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Typo3 SAML Single Sign-On using Azure AD | Azure Active Directory SSO | Login using Azure AD

Azure AD (Azure Active Directory) Single Sign-On (SSO) login for TYPO3 [SAML] can be achieved by using our Typo3 SAML SP Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin. Typo3 will be configurd as a SAML 2.0 compliant Service Provider as a result of our SSO solution, which will build trust between the Typo3 site and Azure AD in order to securely authenticate and login users to the Typo3 site. Our Typo3 Single Sign-On (SSO) solution helps to secure Typo3 sites behind the SSO login so that users are authenticated using their Azure AD / Azure B2C / Office 365 / Microsoft 365 login credentials. Seamless support for advanced SSO features like Attribute / Custom Mapping, Role Mapping etc.

Here we will go through a guide to configure SAML Single Sign-On SSO login between Typo3 site and Azure AD by considering Azure AD as IdP (Identity Provider) and Typo3 as SP (Service Provider). Our Typo3 SAML extension SSO provides Unlimited user authentications from Azure AD. To know more about other features we provide in you Typo3 SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) extension, you can click here.

Pre-requisites : Download And Installation

Installing SAML extension in TYPO3

Using Composer
Manual Installation

Use the below command to install the extension using composer:
composer req miniorange/miniorange-saml
Now search for the "miniOrange SAML" in Installed extensions section and activate the extension by clicking on activate button.

After installation, click on the newly installed extension "miniOrange SAML SP extension" for TYPO3 SSO and login with your registered miniOrange credentials.

Typo3 miniorange OpenIDCconnect settings

After entering username and password you will require license key to proceed further if you are a premium customer. (You will get this key from the miniOrange team. After entering license key, you can activate the license and proceed further.)

If you are not a premium customer you can direcly login submitting miniOrange credentials.
After successful login, you can see the details related to your account.

Now you are ready to configure your IdP. But, it's important to integrate frontend first.

Download the zip file of the SAML SP extension from TYPO3 marketplace
Go to your TYPO3 backend, and click on Extensions section at the left side of your screen.
Upload the zip file,as represented in the below image.

Typo3 SAML SSO setup guide upload plugin

Now search for the "miniOrange SAML" in Installed extensions section and activate the extension by clicking on activate button.

After installation, click on the newly installed extension "miniOrange SAML SP extension" for TYPO3 SSO and login with your registered miniOrange credentials.

After entering username and password you will require license key to proceed further if you are a premium customer. (You will get this key from the miniOrange team. After entering license key, you can activate the license and proceed further.)

If you are not a premium customer you can direcly login submitting miniOrange credentials.
After successful login, you can see the details related to your account.

Now you are ready to configure your IdP. But, it's important to integrate frontend first.

Integrate extension with TYPO3

Click on the Pages from the left navigation.
Then you need to create a folder to store the frontend users in it by right clicking on the Home page and select New subpage.

Select Folder type from the dropdown. Name the folder as Website Users.

Go to the Behaviour tab and add Website Users (fe_users) and click on Save.

If you see a hyphen sign in red on the created folder, it means that the folder is not enabled. You can then enable it by right clicking on that folder and clicking Enable.
You need to add two STANDARD pages within the HOME page. If you are using Premium Plugin you can create three pages.
Here we will consider Page Names as: FESAML, RESPONSE, LOGOUT (Logout is optional for premium customers).
To create a FESAML page, right click on Home page then select New subpage and select STANDARD type from dropdown.

Add Page Title as FESAML and click Save.

Then again Click on FESAML Page and click on Add content. Go to plugins and add FESAML Plugin and click on the Save.

Navigate to plugin tab and select FESAML plugin. Add website users in Record Storage Page and save the settings.

You can enable the FESAML page by right clicking and selecting Enable option.

If you need to make changes in URL segment, which will also be your initial SSO URL, right click on FESAML page, select edit and click on "toggle URL" button to set URL according to your way.
Follow the same steps to create and configure Standard pages of Response.
Ensure you will be selecting Response Plugin for Response page.
Keep the FESAML and RESPONSE page urls handy as you will need them while configuring the SAML SP.

Steps to configure Azure AD SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into Typo3

1. Setup Azure AD as IdP (Identity Provider)

Follow the steps below to configure Azure AD as IdP for Typo3

Configure Azure AD as IdP

Azure AD setup through Enterprise Applications
Azure AD setup through App Registrations

Select Azure Active Directory.

