Hi Leah

Please find my answers inline below

Am 12.09.14 14:51, schrieb Leah McGowan:
> Hello, 
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> I'm not sure if this is the forum for my rudimentary questions on CAS
> so, you'll have to forgive me!  I am a librarian (who doesn't come from
> a technical background) and I have been tasked with investigating the
> starting points for settings up CAS authentication. 
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> We have just invested in a new resource discovery platform called
> Enterprise (SirsiDynix) for the library and  we would like a seamless
> integration between the club's website

I guess you mean the member login at

http://www.royalautomobileclub.co.uk

right?

>  and our new discovery platform,
> so members won't have to sign-in twice.

is the login to your new discovery platform only available from the
member area?

>  SirsiDynix are only unable to
> provide us with information on setting-up a CAS server, which we've been
> told by one of their consultants would be required. 
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> Has anyone had experience with setting-up a server for CAS?

yes, we just recently setup CAS for Globus www.globus.ch, which is a
swiss retailer, currently using CAS for these
three websites

www.globus.ch
www.globuscard.ch
www.globus-pluscard.ch

>  Does the
> server need to be a stand-alone (separate) server or can we use an
> existing server (assuming space)?

Depending on your infrastructure both is possible, whereas CAS does not
need much space.
It's probably more a question of CPU and memory, but depending on what
else is running on the same server,
this should also be no problem.
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> We have approximately 17,000 user records in our library database - how
> should we determine the what size the server should be?

As Carl was pointing out it depends, but from our experience this nubmer
of records should be no problem.
Once a valid session has been established, CAS won't be accessed anymore
for this particular session, except when
a user might be doing a single-signout
>  
>
> Does setting-up a CAS server require any specific software and if so are
> these freely available and straightforward to configure?

I would recommend to use Apache Tomcat running the CAS webapp, which has
no licensing costs.
Installing Tomcat and the CAS webapp is straightforward, but the custom
configuration can take some time.
Depending on your identity management backend and your corresponding
authentication infrastructure, there
is probably some customization necessary as well.
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> Can someone recommend any specialist companies who specialise in CAS
> integration?  
I will send you an off-list response about our company

All the best

Michael
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> I hope someone can help or possibly point me in the direction of where I
> can find the answers...

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> Many thanks!
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> Kind Regards,
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> Leah
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> Leah McGowan
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