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Configure ADFS as SAML Identity Provider (IDP) for SSO

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ADFS Single Sign-On (SSO) integration by miniOrange allows users to login into multiple applications using an existing username and password of an ADFS account. Here ADFS will act as an SAML Identity Provider (IDP) and your applications will act as a Service Provider (SP). miniOrange acts as a broker to communicate with IDP and SP and provide secure login access to users.
Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) handles the responsibility of authenticating users within the application, making it easier for admins to integrate SSO into their applications. Overall this eliminates the need to manage different identities as all information is stored in a unified location - ADFS. Once ADFS SSO is configured, you will be able to :

• SSO login to your Cloud, On-Premise, and in-house apps using ADFS credentials
• Cross Protocol Authentication (Connect app supporting any protocols (SAML/OAuth/JWT) to ADFS)
• Attribute Mapping
• Bidirectional Sync

1. Configure ADFS as SP in ADFS

Mentioned below are steps to configure ADFS as IDP via SAML and OAuth configuration. Follow the steps accordingly based on your requirement (SAML or OAuth).

• SAML
• OAuth

• On ADFS, search for ADFS Management application.



• After opening the ADFS Management, select Relying Party Trust & then click on Add Relying Party Trust.



• Select Claims aware from the Relying Party Trust Wizard and click on Start button.



• Get the miniOrange SP metadata that you will require in the next step. For this, go to the miniOrange Admin Console >> Identity Provider >> Add Identity provider >> SAML Tab. Then click on the Click here link.

Select Data Source

• In Select Data Source, select the data source for adding a relying party trust.

• Metadata URL
• Metadata XML file
• Manual Configuration

• Select Import data about the relying party published online or on the local network option & then add URL in the Federation metadata address box that you get in the previous step from miniOrange metadata section (Metadata URL).
• Click Next.

• Select Import data about the relying party from a fileoption & then browse the metadata file.



• Upload the Metadata certificate that you get from the miniOrange SP Metadata Section in the previous step & then click on Next.

• In Enter Data about the relying party manually which you get from the miniOrange metadata section in the previous step & Click on Next.




• Select Enable support for the SAML 2.0 WebSSO protocol & enter ACS URL that you get from the miniOrange metadata section. Click Next.



• Enter Entity ID from the miniOrange metadata section in the Relying party trust identifier field, then click Add button & then click Next.



• Copy and paste the X.509 certificate from the miniOrange metadata section in the Relying party trust identifiers field and click Next.

Choose Access Control Policy

• Select Permit everyone as an Access Control Policy and click on Next.




Ready to Add Trust

• In Ready to Add Trust, click on Next and then Close.




Edit Claim Issuance Policy

• In the list of Relying Party Trust, select the application you created and click on Edit Claim Issuance Policy.



• In Issuance Transform Rule tab, click on Add Rule >> OK button.




Choose Rule Type

• Select Send LDAP Attributes as Claims and click on Next.




Configure Claim Rule

• Enter the following details & click on Finish.

Claim rule name:	Attributes
Attribute Store:	Active Directory
LDAP Attribute:	E-Mail-Addresses
Outgoing Claim Type:	Name ID




• You have successfully configured ADFS as SAML IDP (Identity Provider) for achieving ADFS Single Sign-On (SSO) Login by exchanging the metadata between ADFS and miniOrange by creating a Relying party trust with miniOrange.

Follow the steps to configure ADFS as IdP by OAuth configuration.

• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Provider. Select Oauth





• Enter the following values.

IdP Name	Custom Provider
IdP Display Name	Choose appropriate Name
OAuth Authorize Endpoint	https://{Domain URL}/adfs/oauth2/authorize
OAuth Access Token Endpoint	https://{Domain URL}/adfs/oauth2/token
OAuth Get User Info Endpoint (optional)	https://{Domain URL}/adfs/oauth2/userinfo
Client ID	From step 2
Client secret	From step 2
Scope	auto

2. Configure ADFS as IDP in miniOrange

• SAML
• OAuth

• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Provider
• Click on Add Identity Provider button.



• Select SAML.
• Get the ADFS Federation Metadata by using this URL:
  https://< ADFS_Server_Name >/federationmetadata/2007-06/federationmetadata.xml.



• Click on Import IDP metadata.



• Choose appropriate IDP name. Select IDP Metadata as File. Then browse for the file you downloaded in the previous step.
• Click on Import.



• As shown in the below screen the IDP Entity ID, SAML SSO Login URL, Single Logout URL and x.509 Certificate will be filled from the Metadata file we just imported.

Domain Mapping	Can be used to redirect specific domain user to specific IDP
Show IdP to Users	Enable this if you want to show this IDP to all users during Login
Send Configured Attributes	Enabling this would allow you to add attributes to be sent from IDP

• Click on Save.

Test Connection

• Go to Identity Providers tab.
• Click on Select>>Test Connection option against the Identity Provider you configured.



• On entering valid ADFS credentials you will see a pop-up window which is shown in the below screen.



• Hence your configuration of ADFS as IDP in miniOrange is successfully completed.

• To perform SSO with ADFS as Identity Provider, your application must be https enabled.
• Navigate to Server Manager Dashboard >Tools > ADFS Management.




• Navigate to ADFS > Application Groups. Right click on Application Groups & click on Add Application group then enter Application Name. Select Server Application & click on Next.




