SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) in Zoho (SP) | TYPO3 – Zoho SSO Login

Zoho SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) with TYPO3 as SAML IdP. TYPO3 SAML IdP extenstion gives you the ability to use your TYPO3 credentials to login into Zoho. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure SSO between Zoho as SP (Service Provider) and TYPO3 as IDP (Identity Provider).

Pre-requisites: Download and Installation

1. Installing SAML IDP extension in TYPO3

• Download the zip file of the SAML IDP 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 or you can unzip the plugin zip into 'Typo3 root folder/typo3conf/ext' directory.

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

• After installation, click on the newly installed extension "miniOrange SAML IDP 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 Service Provider. But, it's important to integrate frontend first.

2. Integrate extension with TYPO3

• Now you have to design your frontend by left clicking on the Home tab then click on New Subpage

• You need to add STANDARD page within the HOME page.
• Enter the Standard Page name as: FESAML.

• Click on FESAML Page and click on Add content. Go to plugins and add FESAML Plugin.

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

• 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.

• Also, you must create at least one group as TYPO3 doesn’t allow to create users unless there’s one usergroup at least.
• To create group go to list tab from the left panel, click on Website users folder and hit the "+" button at the top of the screen.

• Now select Websiteuser group ? from the list.

• Insert Group Name in group title section and click on Save button at the top. User group will be created.

• You can also create a SSO button on login page. Click on Home, proceed to the +Content option.

• Switch to Special elements tab and select Plain HTML.

• Here what you will be doing is, you are adding SSO login button, URL in the button section will be of FESAML Standard Page.
• The code snippet to do so is mentioned in the given image. Enter the code and hit the Save button at the top.

• Now you can configure plugin in the backend.

Steps to configure Moodle SAML Single Sign-on ( SSO ) Login into TYPO3

1. Configure TYPO3 as Identity Provider

• Navigate to IDP Metadata, Copy the IDP Entity ID/Issuer, SAML Login URL and Certificate (Optional) and Keep it handy.

IDP Entity ID/Issuer	Enter your TYPO3 base URL
SAML Login URL	Enter your Fesaml page URL


• In the miniOrage SAML Identity Provider extension, go to SP Settings tab of the extension.
• Provide the required settings (i.e. Service provider name, SP Entity ID/Issuer, ACS URL, Relaystate) find to your Service Provider Zoho and click on Save button to save your configuration.

2. Configure Zoho as Service Provider

Follow the following steps to Configure Zoho as SP

 Pre-requisite: Download and Installation

• Login to your Zoho account and access Zoho Mail.
• Click on Control Panel and select Mail and Docs.

• Go to Domains, click on Add Domain and add your domain.

• In the list, click the icon under the Verified column for your domain to validate it.

• Follow the steps specified on the page that opens up and after that click on Verify to validate your domain.


 Instructions:

• Open a new browser tab or window, Login into Zoho Accounts at https://accounts.zoho.com/ as a user with
  administrative rights.
• Navigate to Organization and select SAML Authentication and click on Setup Now.


Switch back to the tab / window with the IDP Metadata. Enter the information into the corresponding fields.

Sign-in URL	Copy SAML Login URL from IDP Metadata and paste it.
Algorithm	RSA
Sign out URL	Copy SAML Logout URL from IDP Metadata and paste it.
X.509 Certificate	Copy and Download Certificate (Optional) from IDP Metadata and paste it.

• Click on Configure to save the SAML Single Sign On (SSO) settings.

• Click on Download to download the metadata file. You can use this metadata file to configure the module.

3. SSO Testing

• Open a new browser or private incognito window and enter your Zoho URL, which will redirect you to the TYPO3 login screen.
• Enter your TYPO3 credentials and click the log in button.
• If you are redirected to your Zoho start page and successfully logged in, your configuration is correct.

Additional Resources

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO)?
• What is SAML?
• TYPO3 SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)
• TYPO3 OAuth Client Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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