record. If two customers are merged in the point of sale that have different user accounts in Auth0 (i.e. a different authentication profile in RTP|One), the user is associated with the customer record containing their credentials.
Guest Checkout
Guest checkout is supported out of the box with Identity v3 (Powered by Auth0). When a customer is purchasing a product that doesn’t require authentication, they will be presented with the option to log in if the email has been recognized as a previous account. If selected, they will be routed to the Identity v3 (Powered by Auth0) login screen to authenticate.
Pass Media Account Lookup (Forgot Email)
Some guests may have forgotten which email they used to sign up. If this feature is enabled, resorts can allow guests to look up their email by inputting their pass number. Aspenware will configure Auth0 to enable this function so that once the user selects ‘Lookup email by pass number,' they will be directed to another page to input their pass number, as shown below.
Create Account with Pass
Though supported in Identity v2, creating an account with a pass in Identity v3 is much more intuitive and obvious. The benefit of signing up with a pass is that the guest will be able to potentially link new purchases to their existing pass.
First, the guest will input their pass number and Aspenware will first check to determine if an account exists already for the guest, and then a second check will occur if the guest has an email profile so we can verify their ownership of the pass itself.
If no existing account exists and there is an email profile on their customer profile in RTP|One, Aspenware will send an email to verify the guest's identity by sending an email ‘invite.' The guest will verify their account by accepting the invite and add a password to their account. From there, they only have to add their customer profile information and they’re done signing up.
If the guest already has an account, they will be redirected to sign-in if it’s been determined that an email exists in the auth profile in RTP|One for that pass.
If the guest enters a valid pass number but the customer associated with the pass doesn’t have an email, they cannot verify they own the pass and hence, Aspenware will prevent them from signing up with that pass. This is to prevent individuals who may have picked up this pass off the ground or through other means to create an account with someone else's pass. These individuals will be asked to call the resort for assistance.
Bot Detection
Bot detection and preventing brute force attacks is out-of-the-box functionality that Aspenware will enable for partner resorts. For any suspicious IP addresses, Auth0 will present a ‘challenge' to the user to check a box that they are indeed human.
Single Sign-On
Single Sign-On
Single Sign-On, or SSO is enabled with Aspenware. In the instance of a Resort Group with multiple resorts, a single guest can create credentials at one resort and use those same credentials across all related resorts, as long as the tenant is setup to do so.
Multi-Store SSO
Identity v3 will allow resort groups that utilize a shared Commerce instance to host multiple stores. This applies to various configurations:
Themes are applied per store
GTM IDs are applied per store
Logins are applied per store
Rewards
The rewards module in RTP|One is connected to Aspenware Identity v3. If a resort wants to enable a rewards program and enroll guests, an enrollment checkbox will appear on the create customer profile screen. This will then communicate directly with RTP and create an enrollment status of ‘true’ in the module. Please note that the resort must setup their own Rewards module in RTP before Aspenware would enable this feature on the sign-up flow.
Google Analytics
We have added Google Analytics tracking to Identity v3. For more information on the specific additions to the data layer, see
Monitoring & Alerting
Aspenware has set up performance monitoring through Application Insights. Internal teams at Aspenware will be alerted if there are any performance degradations (e.g. 10 sign-in failures within 5 minutes). Aspenware will assess performance on a regular basis to determine trends and consult with Auth0 to determine continual improvements in the system to ensure the delivery of optimal performance for resort partners.
How will we alert the resort?
Aspenware will notify the resort if there are any significant performance issues affecting Identity v3.
During office hours
Service representative to notify resort after being notified via Slack.
After office hours
On-call representative will notify resort after being notified via Slack.
3rd Party Applications
All existing (and new) 3rd party applications from Identity v2 are may be added to Identity v3. See the Identify v3 (Powered by Auth0) Configuration Guide for details about setup of this feature.
Aspenware will provide documentation and consultation if/when resorts wish to migrate their applications to using Identity v3 (Powered by Auth0). Please contact your Aspenware Service Agent for more information.
Theming
Aspenware will theme the resort Auth0 pages based on the criteria submitted via Theme Designer. If the resort is a current Aspenware customer, most of the information can be utilized from Identity v2, but some new information will be required.
Theming the Auth0 pages will be part of the resort implementation process. All requests will go through the Aspenware Team and they will be responsible for setting up the initial theme on the resort Identity v3 pages once the tenant is setup.
Other Considerations
Currently, the following functions are not supported with Identity v3 (Powered by Auth0):
Usernames
Siriusware Integration
Have Questions?
Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page or contact your Aspenware Service Agent.