• Copy Client Identifier. This is your Client ID. Add Callback URL in Redirect URL. Click on Next.




• Click on Generate shared secret. Copy the Secret value. This is your Client Secret. Click on Next.




• On the Summary screen, click Next. On the Complete screen, click Close.
• Now, right-click on the newly added Application Group and select Properties.
• Click on Add application from App Properties.
• Click on the Add application. Then select Web API and click Next.




• On the Configure Web API screen, enter the domain name address into the Identifier section. Click Add. Click Next.




• On the Choose Access Control Policy screen, select Permit everyone and click Next.




• On the Configure Application Permission, by default openid is selected as a scope. You can select email and, profile as well, then click on Next.



• On the Summary screen, click Next. On the Complete screen, click Close.
• On the Sample Application Properties click OK.

3. Configure Your application in miniOrange

• Login to miniOrange Admin Console.
• Go to Apps >> Add Application.

• SAML Application
• OAuth Application
• JWT Application

• Click on Create App under SAML.



• Search for your Application. In case you do not find your app, search for Custom SAML App.





• Get the ACS URL and SP Entity ID from your application.
• Enter the following values OR click on Import SP Metadata:

Service Provider Name	Choose appropriate name according to your choice
SP Entity ID or Issuer	Your Application Entity ID
ACS URL X.509 Certificate (optional)	Your Application Assertion Consumer Service URL
NameID format	Select urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress
Response Signed	Unchecked
Assertion Signed	Checked
Encrypted Assertion	Unchecked
Group policy	Default
Login Method	Password

• Click on Save to configure your application.
• Now to get the IDP metadata of the app configured, Go to apps >> your_app >> select >> metadata tab.



• Click on the Show Metadata details in the Information required to Authenticate via External IDPs section. Download the metadata XML file by clicking on Download Metadata button or copy the Metadata URL link.



• You need to Upload this metadata in your application.

• Click on Create App under OAuth/OIDC. Click on Open ID Connect App .



• You can add any OAuth Client app here to enable miniOrange as OAuth Server. Few popular OAuth client apps for single sign-on are Salesforce, WordPress, Joomla, Atlassian, etc.





• Enter following Values:

Client Name	Add appropriate Name
Redirect URL	Get the Redirect-URL from your OAuth Client
Description	Add if required
Group Name	Default
Policy Name	As per your Choice
Login Method	Password

• Click on Save
• Now to provide the required data to OAuth client go to the app configured i.e apps >> your_app >> select >> edit.






Note: Choose the Authorization Endpoint according to the identity source you configure.

• When you want to use you want to use miniOrange as OAuth identity server use this endpoint: https://{mycompany.domainname.com}/moas/idp/openidsso
• If you are configuring any Identity Provider in Identity Providers Menu and not using miniOrange as IDP use this endpoint: https://{mycompany.domainname.com}/broker/login/oauth{customerid}

• Click on Create App under JWT.



• Select JWT App.



• Configure the name for your application and configure Redirect-URL which tells where to send JWT response. Redirect-URL should be an endpoint on your application where you want to achieve SSO.




In case you are setting up SSO with Mobile Applications where you can't create an endpoint for Redirect or Callback URL, use below URL.

https://login.xecurify.com/moas/jwt/mobile


• Click Save
• To get the SSO link for your application, Go to Apps >> your_app >> select >> Edit.



• Then, copy the Single Sign On Url and verify SSO setup by browsing that url.



• On successful authentication, you will be redirected to configured Redirect or Callback URL with JWT token
• You will need to download a certificate from App > Manage Apps, and click Certificate link against your configured application. This certificate will be used for signature validation of JWT response.

4. Setup Multiple IDPs (Optional)

• You can configure multiple IDPs (Identity Providers) and give users the option to select the IDP of their choice to authenticate with.
  For Example - It could be multiple AD domains belonging to different departments or multiple okta organizations.

Few usecases where customers configure multiple IDPs -


• Suppose you have a product which many of your clients use and each client has their own unique IDP so you want them to SSO into your product as well using their existing IDP only. miniOrange provides a centralized way to connect with all IDPs in a very easy manner and integrate SSO into your application.
• Suppose you are providing a course to many universities, each having a unique SAML, OAuth protocol supported IDP's like Shibboleth, ADFS, CAS, etc. You can provide Single Sign-On (SSO) into your course application to all these universities by integrating with all of them using a single platform provided by miniOrange.
• This is the endpoint to call from your SAML application -

For Cloud IDP -	https://login.xecurify.com/moas/discovery?customerId=<customer_id>
For On-Premise IDP -	https://yourdomain.com/discovery?customerId=<customer_id>



• You should copy the Customer Key from admin console-> Settings -> and replace it with <customer_id> here. Once configured in SP, when you initiate the login from Service Provider, a user will be redirected to IDP Selection Page listing all IDPs configured for that account.

You can see the screenshot below of the IDP Selection Page with a list of IDPs.




Note: To view the IDP in drop-down list, go to Identity Providers tab > against your configured IDP > Select >Edit , here Enable the Show IdP to Users option.




• You can also change the look and feel of this page. Login to miniOrange Admin console. Navigate to Customization -> Branding Configuration. See the below screenshot for reference-




• You can customize the title of this page.
• Change the logo and favicon for this page.
• Change the background and button color for this page from admin UI.

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