TedCarnahan

Host your own OpenID with phpMyID

A Tech article with View Comments posted 29 October 2008.
Tags: authentication, openid, phpmyid

Just got done setting up my own OpenID server using phpMyID. I followed these instructions by Steve Klabnik. Now I can sign on with one username and password across hundreds of sites – pretty cool!

One additional step for people with their own websites: Add <link rel="openid.server" href="http://server.for.your.openid/path" /> to your home page. Do the same for rel="openid.delegate". So now I can use http://www.tedcarnahan.com/ as my OpenID. Even better!

For mere mortals (hah!), you might actually already have an OpenID. This page will show you sites that host OpenIDs already and places where you can sign up for one for free.