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Azure AD SAML Single Sign On (SSO) for Apps | Azure AD IDP

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Azure AD SSO login [SAML SSO] can be achieved by using the miniOrange Brokering Solution. This Brokering Azure AD SSO solution allows users to login into multiple applications using an existing username and password of Azure AD IDP.
Here Azure AD will act as an 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. Azure AD 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 - Azure AD.
Once Azure AD SSO is configured, you will be able to get most of advanced SSO features:

• SSO login to your Cloud, On-Premise, and in-house apps (PHP, .Net, React) using Azure AD credentials
• Attribute & Group Mapping
• Synchronizing application user’s details with Azure AD
• Azure AD Multi-Tenancy SSO login support
• Populate Employee information from Azure AD to your Application
• Intranet SSO / Internet SSO, etc.

1. Configure miniOrange as SP in Azure AD

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

• SAML
• OAuth

• Go to miniOrange Admin console and navigate to Identity Providers in the left navigation menu. Then, click on Add Identity Provider button.



• Now click on the Click here link to get miniOrange metadata as shown in Screen below.



• For SP - Initiated SSO section Select Show Metadata Details.



• Click on Download Metadata.



• Now Log in to Azure AD Portal
• Select Azure Active Directory (AAD).




• Select Enterprise Application.




• Click on New Application.




• Click on Create your own Application under Browse Azure AD Gallery.




• Enter the name for your app, then select Non-gallery application section and click on Create button.




• Click on Setup Single Sign-On .




• Select the SAML  tab.




• Upload the downloaded metadata file to get the Entity ID, ACS URL, and the Single Logout URL from miniOrange



• By default, the following Attributes will be sent in the SAML response. You can view or edit the claims sent in the SAML response to the application under the Attributes tab.




• Copy the App Federation Metadata Url or Download the Federation Metadata XML file to get the Endpoints required for configuring your Service Provider.




• Assign users and groups to your SAML application.
• As a security control, Azure AD will not issue a token allowing a user to sign in to the application unless Azure AD has granted access to the user. Users may be granted access directly, or through group membership.
• Navigate to Users and groups tab and click on Add user/group.



• Click on Users to assign the required user and then click on select.



• You can also assign a role to your application under Select Role section. Finally, click on Assign button to assign that user or group to the SAML application.

• Log in to Azure AD Portal
• Select Azure Active Directory (AAD).




• In the left-hand navigation pane, click the App registrations service, and click New registration.




• When the Create page appears, enter your application's registration information.


• When finished, click Register.




• Azure AD assigns a unique Application ID to your application. The Application ID is your Client ID and the Directory ID is your Tenant ID, keep these values handy as you will need them to configure the service provider.




• Go to Certificates and Secrets from the left navigation panel and click on New Client Secret. Enter description and expiration time and click on ADD option.




• Copy the secret key "value" and keep the value handy it will be required later to configure Client Secret under the miniOrange Service Provider.

2. Configure Azure AD 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. Click on Import IDP metadata.



• Choose an appropriate IDP name. Enter the URL which you have saved in the previous step from AzureAD.
• Click on Import.



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



• Click Save

Test Connection

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





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



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

Follow the steps to configure Azure AD 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://{your-base-url}/as/authorization.oauth2
OAuth Access Token Endpoint	https://{your-base-url}/as/token.oauth2
OAuth Get User Info Endpoint (optional)	https://{your-base-url}/idp/userinfo.oauth2
Client ID	From step 1
Client secret	From step 1
Scope	auto

3. Configure your app 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.

Additional Resources

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