Azure AD Typo3 SAML SSO - Azure Single Sign-On(SSO) Login in Typo3 select azure active directory

Navigate to Enterprise Application.

enterprise application Typo3 SAML single sign on azure AD

Click on New Application button.

Azure AD Typo3 SAML SSO New Application Azure Login

Click on Create your own Application.

Azure Single Sign-On(SSO) Login in Typo3 own application

Enter your app's name, then go to the Non-gallery application section and click the Create button.

Typo3 SAML Azure AD SSO Add Non-Gallery Application

Click on Setup Single sign-on tab.

Azure Active Directory Typo3 SAML SSO Single Sign-On(SSO) setup SSO

Select the SAML tab.

After clicking Edit, from the Service Provider Metadata tab of the plugin, enter the SP Entity ID for Identifier and the ACS URL for Reply URL.

Azure Single Sign-On(SSO) Login in Typo3 Select SAML authentication SSO

Azure Typo3 Single Sign-On(SSO) Select SAML authentication SSO

The following Attributes will be sent by default in the SAML response. Under the Attributes tab, you may view or update the claims sent in the SAML response to the application.

Azure AD Typo3 SAML Login Configure SAML

To get the Endpoints you'll need to configure your Service Provider, copy the App Federation Metadata Url.

Azure AD Typo3 SAML SSO - Azure Single Sign-On(SSO) Setup SAML 2.0

Assign users and groups to your SAML application

To add a user or group, go to the Users and Groups tab and select Add user/group.

Typo3 Sign in using Azure AD assign groups and users

To assign the required user, go to Users and then go to Select.

In the Select Role section, you may also designate a role to your application.
You've successfully set up Azure AD as a SAML IdP (Identity Provider) to enable Azure AD SSO on your Typo3 site.

2. Configure Typo3 as SP (Service Provider)

In Typo3 SSO extension, go to the SP settings tab and enter Fesaml Plugin Page URL, Response Page URL, ACS URL, Entity ID and all other required details.

Typo3 SAML SSO Single Sign-On(SSO) SP settings

Now, go to the IdP settings tab of the extension. There are two ways to configure the Typo3 SSO extension.

A. By uploading IDP metadata:

Enter the Identity Provider Name
Click on Upload IDP metadata button.
You can either upload a metadata file and click on Upload button or use a metadata URL to fetch the metadata.

Typo3 SAML Single Sign-On(SSO) upload metadata

B. Manual Configuration:

Copy SAML Entity ID, SAML Single-Sign-On Endpoint URL and x.509 certificate from Federation Metadata document and paste it in IdP Entity ID or Issuer, Single Sign-on Service URL, x.509 Certificate fields respectively in the extension.

IdP Entity ID or Issuer	SAML Entity ID obtained from the IdP
Single Sign-On Service URL	SAML Single-Sign-On Endpoint URL obtained from the IdP
X.509 Certificate	x.509 Certificate obtained from the IdP

Click on Save button to save all your settings.

Typo3 SAML SSO Single Sign-On(SSO) Login in Typo3 Save IdP settings

To check if your Typo3 as SP is configured correctly, click the Test Configuration button.

Test configuration for typo3 saml SSO extension

3. Attribute / Custom Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.

Attributes are user details that are stored in your Identity Provider.
Attribute Mapping helps you to get user attributes from your Identity Provider (IdP) and map them to Typo3 user attributes like firstname, lastname and so on.
While auto registering the users in your Typo3 site these attributes will automatically get mapped to your Typo3 user details.
Only NameID can be mapped to Typo3 Email and Username characteristics with the free extension. Multiple user attributes from the IdP, on the other hand, can be mapped to Typo3 attributes in the premium version of the extension. You can map custom attributes that you've added to your IdP in addition to the default attributes.
When a user performs SSO, the NameID value sent by the IdP will get mapped to the email and the username of the Typo3 user.

Login in typo3 attribute mapping typo3 SAML SSO

You can check the Test Configuration Results under Service Provider Setup tab to get a better idea of which values to map here.

4. Group Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.

You can specify a default Group in the free extension that will be allocated to all non-admin users when they conduct SSO.
Go to Group mapping tab and navigate to Group Mapping section.
Select the Default Group and click on the Save button.

Typo3 SAML SSO Single Sign-On(SSO) Login in Typo3 - Group mapping

In this Guide, you have successfully configured Azure AD SAML Single Sign-On (Azure AD SSO Login) choosing Azure AD as IdP and Typo3 as SP using Typo3 SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) extension .This solution ensures that you are ready to roll out secure access to your Typo3 site using Azure AD login credentials within minutes.

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