TYPO3 G Suite / Google Apps SSO Login | Single Sign-On (SSO) with G Suite SAML IdP
Google Apps / G Suite SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) login for TYPO3 can be achieved by using our Typo3 SAML SP Single Sign-On (SSO) extension. 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 Google Apps SAML 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 Google Apps 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 Google Apps SAML by considering Google Apps / G Suite SAML as IdP (Identity Provider) and Typo3 as SP (Service Provider). Our Typo3 SAML extension SSO provides Unlimited user authentications from Google Apps / G Suite. 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Google Apps SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into Typo3
1. Setup G Suite / Google Apps as IdP (Identity Provider)
Follow the steps below to configure Google Apps SAML as IdP for Typo3
Configure Google Apps SAML as IdP
- Go to https://admin.google.com and login with your G Suite administrator account.
- Navigate to the Apps tab in the left menu and click on Web and mobile apps.
Add a SAML App
- Click on the Add App button, then in the dropdown select Add Custom SAML app tab to create a new saml app.
- Enter details for your custom SAML app and click on Continue button.
IDP Information
- Click on Download Metadata button. This will be used for configuring your Service Provider.
- You can also copy G Suite details like SSO URL, entity ID and Certificate to configure the Service Provider manually and then click on Continue button.
Service Provider Details
- Enter details from the Service Provider Metadata tab in the SAML SP plugin.
- Click on Continue button.
| ACS URL | Copy and paste the ACS URL from the plugin. |
| Entity ID | Copy and paste the SP Entity ID/ Issuer from the plugin. |
| Signed Response | Check Signed Response ✓ |
| Name ID Format |
Attribute Mapping
- Click on Add Mapping button.
- Add and select user fields in Google Directory, then map them to Service Provider attributes and Click on Finish button.
User Access to Configured App
- Go to SAML Apps again and click on OFF for everyone .
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Then, select ON for everyone to activate SSO.
- You have successfully configured Google Apps / G Suite as SAML IdP (Identity Provider) for achieving Google Apps Single Sign-On (SSO) Login, ensuring secure Google Apps Login into 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.
- Now, go to the IdP settings tab of the extension. There are two ways to configure the Typo3 SSO extension.
- 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.
- 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.
- Click on Save button to save all your settings.
- To check if your Typo3 as SP is configured correctly, click the Test Configuration button.
A. By uploading IDP metadata:
B. Manual Configuration:
| 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 |
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.
- 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.
In this Guide, you have successfully configured Google Apps SAML Single Sign-On (Google Apps SAML SSO Login) choosing Google Apps SAML 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 Google Apps SAML login credentials within minutes.
Additional Resources
- What is Single Sign-On (SSO) Login?
- How to setup SAML SSO Login with Google Apps/ G suite
- G Suite SAML SSO Login - Attribute Mappings
- Typo3 SAML Single Sign On (SSO) Extension.
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