Mediasite SSO Login with WordPress (IDP) | Mediasite SAML SSO

Overview

Our WordPress Single Sign-On (SSO) Plugin for Mediasite achieves secure SAML SSO login into Mediasite using your WordPress credentials. Follow this setup guide to configure Mediasite as a SAML Service Provider (SP) and WordPress as your Identity Provider (IDP) for seamless Mediasite WordPress SSO Login.

Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

To integrate the WordPress site as an Identity Provider, you will need to install the miniOrange Login using WordPress Users ( WP as SAML IDP ) plugin:

Configuration Steps

Step 1. Setup Mediasite as SP (Service Provider)

• Go to the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the IDP Metadata tab.
• Here, you can find the Identity Provider Metadata URL /XML Metadata or endpoints like IDP Entity ID, SAML Login URL, SAML Logout URL (Premium Feature), Certificate for SP configuration.

• In a new browser window, login to your Mediasite Managment Portal as Admin.
• Click on SAML 2.0 Configuration under that enter required endpoints from the IDP Metadata tab of plugin.

Entity ID	Copy and paste IDP Entity ID/Issuer
Use the NameID in Assertion Subject as the UserID	checked
Role Attribute Names	Roles
Role Attribute Name Format	This field should be left blank.
Automatically create User Profiles on Login to My Mediasite or Managment Portal	Checked
Display Name Attribute Name	display Name
Role Attribute Name Format	This field should be left blank.
Email Address Attribute Name	email.
Email Address Attribute Name Format	This field should be left blank.
Cache Duration	Keep default value.

• Enter the required endpoints in Service Provider Message Signing as suggested below.

Certificate Source	Mediasite Self-Signed Certificate
Signing/Encryption Key Length	2048
Message Signing Hash	SHA-256
Current Expiration Date	This is automatically generated from the expiration duration setting.
Expiration Duration	The time in years and days that the SP metadata will be valid.

• Save the Configuration page, so that the Current Expiration Date is popluated.
• Under the Identity Provider Settings enter the values as suggested below.

Entity ID	Copy and paste IDP Entity ID/Issuer from the IDP plugin.
Metadata URL	Copy and paste Metadata URL from the IDP plugin.
Display Name	WordPress
Automatically redirect to provider during login	Checked

• Click on Save.

You have successfully configured Mediasite as Service Provider.

Step 2. Configure WordPress (WP) as IdP (Identity Provider)

• In the WordPress IDP plugin, navigate to the Service Provider tab and enter the values corresponding to the information from Mediasite.
  

Service Provider Name	Mediasite
SP Entity ID or Issuer	Copy and paste the Audience from Mediasite.
ACS URL	Copy and paste the ACS (Consumer) URL from Mediasite.
NameID Format	urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress
Response Signed	Checked

• Click on the Save button to save your configuration.

Step 3. Testing SSO

• In an incognito window, browse to the Mediasite Management Portal.
• You will be redirected to your WordPress login page. Enter your user credentials.
• On successful authentication, you will be logged in to the Mediasite Management Portal.

In this Guide, you have successfully integrated Mediasite - SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) with plugin- Login using WordPress Users (WP as SAML IDP). Configuring Mediasite as SP and WordPress as IDP. This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure Single Sign-On (SSO) access with SAML 2.0 Authentication into Mediasite using WordPress login credentials.

Related Articles

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)?
• What is SAML?
• What is Mediasite?
• Login into WordPress
• Additional SAML IDP guides
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)